Shelley Stamp on Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers
1,500 views · Published 18 November 2018 · 14:43 · Indexed 9 October 2026
Channel: Kino Lorber · 2018 · Film & Animation
Curator Shelley Stamp and producer Bret Wood discuss Kino Lorber's Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers box set at a launch event at Kickstarter. On sale 11/20: bit.ly/pioneersbd In the early decades of cinema, some of the most innovative and celebrated filmmakers in America were women. Alice Guy-Blaché helped establish the basics of cinematic language, while others boldly continued its development: slapstick queen Mabel Normand (who taught Charlie Chaplin the craft of directing), action star Grace Cunard, and LGBTQ icon Alla Nazimova. Unafraid of controversy, filmmakers such as Lois Weber and Dorothy Davenport Reid tackled explosive issues such as birth control, abortion, and prostitution. This crucial chapter of film history comes alive through the presentation of a wide assortment of films, carefully curated, meticulously restored in 2K and 4K from archival sources, and presented with new musical scores.
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