Overview

As told through clips from 183 female directors, this epic history of the cinema focuses on women's integral role in the development of film art. Using almost a thousand film extracts from thirteen decades and five continents, Mark Cousins asks how films are made, shot and edited; how stories are shaped and how movies depict life, love, politics, humour and death, all through the compelling lens of some of the world's greatest filmmakers -- all of them women.

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Cast

Tilda Swinton

Narrator (voice)

Adjoa Andoh

Narrator (voice)

Jane Fonda

Narrator (voice)

Sharmila Tagore

Narrator (voice)

Kerry Fox

Narrator (voice)

Thandiwe Newton

Narrator (voice)

Debra Winger

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