How to Find Library Resources About Women in Film
Two good ways to find resources in our collection:
Using the "Everything" tab on the Discover search box on the library homepage, search "women AND film". Search results include approximately 20,000 sources. For a more targeted search, use the Advanced Search page. Set the dropdown search index to "subject" and type the phrase, "women motion picture producers and directors". Search results include approximately 220 sources.
Looking for More?
Try these databases for targeted searches for articles & journals about women in film.
- Film and Television Literature Index This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive bibliographic database covering the entire spectrum of television and film writing. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews. Covers publications produced 1914 - present.
- JStor This link opens in a new windowA collection of full-text articles from over 3000 scholarly journals, many dating from the nineteenth-century to the last 4 or 5 years. A growing number of titles are available through the current issues, as part of their "Current Scholarship Program". Select Advanced Search to strategically search amongst 45 disciplines. Choose PDF from within JStor to properly view and print articles. For convenience, JStor is now searchable on Facebook.
- Project Muse This link opens in a new windowProvides access to scholarly journals and eBooks in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Dates of coverage varies per title.
Selected Books & Ebooks
The Cinema of Agnès Varda by ISBN: 9780231850612Publication Date: 2014-05-20Varda, a pioneer of the French New Wave, has been making radical films for over half a century. Many of these are considered by scholars, filmmakers, and audiences alike, as audacious, seminal, and unforgettable. This volume considers her production as a whole, revisiting overlooked films like Mur, Murs/Documenteur (1980-81), and connecting her cinema to recent installation work. =
Notes from a Black Woman's Diary by Call Number: PS3553.O47485 A6 2019ISBN: 9780062800954Publication Date: 2019-02-05Relatively unknown during her life, the artist, filmmaker, and writer Kathleen Collins emerged on the literary scene in 2016 with the posthumous publication of the short story collection Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? Said Zadie Smith, "To be this good and yet to be ignored is shameful, but her rediscovery is a great piece of luck for us."
Independent Female Filmmakers by ISBN: 9781351244282Publication Date: 2018-12-21Independent Female Filmmakerscollects original and previously published essays, interviews, and manifestos from some of the most defining and groundbreaking independent female filmmakers of the last 40 years.
