WOMENST 3BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Feminist Film Theory, Agnès Varda, Ava Duvernay
6 Sep 2018
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David whiteman - out of the theatres and into the streets . Political impact of documentaries has usually been studied in terms of the final product impacting specific viewers. Whiteman claims that we should instead look at: Potential impacts on producers, participants, activists, activist organizations, and decision makers. Different impacts than just learning - activism, discussion. The role of films within social movements as spaces of public discussion. Whiteman calls this a coalition model of analysis. During wwii, women were active in the nfb"s war-related propaganda - directors, cutting film, administrative duties. National film board canada established studio d in 1974 - world"s first publicly funded production unit dedicated to making films by and for women. New initiatives in film program began in 1991 - created in response to calls for more diversity. Training program for women of colour and indigenous women to learn how to make films.
