Alicia Malone
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Backwards and in Heels ─ women in film and their struggle against bias "After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels…" - Ann Richards Women have been instrumental in the success of American cinema since its very beginning. One of the first people to ever pick up a motion picture camera was a woman. As was the first screenwriter to win two Academy Awards, the inventor of the boom microphone...
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Since the birth of cinema, women have been making movies. This book contains a collection of essays on fifty-two movies made by women, which encompass various eras, nationalities, and stories, and explores these women's unique voices and lives as they shaped the films they made and influenced the film world.
"The term 'male gaze' was first coined in the 1970s to describe what happens to all of us when the majority of our entertainment has been created...
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Film reporter Alicia Malone brings a collection of personal essays looking at the representation and impact of women on film. Malone weaves in interviews from a diverse group of well-known women working in cinema today. A follow-up to "Backwards and in Heels" and "The Female Gaze," this is the final book in Alicia's women in cinema trilogy.
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With humor and honesty, “Girls on Film” looks at the good, the bad, and the unfairly written women in film. This collection celebrates the power of cinema, media, culture and the faces of girls on film.⍾Insiders from a Nerdy Film Lover. Weaving together life lessons with movie history, film reporter Alicia Malone celebrates the power of cinema and the women who shone brightly on the big screen, while also critiquing hidden messages in films....
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With humor and honesty, Girls on Film looks at the good, the bad, and the unfairly written women in film. A celebration of the power of cinema and the hidden messages within media and culture, this collection of personal essays explores the women who inspired and confused a young film enthusiast.
A movie freak with a feminist message. In the tradition of feminist authors, film reporter Alicia Malone brings a collection of personal essays looking...