Women's Work: The Walker's Month-Long Women in the Director's Chair series charts feminine diversity
City Pages, Jan. 5, 1994, p. 15
The article is a critique of Women in the Director's Chair Festival. In the article, Terri Sutton focuses on the cultural diversity of works and artists in the Festival, and the emergence of a community in media arts for women.
Women In The Director's Chair series, showcases female film and videomakers whose representations of women foreground diversity and ponder connections with other women as well as men. The series includes two nights of local film and video entitled Home Girls, creating a forum for videomakers to have their work seen and discussed. Women In The Director's Chair focuses on community-building, promoting women's efforts in creative media.
ITEM 1994.086 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Daughters of Dust – Jane Campion
D'est – Lina Wertmuller
From Hollywood to Hanoi
Warrior Marks – Adrian Lyne
Difference
Consider Anything, Only Don't Cry – Joe Eszterhas
Alive From Off Center – Julie Dash
Amongst Friends – Chantal Ackerman
Living in Half Tones – Tiana Thi Thanh Nga
Pratibha Parma
Alice Walker
Lu Lippold
Helen DeMichiel
Helen DeMichiel
Rob Weiss
Karen Me Kyung Muckenhirn
Karen Feinberg