Janis Cole and Holly Dale's Cinema of Marginality
North of Everything: English-Canadian Cinema Since 1980, 2002
Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2002
Citing a previous lack of scholarly attention to the documentaries of Janis Cole and Holly Dale, Armatage takes a deep dive into the two artists' videographies. The text places each film into context with its contemporaries, using this comparison to define the unique narrative techniques and treatment of the subject within Cole and Dale's films. Armatage pays careful attention to the ways in which the duo's films on working class subjects, sex work, and incarceration center empathy and authenticity in their filmmaking. The article also outlines the factors that have lead to less recognition for women filmmakers within the film industry.
ITEM 2002.263 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Hookers on Davie – Janis Cole
Hookers on Davie – Holly Dale
Thin Line – Janis Cole
Thin Line – Holly Dale
P4W: Prison for Women – Janis Cole
P4W: Prison for Women – Holly Dale
Dangerous Offender – Janis Cole
Dangerous Offender – Holly Dale
Caged Heat – Jonathan Demme
Shaggie: Letters from Prison – Janis Cole
The Birdman of Alcatraz – John Frankenheimer
The Hurricane – Norman Jewison
Cream Soda – Holly Dale
Cream Soda – Janis Cole
Minimum Charge, No Cover – Janis Cole
Minimum Charge, No Cover – Holly Dale
Bowie: One in a Million – Janis Cole
Calling the Shots – Holly Dale
Calling the Shots – Janis Cole
Streetwalking on a Ruined Map: Cultural Theory and the City Films of Elvira Notari – Giuliana Bruno
Joyce at 34 – Joyce Chopra
Not a Pretty Picture – Martha Coolidge
Blood & Donuts – Holly Dale