Directed by Mark Cousins. 2018

Five years in the making, this epic journey through film history is made up of fourteen episodes narrated by Tilda Swinton, Jane Fonda, Adjoa Andoh, Sharmila Tagore, Kerry Fox, Thandie Newton and Debra Winger.

WOMEN MAKE FILM  gives us a guided tour of the art and craft of the movies.  Using almost a thousand film extracts from thirteen decades and five continents, Cousins explores how films are made, shot and edited; how stories are shaped; and how movies depict life, love, politics, humour, and death through the compelling lens of some of the world’s greatest directors – all of them women,. The series is presented here along with a selection of women-directed films that appear in it.

Two Episodes are being presented at this time, as follows:

Episode Seven – Bodies  (1:03) Bodies in cinema can be enticing, athletic, or brutalized.  Jane Fonda narrates this episode about how some of the great female directors approach this topic.

Episode Eight –Home  (1:03) Refuge, shelter, or prison?  Sharmila Tagore narrates the story of home onscreen in the great films of Edith Calmar, Lynne Ramsay, Mai Zetterling, and others.

There is no charge for booking.  However, upon arrival at the theatre, we would appreciate you paying what you can afford so that we may continue to offer our sessions on this basis.