Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

Overview

As told through clips from 183 female directors, this epic history of the cinema focuses on women’s integral role in the development of film art. Using almost a thousand film extracts from thirteen decades and five continents, Mark Cousins asks how films are made, shot and edited; how stories are shaped and how movies depict life, love, politics, humour and death, all through the compelling lens of some of the world’s greatest filmmakers – all of them women.

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Mark Cousins

creator

Cast

Tilda Swinton

Narrator (voice)

Total episodes: 14

Adjoa Andoh

Narrator (voice)

Total episodes: 14

Jane Fonda

Narrator (voice)

Total episodes: 14

Sharmila Tagore

Narrator (voice)

Total episodes: 14

Kerry Fox

Narrator (voice)

Total episodes: 14

Thandiwe Newton

Narrator (voice)

Total episodes: 14

Debra Winger

Narrator (voice)

Total episodes: 14

Tilda Swinton

Narrator (voice)

Total episodes: 14

Adjoa Andoh

Narrator (voice)

Total episodes: 14

Jane Fonda

Narrator (voice)

Total episodes: 14

Sharmila Tagore

Narrator (voice)

Total episodes: 14

Kerry Fox

Narrator (voice)

Total episodes: 14

Thandiwe Newton

Narrator (voice)

Total episodes: 14

Debra Winger

Narrator (voice)

Total episodes: 14

Extra

Release Date

September 1, 2018

Last air Date

May 18, 2020

Status

Ended

Original Language

English

Networks

Available On

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seasons

Season 1

Aired on: 2018 | 14 Episodes

Five years in the making, this epic journey through film history is made up of forty “chapters” narrated by Tilda Swinton, Jane Fonda, Adjoa Andoh, Sharmila Tagore, Kerry Fox, Thandie Newton, and Debra Winger. WOMEN MAKE FILM follows in the footsteps of Mark Cousins’s THE STORY OF FILM: AN ODYSSEY to give 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, humor, and death through the compelling lens of some of the world’s greatest directors—all of them women.