Cheryl Robson

Melody Bridges

With chapters on the writers, directors, producers, stars, film editors, designers and camera women of the silent era this book acknowledges and celebrates the many talented women who were significantly involved in the rise of the industry and explains why the coming of the talkies and big business led to the inequality which exists today. Contents: Foreword / Bryony Dixon; Introduction / Melody Bridges and Cheryl Robson; 1. Girl from God's country: the history of women in film and other war stories / Karen Day; 2. Early African-American female filmmakers / Aimee Dixon Anthony; 3. The silent producer: women filmmakers who creatively controlled the silent era of cinema / Pieter Aquilia; 4. Women were writing: beyond melodrama and hot house romances / Patricia Di Risio; 5. Doing it all: women's on and off-screen contributions to European silent film / Julie K. Allen; 6. Female legends of the silver screen / Melody Bridges; 7. Women directors from the dawn of Hollywood / Francesca Stephens; 8. Interview with director Dorothy Arzner / Kevin Brownlow; 9. Women film editors from silent to sound / Tania Field; 10. Who was the first female cinematographer in the world? / Ellen Cheshire; 11. When the woman shoots: ladies behind the silent horror film camera / K. Charlie Oughton; 12. Critics, reformers, and educators: film culture as a feminine sphere / Shelley Stamp; 13. US Women directors: the road ahead / Maria Giese.

Pioneers of Cinema

Silent Women

Siân Evans

Edited and Introduced by Sian Evans and Cheryl RobsonWriters: Biljana Srbljanovic (Yugoslavia) | Sladjana Vujovic (Montenegro) | Vera Filo (Hungary) | Elena Popova (Belorussia) | Gabriela Preissova (Czech) | Alina Nelega (Romania) | Krystyna Kofta (Poland)This collection of award-winning plays features works from the cutting edge of Central and Eastern European theatre.With a foreword by Gerald Lidstone, Eastern Promise brings together seven women writers who have all experienced living at a time when their countries were part of a larger political entity. For Gabriela Preissova, it was the Austro-Hungarian Empire, for the others, the soviet bloc. Some of the moral and political dilemmas their characters face range from the killing of a child, to the betrayal of a comrade, to reinventing oneself as a way of living in exile.Includes the plays: Jenufa (Her Step-daughter), The Umbilical Cord, Tulip Doctor, The Tender Mercies, Nascendo, The Chosen Ones and Belgrade Trilogy.

Seven Plays from Central and Eastern Europe

Eastern Promise

Women have traditionally been discouraged from participating in sporting activities. Undaunted, female athletes and sportswomen of all kinds have demonstrated their courage and inner strength to break records and demolish outdated notions of the weaker sex. Now, the professionalisation of women's sports such as football, rugby and cricket has led to renewed popularity and commercial investment big time. Some of the women featured include: Serena Williams ● Megan Rapinoe ● Lindsay Vonn ● Paula Radcliffe ● Tracey Edwards● Sarah Storey ● Simone Biles ● Bethany Hamilton ● Fu-Yuanhui ● Aina Nehwal ● Ellen McArthur ● Jessica Ennis-Hill and many more... With colour photos and around 20 interviews with contemporary women in sport.

50 Women in Sport

Since 1660 when actresses first began performing on the English stage, women have forged bright careers in theatre, while men called the shots. Four hundred years of women playwrights, from Aphra Behn to Caryl Churchill, yet plays by women make up less than a quarter of staged productions in the UK, leading to a scarcity of roles for women. With women buying most of the tickets, theatre productions risk losing their relevance to modern culture if they fail to represent the many and varied lives of women.With an overview of post-war theatre and 25 exclusive interviews with leading women theatre-makers, this book inspires us to create a truly equal and inclusive theatre today. Including: Nina Lee Aquino ◉ Sudha Buchar ◉ Moira Buffini ◉ Paule Constable ◉ Denise Gough ◉ Vicky Ireland ◉ Jude Kelly ◉ Bryony Lavery ◉ Katie Mitchell ◉ Marsha Norman ◉ Lynn Nottage ◉ Emma Rice ◉ Daryl Roth ◉ Michelle Terry and many more...

50 Women in Theatre

How many women sculptors can you name? This book will challenge perceptions that sculpture is a male pursuit and help you to understand the work and lives of dozens of women sculptors - significant artists from the past as well as those working in the exciting and varied world of sculpture today. Featured artists Harriet Hosmer ● Edmonia Lewis ● Camille Claudel ● Barbara Hepworth ● Elisabeth Frink ● Niki de Saint Phalle ● Louise Bourgeois ● Judy Chicago ● Ruth Asawa ● Annette Messager ● Frances Loring & Florence Wyle ● Alina Szapocznikow ● Yayoi Kusama ● Rebecca Horn ● Sarah Lucas ● Rachel Whiteread ● Katharina Fritsch ● Maggi Hambling ● Cornelia Parker ● Doris Salcedo ● Senga Nengudi ● Phyllida Barlow ● Eva Hesse ● Mona Hatoum ● Anya Gallacio ● Sophie Ryder and many more contemporary women sculptors in their own words... With an overview of women making sculpture from the 1880s to today, this book explores the work of 50 extraordinary women artists who have forged a name for themselves in a male arena, as well as breaking rules, pushing boundaries and inspiring us with their visionary creations.

50 Women Sculptors

Gabrielle Kelly

An extensive overview of female film directors worldwide, showing how they are breaking through the 'Celluloid Ceiling', and succeeding in a still very male-dominated industry. The book contains exclusive interviews with women film directors, explores the impact of digital technology, and reaches some surprising conclusions. Now that Kathryn Bigelow has made history as the first woman to win an Oscar for directing, we ask whether this is a new era for women filmmakers. This unique international overview highlights emerging women directors and groundbreaking pioneers, and provides a one-stop guide to the leading film directors of the 21st century, and the people who inspired them. From the blockbusters of the Hollywood studios to emerging voices from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Laos, we learn of women making films in traditionally male-dominated areas such as action, fantasy and horror. There are contributions from countries with film industries in every state from nascent to mature, and this book demonstrates how economic and technological change is creating new opportunities for women film directors everywhere. ***** "BEST BOOK ON WOMEN DIRECTORS DUE TO ITS GLOBAL OVERVIEW" - Diane, Amazon ***** "Gabrielle Kelly and Cheryl Robson have crafted a watershed work. CELLULOID CEILING is essential reading for anyone who wants to know how women directors are helping reshape filmmaking." - D.A. Morris, Amazon ***** "This book is an essential resource for anyone tracking the inspiring work being done by women film directors from around the world." - UCF Film "The level of public consciousness about the barriers faced by female filmmakers is higher than it has ever been. Despite this, the discussion more often than not centres around North America and to a lesser extent, Europe, Australia and New Zealand (and I am guilty as charged). This is perfectly understandable, but clearly women do make films outside of these countries, and it can be illuminating to consider how their experiences reflect or differ from those with which we are more familiar. To this end, the arrival of a new book, "The Celluloid Ceiling," could not be more timely. Edited by Gabrielle Kelly and Cheryl Robson, it takes a purposefully global overview of the status quo and in doing so provides some fascinating stories and insights, reminding us of what is lost when we limit the discussion to Anglophone directors." - Matthew Hammett Knott, indiewire

Women Film Directors Breaking Through

Celluloid Ceiling

Francesco D'Adamo

Sian Williams

Contemporary subject matter--war and its consequences by an award-winning and popular children's author.

Cheryl Robson

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