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Check out our new collection called Spotlight: Women Directors with intros by @aliciamalone: flms.tk/womendirectors

Each Friday we will be adding a new film to the collection as we continue to highlight great films #DirectedByWomen from all over the world. #WomenOfFilmStruck

Alice Guy-Blaché's THE OCEAN WAIF (1916) is as relevant as ever, following a woman's journey out of an abusive relationship

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Lotte Reiniger's THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED ('26) is the oldest surviving animated feature film and its influence can still be seen today

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One of the few women directors working in the Hollywood studio system, Dorothy Arzner was the first woman to join the DGA.

Her fresh and fiercely feminist DANCE, GIRL, DANCE ('40) stars Lucille Ball and Maureen O'Hara

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What can you even say about living legend Agnès Varda?

Her film CLÉO FROM 5 TO 7 ('62) follows 2 hours in the life of a woman as she grapples with questions of her health, her worth, and her right to happiness.

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Shirley Clarke's PORTRAIT OF JASON ('67) utilizes avant-garde and cinéma vérité techniques as we hear the life story and philosophies of performer Jason Holliday

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With her breakout film SEVEN BEAUTIES ('75), Lina Wertmüller became the first woman to be nominated for Best Director by @TheAcademy

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Barbara Kopple's HARLAN COUNTY, U.S.A. ('76) covers the 1973 strike of 180 coal miners and their wives in Harlan County, Kentucky. The film won the Oscar for Best Documentary.

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Elaine May's MIKEY AND NICKY ('76) features strong lead performances from Peter Falk and John Cassavetes. May shot 1.4 million feet of film and often had three cameras running at once to capture spontaneous interactions between her leads.

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Set during a stark winter towards the end of WWII, Larisa Shepitko's THE ASCENT ('78) won the Golden Bear at the 1977 Berlin Film Festival and is often considered the finest Soviet film of the 1970s.

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Filmed over a year on a shoestring budget, Claudia Weill's GIRLFRIENDS ('78) screened at Rotterdam, Cannes, and other festivals, and was hailed by Stanley Kubrick in 1980 as one of the most interesting American films to come along in awhile.

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Gillian Armstrong's MY BRILLIANT CAREER ('79) was the first Australian film directed by a woman in decades. It follows a woman in the late 19th century (played with gusto by Judy Davis) whose desire to be a writer shocks those around her.

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Barbra Streisand is still the only women to win Best Director at the Golden Globes. She won for YENTL ('83), which she wrote, produced, directed, and starred in.

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Donna Deitch's DESERT HEARTS ('85) is regarded as the first film to present a positive portrayal of lesbian sexuality with a happy ending.

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Joan Micklin Silver's CROSSING DELANCEY ('87) follows a single New Yorker whose Bubbe enlists the services of a matchmaker to find her granddaughter the perfect match.

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Jane Campion's breakout film SWEETIE ('89) follows the hazardous relationship between two very different sisters and their dysfunctional family

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Cheryl Dunye's THE WATERMELON WOMAN ('96) was the first feature film directed by a black lesbian and tells the story of an aspiring filmmaker and movie store clerk in search of the history of an unnamed black actress from the 1930s.

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Directed by Claire Denis, NENETTE ET BONI ('96) follows a pizza chef whose life changes when his 15 year old sister shows up on his doorstep with an unwanted pregnancy.

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Directed by the one and only Maya Angelou, DOWN IN THE DELTA ('98) follows a woman from Chicago as she takes her children back down to her family's home in Mississippi and reconnects with her roots.

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Agnès Jaoui's THE TASTE OF OTHERS ('00) examines the complexity of interpersonal relationships as it follows the interactions between three women and three men, all of very different backgrounds.

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Following the austere principles of the Dogme 95 movement, Lone Scherfig's ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS ('01) follows a bevy of residents in a small Danish town who connect during their Italian language night class.

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Dakota Fanning became the youngest person nominated for a SAG Award for her breakout performance in Jessie Nelson's I AM SAM ('01)

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Set in the turbulent 60s and using the music and lyrics of The Beatles, Julie Taymor's ACROSS THE UNIVERSE ('07) tells the story of star-crossed lovers Jude and Lucy as they get swept up into the emerging anti-war and counterculture movements.

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Athina Rachel Tsangari's CHEVALIER ('16) follows six men on a luxury yacht in the middle of the Aegean Sea who decide to play a game that will test their friendships.

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We'll be adding a new title this Friday (and every Friday) to this collection, so check back often!

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