About this item
Independent Female Filmmakers collects original and previously published essays, interviews, and manifestos from some of the most defining and groundbreaking independent female filmmakers of the last 40 years. Featuring material from the seminal magazine The Independent Film and Video Monthly -- a leading publication for independent filmmakers for several decades -- as well as new interviews conducted with the filmmakers, this book, edited by Michele Meek, presents a unique perspective into the ethnically and culturally diverse voices of women filmmakers whose films span narrative, documentary, and experimental genres and whose work remains integral to independent film history from the 1970s to the present. Independent Female Filmmakers also includes a biographical profile of each filmmaker, as well as an online resource with links to additonal interviews and a sample course syllabus.
About the Author
Dr. Michele Meek is a filmmaker, professor, writer, and creative entrepreneur. She founded NewEnglandFilm.com, an online magazine, directory and festival website that has become a leading resource for filmmakers in the region, and she led the transition of the 30-year-old magazine, The Independent, to the nonprofit organization Independent Media Publications where she remains a board member. She has written and directed several award-winning narrative and documentary short films, including "Red Sneakers" and "Imagine Kolle 37."She co-edited the book "The Independent's Guide to Film Distribution," and she has published numerous scholarly essays in journals including Literature/Film Quarterly, Girlhood Studies, and the Tennessee Williams Annual Review. She is currently editing a forthcoming compilation "Independent Female Filmmakers: A Chronicle through Interviews, Profiles, and Manifestos" to be published by Routledge.
