Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

Season 1

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.

Where to Watch Season 1

14 Episodes

Openings, Tone
E1
Openings, ToneEpisode 1
Believability, Introducing Character, Meet Cute
E2
Believability, Introducing Character, Meet CuteEpisode 2
Conversation, Framing, Tracking
E3
Conversation, Framing, TrackingEpisode 3
Staging, Journey, Discovery
E4
Staging, Journey, DiscoveryEpisode 4
Adult/Child, Economy, Editing
E5
Adult/Child, Economy, EditingEpisode 5
POV, Close-up, Dream
E6
POV, Close-up, DreamEpisode 6
Bodies, Sex
E7
Bodies, SexEpisode 7
Home, Religion, Work
E8
Home, Religion, WorkEpisode 8
Politics, Gear Change, Comedy
E9
Politics, Gear Change, ComedyEpisode 9
Melodrama, Sci-Fi, Horror & Hell
E10
Melodrama, Sci-Fi, Horror & HellEpisode 10
Tension, Stasis, Leave Out
E11
Tension, Stasis, Leave OutEpisode 11
Reveal, Memory, Time
E12
Reveal, Memory, TimeEpisode 12
Life Inside, The Meaning of Life, Love
E13
Life Inside, The Meaning of Life, LoveEpisode 13
Death, Endings, Song and Dance
E14
Death, Endings, Song and DanceEpisode 14