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The existence of feminist filmmakers in West Germany may be suspected in the United States, but there has been next to no opportunity to see their here. T h s lack of attention to a whole segment of recent German filmmalung-both in terms of distribution and critical writing-needs to be, and can be, remedied. The West German government (whch has been liberally subsidizing young filmmakers for the last ten years) provides publicity and even has programs to stimulate international distribution for that collective nonentity known here as New German Cinema. But the proteges are mainly the well-known directors who already have penetrated the American commercial market, and they are distinctly male. The Goethe Institute, the international cultural office of the Federal Republic, has organized a tour of about women (including two by women directors) which visited major American cities. Otherwise, womenâs film festivals in the United States have relied on Leontine Saganâs 1932 feature Midchen in Uniform to represent the German contribution. There are feminist filmmakers in West Germany. Indeed, already in 1968, before the recent German womenâs movement even gained momentum, two filmmakers-Erika Runge and Ula Stoeckl-were producing their first about women from what might be called
Camera Obscura – Duke University Press
Published: Sep 1, 1980
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