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Women Filmmakers in West Germany: A Catalog

Women Filmmakers in West Germany: A Catalog 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, women’s film festivals in the United States have relied on Leontine Sagan’s 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 women’s movement even gained momentum, two filmmakers-Erika Runge and Ula Stoeckl-were producing their first about women from what might be called http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Camera Obscura Duke University Press

Women Filmmakers in West Germany: A Catalog

Camera Obscura , Volume 2 (3 6) – Sep 1, 1980

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Duke University Press
Copyright
Copyright 1980 by Camera Obscura
ISSN
1529-1510
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1529-1510
DOI
10.1215/02705346-2-3_6-122
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Abstract

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, women’s film festivals in the United States have relied on Leontine Sagan’s 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 women’s movement even gained momentum, two filmmakers-Erika Runge and Ula Stoeckl-were producing their first about women from what might be called

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Camera ObscuraDuke University Press

Published: Sep 1, 1980

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