An Alternate Feminist Cinema
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For moving towards a decolonial, anticapitalist, emancipated-from-heteronormativity transfeminist future.
This is a list capped at 100 films threading a counter history to cinema. This is not a "ra-ra girl power" collection, or even a list of women's influences on a cinematic canon, but a collection of cinema that is unique in its willingness to show and to radicalize the female experience. Early films on here that may be less overt in their feminist messaging are included either because they show women's place in revolutionary causes, are a first to depict an experience, or have been key in the discussion surrounding this alternate text.
All films are briefly annotated explaining why they're here. Discussion is welcome, but please understand that this is made with an awareness of an intrinsically misogynist studio system, a desire for avant-garde and worldwide productions. Therefore, this will not be including the newest wide-release intended to pander to "women's issues".
In regards to the lack of so-called "genre films" here, with the exception of a couple art-horrors some exploitation cinema, and one work of speculative fiction, this list has ended up largely documentary centered, as this is what nearly all earlier entries are. The prevalence of documentary may be that the personal is political, and it is far easier to document reality than to work the truth of the world into fiction.
not on imdb (probably doesnt qualify)
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Reassemblage: From the Firelight to the Screen
1983, in 4 top lists Check -
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Divorce Iranian Style
1998, in 2 top lists Check -
165 new
Sink or Swim
1990, in 1 top list Check -
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Surname Viet Given Name Nam
1989, in 2 top lists Check -
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Daughter Rite
1980, in 2 top lists Check -
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I Am Somebody
1970, in 3 top lists Check -
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Pytel blech
1962 — a.k.a. A Bag of Fleas, in 1 top list Check -
159 new
Fake Fruit Factory
1986, in 1 top list Check -
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Growing Up Female
1971, in 1 top list Check -
54 new
Sois belle et tais-toi
1981 — a.k.a. Be Pretty and Shut Up, in 1 top list Check -
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El hombre cuando es hombre
1982 — a.k.a. A Man, When He Is a Man, in 1 top list Check -
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Union Maids
1976, in 1 top list Check -
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Suzanne, Suzanne
1982, in 1 top list Check -
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Saat el Tahrir Dakkat, Barra ya Isti Mar
1974, in 0 top lists Check -
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Shakedown
2018, in 0 top lists Check -
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Gulabi Gang
2012, in 0 top lists Check -
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Betty Tells Her Story
1972, in 1 top list Check -
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These Hands
1993, in 0 top lists Check -
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Oyun
2005 — a.k.a. The Play, in 0 top lists Check -
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Maso et Miso vont en bateau
1975 — a.k.a. Maso and Miso Go Boating, in 0 top lists Check -
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A Dream Is What You Wake Up From
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
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My Name Is Kahentiiosta
1995, in 0 top lists Check -
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Hlam al-manfa
2001, in 0 top lists Check -
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And Still I Rise
1993, in 0 top lists Check -
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Las compañeras tienen grado
1995, in 0 top lists Check -
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Last Call at Maud's
1993, in 0 top lists Check -
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Brick by Brick
1982, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Aug 22, 2023 by Armoreska; source