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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Shoes
1916, in 6 top lists Check -
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I Am Somebody
1970, in 3 top lists Check -
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Scum Manifesto
1976, in 0 top lists Check -
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Eva's Man
1976, in 0 top lists Check -
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Hidden Memories
1977, in 0 top lists Check -
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Your Children Come Back to You
1979, in 0 top lists Check -
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Soft Fiction
1979, in 2 top lists Check -
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Simone Barbès ou la vertu
1980 — a.k.a. Simone Barbes or Virtue, in 2 top lists Check -
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Dreaming Rivers
1989, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Salt Mines
1990, in 0 top lists Check -
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My Name Is Kahentiiosta
1995, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Transformation
1995, in 0 top lists Check -
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MURDER and murder
1996, in 0 top lists Check -
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A Daughter of 'The Law'
1921, in 0 top lists Check -
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Monangambé
1968, in 0 top lists Check -
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Y'a qu'à pas baiser
1971, in 0 top lists Check -
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Womanhouse
1974, in 0 top lists Check -
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Diary of an African Nun
1977, in 0 top lists Check -
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Rain
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
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Brick by Brick
1982, in 0 top lists Check -
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Hair Piece: A Film for Nappyheaded People
1984, in 1 top list Check
Last updated on Aug 22, 2023 by Armoreska; source