Woman filmmaker

Ava DuVernay, filmographer and director.

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Here's a look at the women who were silenced long after the silent film era ended. These are the groundbreaking female filmmakers of early Hollywood and beyond.

Female directors, producers, and writers are still fighting for respect in the film industry. Here, an investigation into why these industry-leading ladies are still the exceptionnot the rule.

With A Dry White Season in 1989, Euzhan Palcy became the first black woman to direct a Hollywood studio film. She has been fighting the system ever since, and leading the way for a new generation of black female directors.

The Academy Awards began in 1929. Since then only four women have ever been nominated for Best Director: Lina Wertmuller for Seven Beauties...