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The Ford-Cunard 1917 short ''Unmasked'' was selected in 2014 by the United States Film Preservation Board for inclusion in the [[National Film Registry]].<ref>[http://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/ "Unmasked"] (1917) added to National Film Registry, United States Film Preservation Board, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Retrieved May 4, 2020.</ref> In 2018, in recognition of the many contributions made by women to the development of the motion-picture industry in the silent era, film library and distributor [[Kino International (company)|Kino Lorber, Inc.]], in cooperation with the Library of Congress, released a special six-[[DVD|disc]] box set titled ''Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers''. Included in that set are copies of three episodes from Cunard's 1916-1917 serial ''The Purple Mask'' as well as a copy of the short ''The Daughter of 'The Law''', which she directed and starred in, in 1921.<ref>Dargis, Manohla (2018). [http://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/movies/first-women-filmmakers-film-series.html "Critic's Notebook: Thrills, Tears and the Real Gone Girls of Cinema"], review and discussion of Kino Lorber's film presentations and its DVD series ''Pioneers: The First Women Filmmakers'', ''The New York Times'' (online edition), July 19, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2020.</ref>