Precursor: River of Grass Production A Female Centered Road Movie Feminist Counter-Cinema Taboo Topics: Post-Partum and Role Reversals Powerless Men Liminal Existence
Growth: "Ode," "Then, A Year" and "Travis" "Ode" (1999) "Then, a Year" (2001) "Travis" (2004)
Discovery: Old Joy Production Complicating Masculinity Politics and Personal Identity Inserting the Feminine
Breakthrough:Wendy and Lucy Production Neo-Neorealism Gender and the Narrative of Homelessness Social Realism and the At-Risk vs. the Can-do Girl Ecofeminist Concerns
Expectations: Meek's Cutoff The Real Story of Meek Production Sound Questions of Genre: Feminist Western Slow Cinema and Neo-Neorealism "Politicking," Race, and Violence The Open Image in Slow Cinema
Expansion: Night Moves Production Sound Denying Expectations Political Connections Historical Implications: Oklahoma Earth Liberation Front (ELF) Maternity and Post Feminism A Character Study
Solidificaton: Certain Women Production Adaptation: Lost Characters and Open Endings