In the last several decades, the number of films featuring female protagonists has increased significantly. Many of these films reflect the vast cultural and sociological changes that have taken place since the early 1960s, highlighting not only a wide spectrum of female characters depicted onscreen, but the creative work of women behind the camera as well. In Reel Women: An International Directory of Contemporary Feature Films about Women, media librarian Jane Sloan has assembled an impressive list of more than 2400 films--from nearly 100 countries--that feature female protagonists. Each...
In the last several decades, the number of films featuring female protagonists has increased significantly. Many of these films reflect the vast cultu...
