I’ve been excited about Western Australian women this week.
Then, following a link about a conference, from ScreenHub, I found Larissa Sexton-Finck’s PhD thesis, Be(com)ing reel independent woman: an autoethnographic journey through female subjectivity and agency in contemporary cinema with particular reference to independent scriptwriting practice. It sounds a bit turgid, in the title, and in the abstract that you’ll see when you click through. But it isn’t. I think—as someone who isn’t very academically inclined—that it’s glorious, a fantastic read. Long, & I haven’t finished it. But I will. It includes a feature screenplay, Float.
First, there was Sue Taylor’s article about making Julie Bertuccelli’s film The Tree. Fascinating for any woman who wants to make a movie, and anyone who wonders about gendered problems women filmmakers face.
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| Sue Taylor at left here with director Julie Bertuccelli, & actor Zoe Boe, at The Tree's premiere at Cannes, in May |
Then, following a link about a conference, from ScreenHub, I found Larissa Sexton-Finck’s PhD thesis, Be(com)ing reel independent woman: an autoethnographic journey through female subjectivity and agency in contemporary cinema with particular reference to independent scriptwriting practice. It sounds a bit turgid, in the title, and in the abstract that you’ll see when you click through. But it isn’t. I think—as someone who isn’t very academically inclined—that it’s glorious, a fantastic read. Long, & I haven’t finished it. But I will. It includes a feature screenplay, Float.
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| Larissa Sexton-Finck (I think) |
Do Sue and Larissa know each other I wonder? Is there an especially strong network of women filmmakers in Perth?
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