{"id":842,"date":"2019-04-03T16:31:12","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T16:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/humanities\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=842"},"modified":"2019-04-03T16:31:12","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T16:31:12","slug":"women-film-pioneers-symposium","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/humanities\/event\/women-film-pioneers-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Women Film Pioneers Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"

Join us for our Women Film Pioneers Symposium on April 19! This half-day event is scheduled in conjunction with three programs of films by early women directors at the Oriental Theatre on Friday night<\/a>, Saturday afternoon<\/a>, and Saturday night<\/a>, organized by Milwaukee Film<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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About the Symposium<\/h3>\n

Film and media scholars have long been interested in questions of gender equity and representation, from theorizing gender to restoring the historical contributions of women as subjects, producers, and spectators. In recent years this work has been facilitated by a return to the archives and their material sources: from newspaper clippings and correspondence to production files and film prints.<\/p>\n

As this research has revealed, women\u2019s participation in the first decades of cinema was much more extensive than previously thought. Not only as colorists, camera operators, and exhibitors, but also as screenwriters, directors, and producers, women played an integral role in the early artistic development of the medium, bringing unique viewpoints and an imaginative exploration of crucial topics of the time, many of which remain surprisingly relevant today.\u00a0The Women Film Pioneers Symposium brings four leading early cinema scholars together to explore questions of historiography, archival research, and affect.<\/p>\n

Organized by Hugo Ljungb\u00e4ck and Tami Williams. Milwaukee Film screenings curated by Tami Williams, with Haley Richards.<\/em><\/p>\n

Presentations<\/h3>\n