Women filmmakers.

  • A Crime To Fit The Punishment: an interview with the filmmakers

    Mimi Rosenberg speaks with Barbara A. Moss and Stephen Mack on their new film, “A Crime to Fit the Punishment” (1982), a documentary about the making of the 1954 controversial labor film “Salt of the Earth” during the height of the Hollywood blacklist.

  • Interview with filmmaker Joan Harvey

    Rich Schrader speaks with Joan Harvey, producer and director of the film “American: from Hitler to M-X” about nuclear war and disarmament.

  • The Velvet Sledgehammer: December 7, 1983 (Part 1 only)

    The Velvet Sledgehammer for December 7, 1983, hosted by Judy Pasternak. The program begins with a performance by and interview with comedian Jane Anderson (by Judy Pasternak), and a performance and interview with comedy writers and performers Deah Schwartz and Anne Wilford, by Ash Corea. They discuss their new piece “Leftovers: the ups and downs…

  • The Politics of making it.

    Women artists and writers discuss and examine the anatomy of success and its relationship to power, influence and self-fulfillment. The participants are Shirley Clarke, filmmaker; Louise Nevelson, sculptor; Rosalyn Drexler, playwright; and Vivian Gornick, writer and moderator of the discussion. Recorded at the Women’s InterArt Center in New York City. Produced for WBAI by Susan…

  • Simplemente Jenny / Helena Solberg and Melanie Maholick ; interviewed by Ron Sutton and Pam Peabody.

    Latin American film director Helena Solberg-Ladd and editor Melanie Maholick, discuss their films about women. “Simplemente Jenny,” their latest release, examines women in Latin America and the cultural values that shape their lives. The also discuss their previous release “The Double Day” (1975). They are interviewed by Ron Sutton and Pam Peabody.

  • The First movie director’s name was Alice / produced by Terry Hodel.

    Documentary on women editors, writers, actresses and directors throughout film history. This program salutes the many women who have directed, scripted, and edited films throughout motion picture history. Highlighted are Alice Guy Blache (1873 – 1968), who was the world’s first director; Anita Loos (1889 – 1981), screenwriter; and Mae West (1893 – 1980), who…

  • Shoulder to shoulder / Midge McKenzie interviewed by Beverly Polokoff

    Beverly Polokoff of KPFK interviews Midge MacKenzie (1938-2004), documentary film maker, feminist, and author of “Shoulder to shoulder,” a documentary publication on the history of the militant suffragettes of Great Britain. She talks about what inspired her to write the book, the disappearance of these women in written history, and the fate of the radical…

  • European independent films / Eliane Stutterheim interviewed by Claudia Fonda-Bonardi.

    Claudia Fonda-Bonardi interviews Eliane Stutterheim, a member of Filmkollektiv-Zurich, about her film, The Indians Are Still Far Away (Les indiens sont encore loin, 1977), the financing of independent film production in Western Europe, distribution, the operations of her Swiss production collective, and alternative media networks in Europe. Produced by Claudia Fonda-Bonardi. Program is self-contained.

  • Interview with “The Woman’s Film” maker / Louise Alaimo ; interviewed by Portia Shapiro.

    Portia Shapiro of KPFA talks with Louise Alaimo about “The Woman’s Film,” an exploration by members of San Francisco Newsreel of the economic and psychological oppression of poor women. This program includes excerpts from the soundtrack of “The Woman’s Film,” which illustrate these women’s feelings about their oppression and the consciousness of women’s liberation that…

  • Rita Morrison interviewed by Herbert Feinstein

    Dr. Herbert Feinstein talks with Rita Morrison, the Los Angeles producer of Chaim Soutine, a short film based on the life and works of the Lithuanian-French Jewish painter. The film won the Lion d’Or for best documentary at the 29th Venice Film Festival.