Women in the film industry.

  • 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.

  • Vagabond / Agnes Vardas.

    Filmmaker Agnes Vardas speaks about her most recent project, “Vagabond,” as well as the contributions which women can make to the film industry. She speaks about the shock produced in audiences when confronted with scenes of people dying from the cold and living without a home. She explains that the central character is a women…

  • Films with Joan Mellen / interviewed by Paul McIsaac.

    Paul McIsaac’s guest is Joan Mellen, associate professor of English at Temple University, film critic, and author of “Women and Sexuality in the New Film and “Voices from the Japanese Cinema,” who discusses the character of modern films.

  • Barbara Loden : director / introduced by Albert Johnson.

    Barbara Loden (July 8, 1932 – September 5, 1980), writer, director and producer of the film “Wanda” (1970) discusses women in the film industry before a San Francisco Film Festival audience. Some of the questions asked by the audience are about Loden’s filmmaking process, the film’s political message, and why she chose to set the…