Women and Film
 Catalogs - Books, Videos, etc |
| Reference Books |
| Research Databases (For Journal Articles) |
| Internet Resources |
Suggested LC subject terms:
Feminism and motion pictures
Feminist film criticism
Feminist motion pictures
Feminist theory
Lesbianism in motion pictures
Motion pictures and women
Motion pictures -- Psychological aspects
Women motion picture producers and directors
Women in the motion picture industry
Sex role in motion pictures
Reference Books - For Background Information
The American film industry : a historical dictionary / Anthony Slide (Ref PN1993.5.U6 S539 1986)
The bent lens : a world guide to gay & lesbian
film / [edited] by Lisa Daniel & Claire Jackson. (Ref PN1995.9.H55 B45 2003)
Blacks in black and white : a source book on Black films / by Henry T. Sampson., (Ref PN1995.9.N4 S2 1995)
Blacks in film and television : a Pan-African bibliography of films, filmmakers, and performers / compiled by John Gray (Ref Z5784.M9 G72 1990)
Calling the shots : profiles of women filmmakers / [interviewed] by Janis Cole and Holly Dale. (Ref PN1998.2)
Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television edited (Ref PN2285 .C58 , vols. 1-47)
Distinguishing features : film criticism and comment / Stanley Kauffmann (Ref PN1995 .K295 1994)
The encyclopedia of American independent filmmaking / Vincent LoBrutto. (Ref PN1993.45 .L63 2002)
Encyclopedia of American Social History (Ref HN57 .E58 1992) vol. 3, pp. 1819-1834 gives an overview of the history of film in the United States with a selected bibliography.
Encyclopedia of feminist theories / edited by Lorraine Code (Ref HQ1190 .E63 2000)
Film review index / edited by Patricia King Hanson, Stephen L. Hanson (Ref Z5784.M9 F513 v.1-2)
Halliwell's who's who in the movies (Ref PN1993.45 .H28)
Handbook of American popular culture (Ref E169.1 .H2643 1989 )
Images in the dark : an encyclopedia of gay and lesbian film and video (Ref PN1995.9.H55 M87 1996)
Magill's survey of cinema (Ref PN1993.45 .M32)
Reel Black talk : a sourcebook of 50 American filmmakers / Spencer Moon ; foreword by George Hill. (Ref PN1998.2 .M66 1997)
Reel women : pioneers of the cinema, 1896 to the present/Ally Acker (Ref PN1998.2 A24 1991)
Significant contemporary American feminists : a biographical
sourcebook / edited by Jennifer Scanlon.
(Ref HQ1412 .S56
1999)
VideoHound's golden movie retriever (Ref PN1992.95 .V554 1997)
Women film directors : an international bio-critical dictionary / Gwendolyn Audrey Foster. (Ref PN1998.2 .F67 1995)
Women filmmakers & their films/with introductory
essays by Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, Katrien Jacobs; editor, Amy L Unterburger
(Ref PN1998.2. W66 1998)
Research Databases (For Journal Articles)
- Academic Search Complete [info]
- America: History and Life 1964- [info][RefWorks help]
- Art
Abstracts (1984-present)
- Type name of film and Motion Picture Review to find reviews of particular films
- Article First
- Anthropological Literature [info]
- Contemporary Women's Issues 1992-2006 [info]
- Electronic Journal Center
- Electronic Reference Books (OhioLINK ABC-CLIO)
- Films in review 1990-1996
- Film & Television Literature Index [info] [RefWorks help]
- FRANCIS
- Gender Studies Database [info] [RefWorks help]
- Inside Information Plus
- International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text [info]
- JStor
- Lexis-Nexis Universe
- MLA - The MLA International Bibliography
- Newspaper Source [info] [RefWorks help]
- OhioLINK E-Journal Finder
- Social Issues Researcher (SIRS)
- Social Studies Collections
- Sociological Abstracts 1963-
- Social Sciences Citation Index (ISI) [info]
- TOPICsearch [info]
- Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
- Women's Studies International [info][RefWorks help]
Annotated Bibliography of Feminist Aesthetics in the Literary, Performing and Visual Arts, 1970-1990 (compiled by Linda Krumholz and Estella Lauter)
Black American Feminism A Multidisciplinary Bibliography Media, Film and Television
- Interviews, reviews, film shorts. Comprehensive resource for current film releases on screen, TV, and DVD.
inforM Women's Studies: Film Reviews (University of Maryland)
- Full-text reviews and some interviews, mainly of recent films.
- Search engine query webpage for finding movie review articles on film titles.
- An introduction to the discipline. Includes bibliography.
Women Film Directors - Index based on G.A. Foster's Women Film Directors (1995)
WOMEN IN CINEMA: A Reference Guide (Philip McEldowney)
- An excellent resource which examines the role that women have played in cinema, as well as the impact that they have had on cinema.
Women Make Movies (WMM)
- Women Make Movies is a catalog of films categorized and annotated, browsable by subject, title, and filmmaker. Related links cover feminist film theory, bibliography, filmography, and individuals' sites, providing an excellent jumping-off point to the world of independent filmmaking by women.
Women Film Pioneers (Duke University)