Hi Ben, My 16mm films all used voiceover with women’s voices prominent. The most ambitious, and definitely off the radar, is: WATERSCAPE: ILLUSIONS, 52 minutes, an essay film that meditates on illusion and reality in both myth making and filmmaking in the context of shooting a film on a “wilderness” lake with swans. The principal voices are all women: the filmmaker whose shooting diary provides narration of events and thoughts, a scholar on swan symbolism, and three young girls trading fairy tales and a poem. If you would like a link, please contact me off list.
Other films with women in voiceover that come to mind, but in no way represent a comprehensive list are: Marguerite Duras films: especially INDIA SONG and her short film CESAREE with a woman’s voice describing the ruined city of Cesaree (Caesarea) over images of the Tuileries and Paris. Some films preserved by the Women’s Film Preservation Fund of NYWIFT: MAKE OUT, 1970, a narrative short showing a couple in a romantic moment with a woman’s voice expressing what she is feeling. The film made by the Newsreel Collective was conceived by Geri Ashur, who co-directed, (with Peter Schlaifer), the filming of the actors. The voice-over script was created collectively by Ashur, Andrea Eagan, Marcia Salo Rizzi, Deborah Shaffer and a few other women, and was taken from thetranscript of their "conscious-raising group" discussions. SISTERS!, 1973, Barbara Hammer, director, with the voices of Hammer and Kate Millet. The film begins with a woman’s voice declaring: “I had a dream of women where men used to be: building, working, growing strong, building their bodies into strength for self-defense.” This film collage is a celebration of lesbians. ALL WOMEN ARE EQUAL, Marguerite Paris. This may be a stretch because it’s a documentary about a male to female transvestite, Paula, whose voice taken from an interview out of synch with filmed images of her in her apartment. And one more addition: HAIR PIECE, A FILM FOR NAPPY-HEADED PEOPLE, 1985, Ayoka Chenzira, director, an animated film about Black women coping with expectations about their hairstyles. (available through Women Make Movies) ANN Ann Deborah Levy filmmaker: www.resonantimages.com and Co-Chair, Women’s Film Preservation Fund of NYWIFT: www.womensfilmpreservationfund.org On Nov 2, 2017, at 9:42 AM, Ben Ogrodnik wrote: > Hi all, > > I am requesting some film suggestions for a list of experimental, > independent, and/or feminist-leaning films that contain a woman -- > or multiple women -- providing voice-over narration to the images. > > The works can be from any era, in any format: documentary, > animation, fiction, found-footage, anthropological, installation- > based, etc. > > Some well-known examples of this tradition would be: Laura Mulvey > and Peter Wollen's Riddles of the Sphinx, 1977; Michelle Citron's > Daughter Rite, 1978; or Su Friedrich's Sink or Swim, 1990. > > Any examples of woman-voiced films that may be lesser known, or > made outside EuroAmerican settings, would be greatly appreciated as > well! > > Thanks so much. > > Sincerely, > Ben > > -- > Ben Ogrodnik > Department of Film Studies // History of Art and Architecture > University of Pittsburgh > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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