And what about Pam Grier's films from the 70's like:
Coffy, Foxy Brown, and Campy http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124009543 Jo Ann Jo Ann Reynolds Reserve Services Coordinator University of Connecticut Homer Babbidge Library Storrs, CT 860-486-1406 jo_ann.reyno...@uconn.edu Question Reality From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Val Gangwer Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 9:47 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] End of semester larks! Your help needed. Hi Gary, Don't forget Hard Candy from 2006 by director David Slade. Val Gangwer Mary Baldwin College Director of Media Services On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 3:53 PM, <ghand...@library.berkeley.edu> wrote: Hi all As a way of decompressing after the end of the semester, I'm putting together a goofy videography of UCB video holdings entitled: Vamps, Tramps, Hookers, Femmes Fatales and Kick-ass Gurrrls: Transgressive Women in the Movies http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/transgressivewomen.html This is admittedly a real grab-bag: includes women crossing sexual boundaries, sundry violent babes, revenge narratives, madwomen, riot gurrrrls, super-heroines, what have you... What have I left out (besides catwoman from Batman Returns and Lisa Simpson)? I'm mainly looking for films in which the transgressive woman plays a central or leading role. Have fun! Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. -- Valerie Gangwer Media Services Director Mary Baldwin College a...@graftonlibrary #7267
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
