Women's cinema, world cinema : projecting contemporary feminisms /

White's Women's Cinema, World Cinema comes along at a particularly important time, not only in film studies but also in cultural politics as a whole. In illuminating discussions of work from around the world by such important directors as Lucrecia Martel, Samira Makhmalbaf, Deepa Mehta, and Jane Campion and by less-known directors Jeong Jae-eun, Nia Dinata, Sabiha Sumar, and Claudia Llosa, White (Swarthmore College) documents the important, deeply influential films created by these auteurs, constructing an entirely new world of 21st-century cinematic discourse that offers a welcome respite from the relentless fanboy culture of Hollywood cinema. Bringing these excellent, inspiring filmmakers into sharp focus, this comprehensive study is smoothly organized and could even serve as a text for a semester-long course on 21st-century feminist cinema. Boldly illustrated and written in a clear, accessible style, this will be a key resource for those interested in contemporary film history, theory, and criticism. In addition to a detailed bibliography, the book features a list of many films (some available from such groundbreaking distributors as Women Make Movies) examined in the text so readers can easily access them for viewing. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers. --Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, University of Nebraska--Lincoln