Monday, September 13, 2010

Pioneering Woman Directors (National Film Preservation Foundation)

Pioneering Woman Directors
This web exhibition from NFPF's Treasures from American Film Archives DVD showcases work by five women filmmakers:
  • Falling Leaves (1912) Preserved by the Library of Congress
  • The Hazards of Helen: Episode 13 (1915) Preserved by the Library of Congress
  • Peyote Queen (1965) Preserved by Anthology Film Archives
  • Rural Life in Maine (ca. 1930) Preserved by Northeast Historic Film
  • Where Are My Children? (1916) Preserved by the Library of Congress
The Hazards of Helen: Episode 13 (1915), directed by Helen Holmes and Leo Maloney.



1 comment:

David of Sydney said...

Helen's stunts are being celebrated in a bio-doc of J.P.McGowan which will premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival (South Australia) in Feb 2011.