Margarethe Von Trotta

Through Hildegard's Eyes: Margarethe von Trotta on Vision

Dan Lybarger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alfred Hitchcock, Dan Lybarger, German New Wave, Hildegard Von Bingen, Vision: From the Life of Hildegard Von Bingen, Volker Schlöndorf, Vertigo, Film Forum, Margarethe Von Trotta, Film, Barbara Sukowa, Arts News
Dan Lybarger

German writer-director Margarethe von Trotta started directing movies in the 1970s, at a time when few women were behind the cameras. This week, von Trotta explained how much we still have to learn from a woman who lived centuries ago.

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Toronto's Celebration of Women Filmmakers

Erica Abeel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abby Cornish, Women Filmmakers, Margarethe Von Trotta, Fanny Brawne and John Keats, Jane Campion, Bright Star, Entertainment News
Erica Abeel

My favorite from women filmmakers so far is Campion's Bright Star, a cinematic tone poem about the love between poet John Keats and girl next door Fanny Brawne.

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