S2 Ep1: Always on: The History of Women in Film

Welcome back for Season 2! We’re so happy to have you with us for another season.To kick things off, Immi, Kitty and Lou are taking you through some of the key female figures who have shaped the film industry, from Alice Guy-Blaché, widely recognised as the first recorded female film director, and her groundbreaking film La Fée aux Choux (The Cabbage Fairy), all the way to Kathryn Bigelow’s history-making Oscar win and the influential women making their mark today.We’ll be exploring their stories, achievements and the barriers they broke along the way, celebrating the women who have helped shape film as we know it.Watch La Fée aux Choux (The Cabbage Fairy) here: https://youtu.be/-Ewo-jcNYRI?si=QClFB__SA7sUDlkn , and find our research resources below:Immi’s Section:BFI Articlehttps://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/female-gaze-100-overlooked-films-directed-by-women?AFI Articlehttps://www.afi.com/news/alice-guy-blache-afi-catalog-spotlight/ Harvard Gazette Article https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2003/11/radcliffe-fellow-explores-early-female-film-pioneers/? Science Institute Article https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/where-are-my-children-public-health-in-the-movies/? AFI Catalog https://catalog.afi.com/Film/14392-WHERE-ARE-MY-CHILDREN?cp=1&pos=0&sid=ee081118-cfbe-423f-86f6-f88b70537736&sr=4.887564&BFI Article https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/where-begin-with-early-women-filmmakers?BFI Playerhttps://player.bfi.org.uk/rentals/film/watch-the-marvellous-mabel-normand-the-leading-lady-of-film-comedy-2018-online AFI Article https://www.afi.com/news/mabel-normand-afi-catalog-spotlight/?  UCLA Article https://cinema.ucla.edu/touring-series/directed-by-dorothy-arzner-tour-2003/ Harvard Article https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2003/11/radcliffe-fellow-explores-early-female-film-pioneers/?Kitty’s section:Bechdel Test Online https://bechdeltest.comAlison Bechdel interview on the origins of the testhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/02/alison-bechdel-test-dykes-to-watch-out-for-cartoonist-interviewLou’s section:The Celluloid Ceiling - 28th Edition https://womenintvfilm.sdsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-Celluloid-Ceiling-Report.pdf USC Annenberg - 2024 was a historic year for women in filmhttps://annenberg.usc.edu/news/research-and-impact/2024-was-historic-year-women-film USC Annenberg - DEI is DOA: Hollywood’s lack of progress toward inclusionhttps://annenberg.usc.edu/news/research-and-impact/dei-doa-hollywoods-lack-progress-toward-inclusion USC Annenberg - Was 2023 the year of the woman director? Survey says… nohttps://annenberg.usc.edu/news/research-and-impact/was-2023-year-woman-director-survey-says%E2%80%A6-no