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1 5 4 P E R S P E C T I V E | J A N U A R Y / F E B R U A R Y 2 0 2 2 R E S O U R C E S MOVIE MAVENS: US NEWSPAPER WOMEN TAKE ON THE MOVIES, 1914-1923 (WOMEN & FILM HISTORY INTERNATIONAL) BY RICHARD ABEL, GRACE KINGSLEY, KITTY KELLY uring the early era of cinema, moiegoers turned to women editors and writers for the latest on eeryones faorite stars, films, and filmmakers. ichard bel returns these women to film history with an anthology of reiews, articles, and other works. rawn from newspapers of the time, the selections show how columnists like itty elly, ae Tinee, ouella arsons, and eneiee arris wrote directly to female readers. They also profiled women working in obs like scenario writer and film editor and noted the industrys willingness to hire women. bel supplements the tets with hardtofind biographical information and proides contet on the newspapers and silentera moie industry as well as on the professionals and films highlighted by these writers. n inaluable collection of rare archial sources, Movie Mavens reeals womens essential contribution to the creation of merican film culture. THE CINEMA OF SARA GOMEZ: REFRAMING REVOLUTION (NEW DIRECTIONS IN NATIONAL CINEMAS) BY VICTOR FOWLER CALZADA, SUSAN LORD, MARIA CARIDAD CUMANA Throughout the s until her untimely death in , frouban filmmaker Sara me engaged directly and courageously with the social, political, economic, and cultural transformations promised by the uban eolution.me directed numerous documentary films in prolific years. She also made De cierta manera (One way or another), her only featurelength film. er films naigate comple eperiences of social class, race, and gender by reframing reolutionary citienship, cultural memory, and political alue. This book unpacks her comple life and gies weight to her groundbreaking cinema. THE MELANCHOLY LENS: LOSS AND MOURNING IN AMERICAN AVANT-GARDE CINEMA BY TONY PIPOLO The impact of significant loss has eerted a powerful influence on seeral merican aantgarde filmmakers. The Melancholy Lens offers a detailed look at biographical and psychological factors discernible in the art of aya eren, Stan rakhage, regory arkopoulos, obert eaers, and rnie ehr with an aim toward a greater understanding of their work.