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This is an impressive and important collection of voices, positions and statements on the art and practice of feminist filmmaking. Its strengths are multiple. First of all, the book is extremely timely, in that it identifies the field and practice of feminist filmmaking in the first place, and that it goes to great lengths to ensure that the field is well represented in its vibrant diversity and the multiplicity of its voices and viewpoints from across the globe. The editorial introduction grounds the project in specific events and encounters between filmmakers, curators, producers and writers while explaining the book's methodology, approach and political commitment. I really value the mix of live dialogue and critical commentary the book offers. A great deal of labour, attention, and care has clearly gone into staging all the dialogic encounters and ensuring that the collection works together as a whole. This will be an important volume for a variety of audiences. It will serve as an inspiration to junior filmmakers who are still seeking their own voice as well as ways of negotiating with society's institutions and constraints, including those concerning gender. It will encourage critical reflection on (and hopefully practical change with regard to) the genres of film that women, gender-fluid and queer filmmakers are encouraged - and discouraged - to pursue. But Radical Equalities and Global Feminist Filmmaking will also be an important text for the interdisciplinary field of film studies and media studies more broadly, providing it with a live map of the most exciting and important developments and ideas around feminist filmmaking across the globe. There is nothing like it out there yet! Joanna Zylinska Professor of New Media and Communications Goldsmiths, University of London

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Bernadette Wegenstein is an Austrian-born linguist, author and critically acclaimed documentary filmmaker living in Baltimore. Her work brings together her feminist thought and her interest in human-centric storytelling. She is a professor of Media Study at the Johns Hopkins University, where she directs the Center for Advanced Media Study. Her books include 'Getting Under the Skin: Body and Media Theory, ' and 'The Cosmetic Gaze: Body Modification and the Construction of Beauty.' She is currently writing a monograph about the filmmaker Jane Campion. Her documentaries include 'Made Over in America, ' 'See You Soon Again, ' and 'The Good Breast.' Her most recent film 'The Conductor' won five best documentary awards in the international festival circuits and had a US theatrical release. She is currently in post-production with the partly animated film 'Devoti tutti, ' and in pre-production with the musical film 'A Sweet Secret.' Lauren Benjamin Mushro is a PhD student in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Johns Hopkins University. Her work mainly focuses on counterculture DIY media productions and democratic transitions in Spain, Portugal, and Brazil. Mushro's studies at Hopkins are interdisciplinary, allowing her research on Spanish and Lusophone gender politics to overlap with contemporary art, media theory, and film studies. Prior to arriving at Hopkins, Lauren earned a BA in Political Science and Hispanic Studies at Boston College, where she graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and won the Andrés Bello Award. In recent years Mushro entered the production side of film, where she learned film editing and montage skills through courses at El Centre de Cultura de Dones Francesca Bonnemaison and while working in post-production on Wegenstein's film 'The Conductor.'

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