BBC:cinema still need to make a space for queer woman

[Newpolitics 495]

BBC Culture:Whenever minority voices in the field of film criticism or even the general movie-going public talk about expanding the canon, or even going as far as destroying it, we’re arguing for our place at the table. It is not breaking news to say that the film industry has been dominated by white men for over 100 years at this point. 

Filmmaking and film criticism have always suffered from an absolute drought of female perspectives and canonisation and funding has always been easier to achieve for male filmmakers than female ones. It can feel like ancient history in 2019, but the notion of women directing a film with the independence to be transgressive, complicated or even angry is still a relatively new phenomenon.

Many women featured on the BBC’s list of the greatest films directed by women have had to break glass ceilings to get their voices heard, and the challenge has been even harder for the women included who are gay or transgender

Chantal Akerman’s early film Je, Tu, Ill, Elle is her most uninhibited look at carnality and passion between women 

 

When thinking about LGBT cinema, the most obvious name on the list is Chantal Akerman, who has three films included: Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975), News from Home (1977), The Meetings of Anna (1978).

Trans voices

Transgender representation is also spotty on this list. There are a few obvious classics like Jennie Livingston’s drag ball documentary Paris is Burning (1991) and Sally Potter’s 1992 adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s 1928 novel Orlando, which renders Woolf’s lover Vita Sackville-West as a shapeshifting creature who would live forever, first as a man and then as a woman.

 

ya'll need to read this 

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20191126-cinema-still-needs-to-make-space-for-queer-women

 

 

 

 

[bionic 50,107]

Very true. LGBT+ representation film is usual a brief moment of two men interacting in a vaguely homoerotic way... #justiceforlesbians

 

Wasn't it hinted that Captain Marvel was a lesbian with her friend??

[SeasonOfTheWitch 3,789]

5 minutes ago, bionic said:

Very true. LGBT+ representation film is usual a brief moment of two men interacting in a vaguely homoerotic way... #justiceforlesbians

 

Wasn't it hinted that Captain Marvel was a lesbian with her friend??

I don’t think the OP is talking about representation in film but filmmakers themselves? 

[bionic 50,107]

1 minute ago, SeasonOfTheWitch said:

I don’t think the OP is talking about representation in film but filmmakers themselves? 

Is it not describing both?? See: paragraph 2 and the bit about Virginia Woolf

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1 minute ago, SeasonOfTheWitch said:

I don’t think the OP is talking about representation in film but filmmakers themselves? 

i,m actually talking about both . you should read the article from the link  its more understanding tbh 

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Just now, Newpolitics said:

i,m actually talking about both . you should read the article from the link  its more understanding tbh 

Sorry, what I read from your op seemed to be more about LGBT female filmmakers and female perspective, not just female LGBT characters.  But yes I agree with both. I think though a lot of people forget that films are more than just what’s onscreen, we can get every movie to have a LGBTQ Female in it but at the end of the day if what’s behind the scenes is the same old perspective nothing’s really changed. 

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As a lesbian I strongly agree with that assessment. It's pretty hard to find stories either made by us or for us LGBT women, especially those of color.

I think it's really important for women to be able to write and direct their worldview and share it with the world because there's a certain nuance to our experiences (which vary greatly) that can only be fully explored by us.

Not to mention how hard it is to see ourselves in the big screen. We don't get to just exist and so often female relationships are created and shaped to satisfy the male gaze and there's hardly any gender non-conforming women being displayed in the media. As someone who is butch, it certainly would've helped to see women like me in a positive light.

Cinema has been for a long time very elitist and exclusive and hopefully that'll change in the upcoming years. There has been a shift in the last decade or so but we're still far from getting our space and it's crucial to keep pushing for more representation in the industry.