voyage of discovery

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No, you haven’t heard wrongly. Mark Cousins’ magisterial, wideranging doc celebrating the artistry of female film directors really does clock in at an epic 14 hours (plus extras on Blu-ray!). From Lois Weber’s daring silents, through Kinuyo Tanaka’s melodramas to Patty Jenkins’ thunderous Wonder Woman, his grand tour covers 183 directors who’ve made nearly 1,000 films between them across five continents and 13 decades. Phew.

Arthouse-film lovers seeking an absorbing long-form project for any present or, this isn’t a linear movie history. Instead, it’s a bold set of video essays examining through analysis what makes a film great, but using only the work of women directors. Think of it as ‘a film school, where all the teachers are female’.