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THEME EXPLORATION

independent women

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Time and a Place
A Time and a Place
1977 · Gillian Armstrong
2017
2017
2017 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Entre tinieblas
Entre tinieblas
1983 · Pedro Almodóvar
À ma soeur!
À ma soeur!
2001 · Catherine Breillat
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
2024 · Mark Cousins
Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures
2016 · Theodore Melfi
7 Women
7 Women
1966 · John Ford
A Woman’s Way
A Woman’s Way
1908 · D.W. Griffith
Cecil B. DeMented
Cecil B. DeMented
2000 · John Waters
Duelle
Duelle
1976 · Jacques Rivette
Faat Kiné
Faat Kiné
2001 · Ousmane Sembène
Far From the Madding Crowd
Far From the Madding Crowd
1967 · John Schlesinger
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Agnès Varda → France

Her films consistently center autonomous female characters navigating identity, relationships, and society on their own terms, from 'Vagabond' to 'One Sings, the Other Doesn't'.

Chloé Zhao → China/USA

She portrays resilient women surviving independently in harsh environments with dignity and agency, exemplified in 'Nomadland' and 'The Rider'.

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