The Feminist Voice: Improvisation in Women’s Autobiographical Filmmaking
The Feminist Voice: Improvisation in Women’s Autobiographical Filmmaking
The essays discusses the mindful use of improvisational methods in women’s autobiographical filmmaking as a means to establish a feminist documentary voice that lies outside of patriarchy and established Western notions of subject, using intersections between improvisational theory and the well-established theories of subjective voice in documentary. The author concludes that “improvisation as a working method invites practitioners into a space of community, empowerment and political change.” … “”Through the utilisation of improvisation as a method of feminist autobiographical documentary praxis, filmmakers can take a step in the direction towards a future promising personal growth and both social and political change and define their work outside of standardised, patriarchal means.”
Keywords: Feminist voice, Improvisation as method, Autobiographical filmmaking, Female subjectivity, Documentary praxis
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