A digital publication & resource that advances research on silent-era women filmmakers. Published by @ColumbiaDS w/ support from @ColumbiaSoA. Tweets by @ks2956

New York, NY
Joined January 2014
New to WFPP: Alyssa Lopez (@prof_alopez) on the career of exhibitor Maria C. Downs! "Mrs. Maria C. Downs (née Godoy), variously referred to as owner, proprietor, and manager, opened the Lincoln Theatre in Harlem in 1909." wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ma…
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Today at 14:30 at #IlCinemaRitrovato: Nell Shipman's WHITE WATER + Lydia Hayward's THE BOATSWAIN’S MATE + Florence Turner's HYPNOTISING THE HYPNOTIST 😍📷 festival.ilcinemaritrovato.i…
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Happy New Year! Looking forward to more film feminism in 2024! #womeninfilm
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NEW TO WFPP: Richard Abel on the career of American film exhibitor and theater manager Flossie A. Jones. wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/fl…
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NEW TO WFPP: @lukemckernan on British screenwriting duo Muriel Alleyne and Christabel Lowndes-Yates. They are most notable for the written advice they gave to others on making films. wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/mu…
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Start your weekend off right with a Polish silent melodrama/maritime action/comedy film produced by Maria Hirszbein. "After Alice, Beyond Lois" concludes today (11/10) at @MoMAFilm w/ ZEW MORZA (1927). 3:30pm! Live music by the legend @unpianistique! moma.org/calendar/events/911…
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Today (11/7) at @MoMAFilm: Jane Gaines introduces THE GIRL SPY BEFORE VICKSBURG (US, 1910), written by Gene Gauntier, and KAJASTUS (Finland, 1930), written by Gerda Hintze. 4:30pm! Live musical accompaniment by @silentfilmmusic! moma.org/calendar/events/911…
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Tonight (11/6) at 6:30pm at @MoMAFilm: "Live Life Smiling," a program of three comedies from England, Sweden, and Denmark. Live musical accompaniment by Amanda Cattel! moma.org/calendar/events/912…
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