Film History:
Radha’s work on women in the silent film industry
Women all over the world were pivotal in the development of the early film industry. They contributed to the field as directors, producers, screen writers, editors, distributors, exhibitors and actresses with substantial financial and creative clout. By the late 1920s however, movies became a big business and most women were pushed to the sidelines.
Radha Vatsal is co-editor, with Jane Gaines and Monica Dall’Asta, of The Women Film Pioneers Project, a digital sourcebook that catalogues women’s contributions to all aspects of early cinema. The sourcebook includes overview essays, biographies, filmographies, lists of extant prints, video clips, paper artifacts and more.
Radha’s Essays on Women in Early Cinema
From the Women Film Pioneers Project. Jane Gaines, Radha Vatsal, Monica Dall’Asta eds. New York, NY: Columbia University Libraries:
“How Women Worked in the US Silent Film Industry” with Jane Gaines.
“Reevaluating Footnotes: Women Directors of the Silent Era” In A Feminist Reader in Early Cinema. Jennifer M. Bean and Diane Negra, eds. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
