Final Project Summary

This film showcases the career of director Lois Weber, considered by many film historians to be the first true auteur director.  Her films were not only ahead of their time in terms of technical achievements, but they also set a standard that not many filmmakers were able to meet.  She challenged how women were viewed by society while struggling with her own Victorian Era upbringing.  This video also features insight from Margaret Seleznev, a Women and Media student who shares her own take on Lois Weber's impact on feminism and the potential of women in media as a whole.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cnTUBZWvYI

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Beauchamp, Cari. “Remembering Lois Weber, Early Hollywood’s Most Successful Woman Director.” IndieWire, 15 May 2015, www.indiewire.com/2015/05/remembering-lois-weber-early-hollywoods-most-successful-woman-director-203681/.

“Lois Weber, Early Hollywood's Forgotten Pioneer.” Dangerous Women Project, 9 Jan. 2017, dangerouswomenproject.org/2017/01/10/lois-weber-early-hollywoods-forgotten-pioneer/.