Women and Global Documentary

In what innovative ways are women documentary filmmakers seeking to prioritize and promote political awareness, alternative modes of allyship, and advocacy for those most marginalized by patriarchy and global capitalism? Women and Global Documentary answers the urgent need to re-evaluate not only the significance of women's documentary practices and their contributions to feminist world-building, but also the state of documentary studies as it engages with political, aesthetic, and industrial developments arising as a result of an increasing numbers of women's documentaries. Bringing together a range of diverse practitioners and authors, the essays analyse alternative and emergent networks of production and reception in the Global South. They go on to investigate the filmmaking practices of North American indigenous filmmakers, filmmakers from sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Afghanistan, Europe, and Japan. In doing so, they evaluate the global, institutional, curatorial, and artistic dynamics that have impacted women's documentary practices in the 21st century, and their implications for scholarly debates about women's authorship, political subjectivity, and documentary representation.