The Cinema Coven: Witches, Witchcraft and Women's Filmmaking

by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

Witches and witchcraft are potent metaphors for feminine power, with a history that predates the advent of cinema. They represent a particularly fraught, contested kind of gendered power, and have long inspired women filmmakers to explore themes of race, class, trauma, motherhood, grief, and identity.

This book examines the relationship between women, witchcraft, and filmmaking, exploring types of storytelling and the central themes in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476690758
• ISBN13: 9781476690759
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 170 Pages
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"