May 10: Jane Gaines on the Melodrama Theory of Feminist Film
Please join us for the final Chicago Film Seminar of the year at 6:30 pm on Thursday, May 10 to welcome Jane Gaines (Columbia University) for her talk, " A Melodrama Theory of Feminist Film Historiography ." Christine Gledhill (New York University) will provide the response. The CFS will be held, as always, in the Flaxman Theater, Room 1307 of the School of the Art Institute's building at 112 S. Michigan Ave. Thursday, May 10 at 6:30pm Jane Gaines , Columbia University "A Melodrama Theory of Feminist Film Historiography" Respondent: Christine Gledhill , New York University Gaines describes her talk as follows: This paper is the end of a book that begins with the problem of what we should do with the evidence that so many women made significant behind-the-scenes contributions to building national film industries in the silent era. While the book begins with the chapter “Pink-Slipped: What Happened to Women in the Silent Film Industries?” the end conside...