>
> Some others to add to your list might be Julie Dash's ILLUSIONS and
> DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST, Zeinabu Irene Davis' A POWERFUL THANG, Amy
> Heckerling's FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH and CLUELESS, Kathryn Bigelow's
> BLUE STEEL (the subject of many a critical article), Gillian Armstrong's
> LITTLE WOMEN (This might allow you to cheat and do one of her Australian
> films, such as MY BRILLIANT CAREER or HIGH TIDE), or even Penny Marshall's
> A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN or THE PREACHER'S WIFE (if for nothing else than to
> show the extreme limitations Hollywood cinema has placed so far one women
> who would be auteurs).  The best examples of women auteurs are, alas,
> non-American (Varda, Akerman, Von Trotta, Campion, etc.)--a fact which is
> a lesson in itself.
>
> Dennis Bingham
> Indiana University, Indianapolis
 
 
Ooh, another good (tho non-American) addition is Jocelyn Morehouse's PROOF.
 
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