With regard to the feminist critique of auteurism, I would just add that many avant-garde films by women address the issues you identify in particularly direct and interesting ways, e.g., Chick Strand's _Soft Fiction_; Su Friedrich's _Sink or Swim_; Yvonne Rainer's _Privilege_ or _Film About a Woman Who..._; Carolee Schneeman's _Fuses_; and Cheryl Dunye's recent _Watermelon Woman_. I believe each of these films is available through one of the following distributors: Canyon Cinema (San Francisco); Women Make Movies (NY); Zeitgeist (NY). ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama.