Calling the Shots

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Calling the Shots

1988

1h 40m

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Overview

Documentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share their thoughts.

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32 members

Directing

Karen Arthur

Self

Directing

Lizzie Borden

Self

Production

Barbara Boyle

Self

No Image

Directing

Joyce Chopra

Self

Directing

Martha Coolidge

Self

Directing

Donna Deitch

Self

Directing

Jill Godmilow

Self

Acting

Lee Grant

Self

Directing

Randa Haines

Self

Writing

Amy Holden Jones

Self

Directing

許鞍華

Self

Acting

Margot Kidder

Self

Acting

Sherry Lansing

Self

Acting

Jeanne Moreau

Self

Directing

Euzhan Palcy

Self

Acting

Mala Powers

Self

Writing

Patricia Resnick

Self

Directing

Susan Seidelman

Self

Directing

Helen Shaver

Self

Directing

Joan Micklin Silver

Self

Directing

Penelope Spheeris

Self

Writing

Joan Tewkesbury

Self

Directing

Agnès Varda

Self

Directing

Chantal Akerman

Self

Directing

Margarethe von Trotta

Self

Directing

Claudia Weill

Self

Production

Paula Weinstein

Self

Directing

Anne Wheeler

Self

Writing

Sandy Wilson

Self

No Image

Acting

Mai Zetterling

Self

Acting

Ida Lupino

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Elaine May

Self (archive footage)

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