The Cinema of Stephanie Rothman

Alicia Kozma is director of the Indiana University Cinema. She holds a PhD from the Institute of Communication Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is coauthor of Refocus: The Films of Doris Wishman and Mobilized Identities: Mediated Subjectivity and Cultural Crisis in the Neoliberal Era, and her work has been published in Media Industries, Film Comment, Camera Obscura, Television and New Media, and other publications.

This book sheds new light on the prevalent sexism in filmmaking, both in front of and behind the camera.-- "Library Journal" Make no mistake, this a thorough, literary, detailed survey surrounding the vocation of one of the most respected women directors to emerge from the predominantly male world of Hollywood.--John Owen "Film & Video Maker" This deep dive into Stephanie Rothman's career as a director and oft-forgotten groundbreaking visionary of 1970s indie filmmaking illuminates the intersection of economic justice and progressive filmmaking. . . . The highlighted films and history are likely to invoke introspection and women's empowerment. This book sheds new light on the prevalent sexism in filmmaking, both in front of and behind the camera.--Alana R. Quarles "Arts & Humanities" A vivid portrait of the difficulty of creating a career in mainstream Hollywood for women in the 1970s--Rosanne Welch, executive director of the MFA in TV and Screenwriting Program, Stephens College Thanks to Kozma's interventionist scholarship, we can now set the record straight on filmmaker Stephanie Rothman, a woman whose discriminatory experiences in the film industry give lie to the idea of parity as the ultimate solution to the systemic sexism and misogyny women faced and continue to face at all levels in the profession.--Kelly Hankin, professor of film studies in the Johnston Center for Integrative Studies, University of Redlands The Cinema of Stephanie Rothman: Radical Acts in Filmmaking is a significant and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, film school, and academic library cinematic history and biography collections.-- "Midwest Book Review"