Research

Gender

  • African Women in Cinema Project   Peer Reviewed
    This website provides research and resource guides for the study of African women filmmakers. It includes a filmography and bibliography, as well as a teaching and learning guide to the study of African women in cinema.
  • Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media   Peer Reviewed
    Examining moving image media and cultures from an explicitly "nonsectarian left, feminist, and anti-imperialist" political stand, the website of the journal Jump Cut provides a chronological, searchable archive with access to full-text essays, reports, and features going back to its first issue in 1974.
  • Kinsey Institute: Film and Video Collection  
    The Kinsey Institute's film and video collection represents one of the largest collections of visual material pertaining to the study of human sexuality. The film archive "consists of approximately 8,000 film titles ranging in date from 1915 through the 1970s. The collections contain a variety of formats including super 8, 8mm, 16mm and 35mm."
  • Media and Communications Studies Site: Film Studies   Peer Reviewed
    A bibliography by scholars at the University of Wales that links to full-text articles available online. Browse by subject.
  • Representation of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered People in Film & Television: A Bibliography   Peer Reviewed
    A list of books and journal articles about the representation of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered people in film and television. The articles and books span many different genres, eras, and topics. The resources listed are available in the UC-Berkeley library, but many of the books can be found elsewhere.
  • The Alliance of Women Film Journalists  
    The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Inc. (AWFJ) is an association of professional female movie critics, reporters, and feature writers working in print, broadcast, and online media. The AWFJ website keeps an active record of fiction feature and documentary films that are by and/or about women or focus on women’s issues. The online magazine features interviews, profiles, reviews, and essays.
  • Women in Film & Television: A Bibliography   Peer Reviewed
    A list of books and journal articles about the representation of women in film and television. The material spans many different genres, eras, and topics. Includes links to other topical bibliographies on the UC Berkeley site, such as "Sex in the Movies" and "Hollywood Melodrama." The resources listed are available in the UC Berkeley library, but many of the books can be found elsewhere.
  • Women Make Movies  
    Women Make Movies is a distributor of independent films made by and about women.