Maggie Hennefeld
Associate Professor of Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota
USA
Voted for
| Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| La pile électrique de Léontine (Léontine's Electric Battery) | 1910 | Unknown |
| Le Bateau de Léontine | 1911 | Roméo Bosetti |
| Léontine s'envole (Léontine Flies Away) | 1911 | Unknown |
| Laughing Gas | 1907 | Edwin S. Porter |
| Daisy Doodad's Dial | 1914 | Florence Turner |
| Daisies | 1966 | Věra Chytilová |
| Born in Flames | 1983 | Lizzie Borden |
| One Way or Another | 1977 | Sara Gómez |
| Sambizanga | 1972 | Sarah Maldoror |
| BILDNIS EINER TRINKERIN | 1979 | Ulrike Ottinger |
Comments
La pile électrique de Léontine (Léontine's Electric Battery)
Léontine steals a high-voltage electric battery from an inventor and then proceeds to electrocute everyone in her path, including the police. This was part of a French comic series filmed in Nice, France from 1910-1912. The brilliant actress who played Léontine (who was likely also an uncredited co-director and gag writer) is still unknown.
Le Bateau de Léontine
Léontine floods her house in order to sail her toy boat indoors. This was part of a French comic series filmed in Nice, France from 1910-1912. The brilliant actress who played Léontine (who was likely also an uncredited co-director and gag writer) is still unknown.
Léontine s'envole (Léontine Flies Away)
Léontine acquires too many helium balloons which send her airborne. This was part of a French comic series filmed in Nice, France from 1910-1912. The brilliant actress who played Léontine (who was likely also an uncredited co-director and gag writer) is still unknown.
Laughing Gas
A Black woman played by Bertha Regustus spreads her laughter contagiously after being given nitrous oxide (aka Laughing Gas) by her dentist. Her irresistible laughter allows her to desegregate white public space.
Daisy Doodad's Dial
Daisy Doodad (Florence Turner, aka "The Vitagraph Girl") trains day and night to compete in an amateur face-making competition. She is arrested for public indecency and then has nightmares about her own hysterical "gurning."
Daisies
Two women named Marie live their best life.
Born in Flames
Honestly, it's a scandal that this film hasn't been on the top ten list since 1983.
One Way or Another
Havana after the Cuban Revolution. A feminist materialist analysis on class, sexism, and racism.
Sambizanga
Film aesthetics at their most political. Feminist cinema of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola.
BILDNIS EINER TRINKERIN
If possible, the perfect film.
Further remarks
I feel very confident about all of my decisions. Thank you for inviting me to participate in this poll.