Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Pumping Iron II - The Women (1984)- Dir. George Butler
- This look at the burgeoning world of women's bodybuilding is even more entertaining than its male precursor. Conflicts over what determines a…
She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas (1984)- Dir. John Goldschmidt
Feat. Julie Walters, Anthony Higgins - Eight women come together to have a crack at a week–long survival course, so as to let off some steam and gather life–focus. Leading…
What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Carmen Maura - Carmen Maura plays a delirious feminist housewife in this early black–comic farce from Almodovar, here working at his freshest and most…
Widows (TV Series) (1984)- Feat. Ann Mitchell, Ann Mitchell
- Gritty crime TV from the writer of PRIME SUSPECT, Lynda La Plante, about the widows of three armed robbers who take over their husbands' crime busines
Calamity Jane (1983)- Dir. James Goldstone
Feat. Jane Alexander, David Hemmings, Talia Balsam… - Gutsy western adventure centred on the west's ultimate tomboy 'Calamity Jane,' (realistically portrayed by Jane Alexander) renowned for her ability…
Heart Like a Wheel (1983)- Dir. Jonathan Kaplan
Feat. Jesse Aragon, Bonnie Bedelia - Well–rated biopic of woman racing–car driver, Shirley Muldowney.
Issues Facing Women (1983-1987)- Dir. Patricia Robins, Diana Rowan, Melanie Read
Feat. Judy McIntosh, Elizabeth McRae, Bridgette Allen… - Three short films from New Zealand made by and about women. Instincts (1987) 20 mins The story of a woman in a communal relationship in the 70's…
Jane Eyre (TV Series) (1983)- Dir. Julian Amyes
Feat. Zelah Clarke, Timothy Dalton - Charlotte Bronte's ever–popular story, of orphan Jane's marriage to the enigmatic Mr Rochester (Timothy Dalton), is here adapted to its…
Cagney and Lacey (TV Series) (1982)- Feat. Sharon Gless, Tyne Daly
- Women’s Lib. makes headway into New York’s crime fighting ranks in this sturdy eighties policier propelled by two staunch female detectives in a…
Losing Ground (1982)- Dir. Kathleen Collins
Feat. Seret Scott, Bill Gunn, Duane Jones - Noted as the first feature–length drama directed by a black American woman since the 1920s – a semi–autobiographical story of a…
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