The making of a period piece about nine female convicts who escape brutal conditions in an Australian penal colony was mired in behind-the-scenes chaos
Earlier this month Screen Australia launched Gender Matters, a $5m set of initiatives to address gender imbalance in the Australian film and TV industry. Since 1970 women have accounted for only 16% of Australian film directors; the new initiatives will fund projects where three out of four key creative roles (director, writer, producer and protagonist) are occupied by a woman.
One question lingering at the edges of the discussion about gender equality is whether men can or should make female-led films. This debate raged during the production of director Tom Cowan’s savage 1977 revenge drama Journey Among Women, a period piece about nine female convicts who escape brutal conditions in an Australian penal colony and form their own Amazonian-like tribe.
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Earlier this month Screen Australia launched Gender Matters, a $5m set of initiatives to address gender imbalance in the Australian film and TV industry. Since 1970 women have accounted for only 16% of Australian film directors; the new initiatives will fund projects where three out of four key creative roles (director, writer, producer and protagonist) are occupied by a woman.
One question lingering at the edges of the discussion about gender equality is whether men can or should make female-led films. This debate raged during the production of director Tom Cowan’s savage 1977 revenge drama Journey Among Women, a period piece about nine female convicts who escape brutal conditions in an Australian penal colony and form their own Amazonian-like tribe.
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- 12/19/2015
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
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