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A full decade before Disney’s Snow White, German animator Lotte Reiniger made The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926), one of the first feature length animations. Her breakthrough set a precedent that has been echoed throughout the history of the form. From Mary Ellen Bute’s computer generated “electronic paintings” to Joy Batchelor’s pivotal role in producing the first British feature length animation Animal Farm (1954), the genre-melting work of art school animators to the protest films of the feminist workshop movement, women have consistently worked at the cutting edge of this most innovative of artforms. Even within the male-dominated studios - Disney, Ghibli – women have fought their way up the drudge work of inking and finishing, to play active creative roles in shaping classics of the genre.

In this illustrated talk, archive activists Invisible Women present a brief, partial but fascinating history of women in animation. Using clips and stills, they will tell the story of the trailblazers who built the form, often with minimal recognition, working at both the heart of the industry and at its radical fringes. The story of these films, and the women behind them, offers bold, bright and compelling insights into our shared socio-cultural history. Best of all, they offer a cheeky one-in-the-eye to the male gaze - when women hold the pen, all bets are off.

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Invisible Women (Camilla Baier & Rachel Pronger) is an archive activist film collective that champions the work of female filmmakers from the history of cinema. Since their pilot screening, they have presented titles sourced from collections around the world at cinemas, festivals and galleries across the UK. Highlights include presentations for the EYE Filmmuseum Amsterdam (2018), Edinburgh Art Festival (2018), Flatpack Birmingham (2019), and the Scottish Catalan Film Festival (2020), plus a tour of Scotland as part of Silent Divas: Assunta Spina (2018-19). Alongside organising screenings, they research and write extensively, send out a monthly newsletter, participate in Q&As and panels, and deliver educational workshops for schools and universities.

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OUR SPRING TERMS LECTURES!

12TH APRIL - COURAGE CALLS: CELEBRATING MINORITIES IN THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT - Sofia Barton

19TH APRIL - BAUHAUS WOMEN: GENDER TROUBLE IN UTOPIA - Maria Bonner

26TH APRIL - SHE SHOOTS, SHE DRAWS: A HISTORY OF WOMEN IN ANIMATION - The Invisible Women Archive: Rachel and Camilla

3rd MAY - GIRLS AND INK: TRADITIONS AND GENITAL TATTOOING -Dr Kimberly Baltzer-Jaray

10TH MAY - DRESSING DYKES: A HISTORY OF LESBIAN FASHION - Eleanor Medhurst

17TH MAY - ART VS CRAFT: TEXTILES AND GENDERED MATERIALS - Florence Carr

24TH MAY - LEE MILLER AND LAURA KNIGHT: WOMEN ON THE FRONT-LINES - Maria Bonner

31ST MAY - WHO’S AFRAID OF THE NIPPLE? CENSORSHIP, THE FEMALE BODY AND SOCIAL MEDIA - Emma Shapiro

2ND JUNE - CENSORED BODIES TALK BACK - Panel Discussion with Emma Shapiro

7TH JUNE - THE STARVING ARTIST: UNDERSTANDING EATING DISORDERS IN CONTEMPORARY ART - Ally Zlatar

14TH JUNE - SEX WORK, ART AND REPRODUCTIVE LABOUR - Lena Chen

21ST JUNE - CANCELLING GAUGUIN: SEXUALISED BODIES, SENSUOUS GEOGRAPHIES AND THE LEGACY OF EXOTICISM - Rowan Gard

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