Extraordinary Women Film Series: Girl From God’s Country: The History of Women in Film and Other War Stories

Girl From God’s Country is the untold story of the first female independent filmmaker and action-adventure heroine, Nell Shipman (1892-1970), who left Hollywood to make her films in Idaho. An unadulterated, undiscovered adventure tale of a pioneering woman who rewrote the rules of filmmaking, and, in so doing, paved the way for independent voices–especially prominent female voices in today’s film industry. Featuring rare archival footage by early pioneers, including minority filmmakers, Zora Neale Hurston and Miriam Wong, the first Chinese-American filmmaker in 1914 and present day interviews, Girl From God’s Country reveals how gender-inequities perpetuate in today’s film industry. Directed by Karen Day. 2016. Ossie Davis Theater. Free.