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Let's all try to banish the prefix 'Female' forever
Great, brilliant, wonderful! Kathryn Bigelow has just accepted the Best Director Award at the BAFTAS in London tonight, the first woman to do so. Her film, The Hurt Locker was also awarded the Best Film. The awards were two of six for Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker, which also took prizes for BEST SCREENPLAY, sound, editing, and cinematography.
Bigelow accepted the award from actor Clive Owen, saying it was “humbling and deeply moving” and dedicated it to “never abandoning the need to find a peace resolution”.
She also said she hoped that she was the “first of many” women to win the prize. Bigelow is also tipped to become the first woman to win the best director at the Oscars in March.
Oh would that not be a consummation devoutly to be wished!
Now, as I mentioned in another post, can we expect Bigelow to be described as 'the director, Kathryn Bigelow'? They certainly can't now call her 'Best Female Director'! Yipppeeee!
How can we all help to banish the prefix 'female' not just from film commentators' lexicons, but ALL title descriptions?
Bigelow accepted the award from actor Clive Owen, saying it was “humbling and deeply moving” and dedicated it to “never abandoning the need to find a peace resolution”.
She also said she hoped that she was the “first of many” women to win the prize. Bigelow is also tipped to become the first woman to win the best director at the Oscars in March.
Oh would that not be a consummation devoutly to be wished!
Now, as I mentioned in another post, can we expect Bigelow to be described as 'the director, Kathryn Bigelow'? They certainly can't now call her 'Best Female Director'! Yipppeeee!
How can we all help to banish the prefix 'female' not just from film commentators' lexicons, but ALL title descriptions?
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Permalink Reply by Pauline Frederica Kiernan on -
And.. isn't there something really wonderful that the first woman to win the BAFTA Best Director Prize is for a film that shows us why, in Bigelow's words, we must never abandon 'the need to find a resolution to peace'? I feel like shouting this inspirational news from the rooftops!
Let's all celebrate this tonight (OK it's afternoon for US She Writers).
From a singing and dancing Pauline
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Permalink Reply by Pauline Frederica Kiernan on
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More great news. Forget to mention that Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank took the BAFTA award for Oustanding British Film.
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