The widow as archivist, curator, and manager: the hidden agents of global cinemas

Maria Corrigan; Isabel Seguí

The widow as archivist, curator, and manager: the hidden agents of global cinemas

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In chapter 3 Maria Corrigan and Isabel Seguí discuss landmark Soviet and Cuban cases in order to uncover the painstaking archival, curatorial, and managerial work that vouchsafes our histories of global cinemas, exploring the labour of the widows of famous filmmakers. The different case studies demonstrate tendencies in the widows’ work, showing how their diverse professional backgrounds, personalities, and geopolitical contexts foster different kinds of interventions. The strategic aim of this chapter is to propose the figure of the widow/manager of a cinematic legacy as a helpful category to analyse the gendered division of labour in cinematic ecologies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Stretching the archives
Subtitle of host publication	toward a global women's film heritage
Editors	Lizelle Bisschoff, Ana Grgić, Stefanie Van de Peer
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Archive Books
Chapter	3
Pages	125-143
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Print)	9783949973697
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2025

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