Backwards and in Heels: The Past, Present, and Future of Women Working in Film

“After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.”-Ann Richards

Women have been instrumental in the success of American cinema since its very beginning. One of the first people to ever pick up a motion picture camera was a woman, as was the first screenwriter to win two Academy Awards, the inventor of the boom microphone, and the first person to be credited with the title film editor. Throughout the entire history of Hollywood women ...