Claudia Weill

After doing some research about feminist filmmakers, I have decided to focus on Claudia Weill, a filmmaker whom I have never heard about before. I found out that she has directed many films while in her career, although she is well known for her film Girlfriends, 1978. 

By directing the film Girlfriends, Claudia Weill inspired a generation of feminist filmmakers. The film was made in a time where women were discriminated against, which is why the actual director of the film, instead of just being considered as a director, was considered as a feminist one and also had to deal with the fact of being categorized and not just a simple film director. 

As mentioned in one of the articles, "this is a story of two girls, each of whom suspected the other of a more passionate connection with life."Both girls would bound and build an inseparably friendship, which will eventually be separated by a man causing for Susan, the main character, to find a way to survive to life by herself, dealing with family and her marriage, as well as financially and socially, learning how to build new relationships with friends and lovers.

By directing Girlfriends, Susan Weill believed on being remembered later on for being a pioneer on expressing herself in a feminist manner. Although, even twenty years after the film was done, her work wouldn't be valued and she would have to find a different way to survive financially.