Portrait of a Lady on Fire: A Look at Women Film Directors

This week Jim and Teal focused on women filmmakers, and to help them out with their mission they spoke with Carrie Chalmers, Communications Specialist at Cornell University's Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research.

Chalmers brought her photographic eye, and love of movies, to the discussion, which centered on the movies of French filmmaker, Celine Sciamma. Although Sciamma's made four feature films the first dating back to 2007, Jim and Teal only caught up with them in the past week. Sciamma's first three films are available on the Criterion Channel, and Hulu has an exclusive showing of Sciamma's latest, the critically acclaimed 2019 film, Portrait of a Lady on Fire.

On Chalmers' suggestion, Jim and Teal dove into the world of Sciamma, and came out very much rewarded. Portrait of a Lady on Fire makes a late entry onto Jim's top 10 for 2019. He found it to be one of the most rewarding love stories he's seen put on screen in many years. 

During the podcast Chalmers provided keen insight as to why she feels it is important, as a woman, to support the movies of women filmmakers, and she gave Jim and Teal several great suggestions for further viewings.

This is an episode one might say is thirty years in the making, and you'll have to take a listen to find out why.