Turner Classic Movies' 14-part “Women Make Film” documentary is its most ambitious project yet

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From Sept. 1 through Dec. 1, TCM will devote Tuesday nights to women filmmakers from around the world. The project, which took more than a year to make, will be hosted by a variety of women directors and feature a film school-style documentary directed by Mark Cousins. “We (not only) get a chance to share the documentary with our audience but, also, what a great opportunity to introduce a swath of filmmakers that audiences’ don’t often get to see in any way, shape, or form, let alone on a network,” TCM general manager Pola Changnon tells Indiewire. Changnon adds, in an interview with Variety: “It’s not only about filmmakers in North America. It’s about countries where filmmaking reputations aren’t that well-known, especially here. That’s why I love the title of this — ‘Women Make Film.’ It’s a statement of fact, and even though they’re not always well-represented in the film canon, women have been doing this for decades.” This is TCM's latest effort to show filmmaking from every perspective. “We don’t want to look like we’re stuck in amber,” says Changnon. “We want to be able to reflect intelligently on the world as seen through movies.”