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100 JAHRE FRAUENWAHLRECHT Filme Und Medien Von Und Über Frauen 100 JAHRE FRAUENWAHLRECHT Filme und Medien von und über Frauen Auswahlbiblio- und fi lmographie EINLEITUNG Vor 100 Jahren wurde nach langem feministischem Ringen um Emanzipation und Gleichstellung am 12. November 1918 das Frauenwahlrecht in Deutschland gesetzlich verankert. Frauen in Deutschland erhielten somit das aktive und passive Wahlrecht. Das Digitale Deutsche Frauenarchiv – DDF erstellte zum 100jährigen Bestehen des Frauenwahlrechts eine digitale Ausstellung, die seit September 2018 zu sehen ist. Das Online-Portal www.digitales-deutsches-frauenarchiv.de macht die Geschichte der deutschen Frauenbewegung digital für alle verfügbar. Dabei wird die Geschichte der Frauenbewegungen anhand ausgewählter Materialien – vom Tagebuch bis zum Notenblatt, vom Plakat bis zur Zeitschrift erzählt, und blickt nicht nur auf Frauengeschichte zurück, sondern fragt zudem, welche Aktionen und Themen Frauen heute bewegen. Die Cinemathek der Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin (ZLB) präsentiert anlässlich der 100 Jahre Frauenwahlrecht gemeinsam mit dem Fachbereich Historischen Sammlungen Filme und Medien zum Frauenwahlrecht aus unserem Bestand. In Ergänzung dazu geben wir Einblick in Filme und andere Medien von und über Frauen. © 2018 i.d.a. Dachverband deutschsprachiger Frauen / Lesbenarchive, Foto: N.N., Gruppenbild Atelier Elvira, um 1894, -bibiliotheken und -dokumentationsstellen Quelle: https://de.wikipedia.org Quelle: digitales-deutsches-frauenarchiv.de_neu.svg 2 INHALTSVERZEICHNIS Einleitung 3 Stummfilme 3 Tonspielfilme 3 Fernsehserien 6 Dokumentarfilme 7 Musik 8 Auswahlbibliographie zum Frauenstimmrecht und zur Frauenbewegung 9 Webressourcen 12 Veranstaltungen 13 Impressum 14 2 STUMMFILME Anna Müller-Lincke kandidiert. Regie: Werner Sinn. Deutschland 1919. Video-Stream: https://weimar.bundesarchiv.de/WEIMAR/DE/Content/Artikel/ Fokusthema/2018-03-16_anna-mueller.html Vier Filme mit Asta Nielsen. Orig.: Deutschland, 1913 – 1916. München: Film & Kunst, 2012. DVD. Edition Filmmuseum 67 Signatur: Film 5/51* Die Doppel-DVD präsentiert vier neu restaurierte Asta-Nielsen-Filme, die die Wandlungsfähigkeit des großen Stummfilmstars der 1910er Jahre zeigen: Als engagierte Frauenrechtlerin und erfolgreiche Börsenspekulantin in den Dramen Die Suffragetteund Die Börsenkönigin sowie als Backfisch in Männerkleidung und als Eskimofrau in den Komödien Das Liebes-ABC und Das Eskimobaby. (Edition Filmmuseum) Make More Noise! Suffragettes in Silent Film. Orig.: Großbritannien, 1899 - 1917. London: BFI Publ, 2015. DVD. Signatur: Film 5/64* Make More Noise! combines documentary footage of the suffragettes‘ public activities with comedy films of the period, which joyously pushed the boundaries of what was considered acceptable behaviour. These gloriously anarchic pre-war comedies are full of bright sparks like the Tilly girls (starring Alma Taylor and Chrissie White) who gleefully disobey society’s strictures. Women are seen acting like men, dressing in men’s trousers and even leaving the men at home minding the babies. The films reveal how girls and women were already acting differently, had higher aspirations and expected more freedom than their grandmothers could have imagined, going against conventional wisdom that female emancipation was a result of war-time changes. (British Film Institute) TONSPIELFILME Die göttliche Ordnung. Orig.: Schweiz, 2017. Regie: Petra Volpe. München: Alamode Film, 2017. DVD & Blu-Ray Disc. Sign.: Film 10 Volp 1* Nora ist eine junge Hausfrau und Mutter, die mit ihrem Mann, den zwei Söhnen und dem miss- mutigen Schwiegervater in einem beschaulichen Dorf im Appenzell lebt. Hier ist wenig von den gesellschaftlichen Umwälzungen der 68er-Bewegung zu spüren. Die Dorf- und Familienordnung gerät jedoch gehörig ins Wanken, als Nora beginnt, sich für das Frauenwahlrecht einzusetzen, über dessen Einführung die Männer abstimmen sollen. Von ihren politischen Ambitionen werden auch die anderen Frauen angesteckt und proben gemeinsam den Aufstand. Beherzt kämpfen die züchtigen Dorfdamen bald nicht nur für ihre gesellschaftliche Gleichberechtigung, sondern auch gegen eine verstaubte Sexualmoral. Doch in der aufgeladenen Stimmung drohen Noras Familie und die ganze Gemeinschaft zu zerbrechen. – Ab 6. (Alamode Film) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Orig.: USA/Großbritannien, 2017. Regie: Martin McDonagh. Frankfurt: Twentieth Century Fox, 2018. DVD & Blu-Ray Disc. Signatur: Film 10 Macd M 1* Eine über den Mord an ihrer Tochter verbitterte Frau klagt den örtlichen Polizeichef auf drei großen Werbetafeln der Untätigkeit an, was in der Kleinstadt für Aufruhr sorgt und in einen erbitterten Kleinkrieg mündet. Eine meisterliche Mischung aus Rachethriller, Drama und lakonischer Komödie, in der die eskalierenden Konflikte mit schwarzem Humor und einigen Gewaltspitzen entfaltet werden. In dem Maße, wie die Hintergründe der Figuren deutlicher werden, wandelt sich der Film aber zum berührenden Drama, in dem es weniger um Rache als darum geht, untereinander und für sich selbst so etwas wie Gnade walten zu lassen. – Ab 12. (Lexikon des internationalen Films). 3 Suffragette (Suffragette: Taten statt Worte). Orig.: Großbritannien, 2015. Regie: Sarah Gavron. Grünwald: Concorde Home Entertainment, 2016. DVD & Blu-Ray Disc. Signatur: Film 10 Gavro 2* Die mit historischen Ereignissen unterfütterte Geschichte einer Londoner Wäscherin, die 1912 mit der Bewegung zur Durchsetzung des Frauenwahlrechts in Berührung kommt. Das politische Engagement der Suffragetten bildet den Kern des überzeugend gespielten Spielfilms, der inszenatorisch geschickt die Auswirkungen der gesellschaftlichen Benachteiligung wie des militanten Aktivismus auf Individualität und Privatleben der unterdrückten Frauen in den Mittelpunkt rückt. – Ab 12. (Lexikon des internationalen Films) Hidden Figures (Hidden Figures – Unerkannte Heldinnen). Orig.: USA, 2016. Regie: Theodore Melfi. Frankfurt/Main: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2017. DVD & Blu-Ray Disc. Signatur: Film 10 Melfi 2 Im Wettlauf um die Vorherrschaft im Weltraum ist die NASA Anfang der 1960er-Jahre bereit, drei afroamerikanische Mathematikerinnen zu beschäftigen. Als eine von ihnen in eine Task Group aufgenommen wird, weckt das den Unwillen ihrer weißen Kollegen, die ihr mit Neid und Missgunst begegnen. Nach einer wahren Begebenheit erzählt der eher sanft-anrührende als kämpferische Film vom alltäglichen Rassismus in den USA jener Jahre, den er an kleinen Begebenheiten festmacht. Die damaligen Rassenunruhen und die Polizeigewalt spart er zwar aus, setzt gleichwohl aber allen durch Rasse oder Geschlecht benachteiligten Menschen, die im Hintergrund wichtige Arbeit für die bemannte Raumfahrt leisteten, ein Denkmal. (Lexikon des internationalen Films) A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night. Orig.: USA, 2014. Regie: Ana Lily Amirpour. Berlin: Studiocanal, 2015. DVD & Blu-Ray Disc. Signatur: Film 10 Amir 1* A Girl Walks Home Alone ist der Debütfilm von Jungregisseurin Ana Lily Amirpour. Im Zentrum ihrer Geschichte steht eine namenlose Heldin, eine muslimische Vampirin mit Tschador, die aber gern Popmusik hört und auf dem Skateboard durch die Gegend düst. Der Film wurde 2015 als starkes politisches Statement zur Lage der Frauen in muslimischen Ländern interpretiert. – Ab 18. (Refinery29) Geliebte Clara. Orig.: Deutschland/Frankreich/Ungarn, 2008. Regie: Helma Sanders-Brahms. München: Kinowelt Home Entertainment, 2009. DVD. Signatur: Film 10 Sander 8* Die gefeierte Konzertpianistin Clara Schumann lernt Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts, in der letzten Lebensphase ihres vom Wahnsinn gezeichneten Mannes Robert, das musikalische Wunderkind Johannes Brahms kennen. Die Schumanns nehmen den jungen Komponisten bei sich auf und erleben eine zunächst verhaltene menage à trois, bei der alle um gegenseitige Zuwendungen buhlen. – Ab 6.(Lexikon des internationalen Films). Fried Green Tomatoes (Grüne Tomaten). Orig.: USA, 1991. Regie: Jon Avnet. Berlin: Studiocanal, 2013. DVD & Blu-Ray Disc. Signatur: Film 10 Avn 1* Die oscarnominierte Romanverfilmung Grüne Tomaten (engl.: Fried Green Tomatoes) von 1991 spielt zwischen den beiden Weltkriegen, in den 30er Jahren. Die Freundinnen Mary Stuart Masterson und Mary-Louise Parker eröffnen gemeinsam ein Café in den Südstaaten und setzen sich gegen gewalttätige Männer und Rassismus zur Wehr – ein Novum zu damaliger Zeit! – Ab 12. (Refinery29) Deutschland bleiche Mutter. Orig.: Deutschland, 1980. Regie: Helma Sanders-Brahms. Leipzig: Kinowelt Home Entertainment, 2009. DVD. Signatur: Film 10 Sander 1* Das Schicksal einer jungen Frau, die in der Nazi-Zeit heiratet. Im Ansatz eine persönliche Auseinandersetzung der Regisseurin mit ihrer Mutter, versucht der Film über die private Ebene hinaus zu allgemeinen Aussagen über Frauenemanzipation und Patriarchat zu gelangen. – Ab 16. (Lexikon des internationalen Films) 4 Unter dem Pfl aster ist der Strand. Orig.: Deutschland, 1975. Regie: Helma Sanders-Brahms. Berlin: Studiocanal, 2012. DVD. Signatur: Film 10 Sander 4* Die sensible, psychologisch fundierte Chronik der Identitätssuche einer Schauspielerin, die die Liebe zu dem Kollegen, mit dem sie zusammenlebt, mit dem ihr notwendig erscheinenden politischen Kampf um die Emanzipation der Frau verbinden möchte. Ein realitätsnaher, halbdokumentarischer Film mit ungewöhnlich intensiven schauspielerischen Leistungen. – Ab 16. (Lexikon des internationalen Films) Sedmikrásky (Tausendschönchen). Orig.: Tschechien, 1966. Regie: Věra Chytilová. Köln: Bildstörung, 2012. DVD & Blu-Ray Disc. Signatur: Film 10 Chy 9* Zwei gelangweilte
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