ABSTRACT
As well as giving examples of Italian women's critical and theoretical work, we thought it would be useful to give details of their film production as this is unfortunately little known in Britain and the United States. We hope to stimulate interest in this area of cinema and to provide basic documentation for possible exchanges or future studies. We have compiled a filmography to introduce Italian women film-makers and their productions. We also asked Annabella Miscuglio, a protagonist in the field, to write an inside story on women's cinema in Italy, recreating the atmosphere in which it was produced and placing the names from the filmography in context. As a film-maker, Annabella Miscuglio has committed herself to working in the documentary genre, often in collectives. Particularly worthy of mention are: the famous Processo per stupro (‘Trial for rape’) (1978); the controversial documentary A.A.A. Offresi (1979), which was censored and the makers prosecuted (the film shows a prostitute with her clients, filmed with her agreement in a candid camera style); and I fantasmi del fallo (1980), which documents the making of a pornographic film.
