Memory, gender and filmmaking: Exploring Thelma & Louise

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Brown, L. (2021). Memory, gender and filmmaking: Exploring Thelma & Louise. Viewfinder. (118). https://doi.org/2634-8179
AuthorsBrown, L.
Abstract

This article explores memory in the making of a smartphone audiovisual essay titled BFF Thelma & Louise: Tanya & Lucy Revisit 30 Years On. The work combines new technology, and autoethnographic methods to investigate the impact of the cult film Thelma and Louise (Ridley Scott, 1991). The work reframes the film through an exploration of the personal memories of the filmmaker and her teenhood friend and asks why Thelma and Louise is as relevant today as it was 30 years ago.

KeywordsMemory, audiovisual filmmaking, smartphone, gender, Thelma & Louise
Year2021
JournalViewfinder
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/2634-8179
Web address (URL)https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/viewfinder/articles/bff-thelma-louise-tanya-lucy-revisit-30-years-on/
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Print19 Oct 2021
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Accepted15 Jul 2021
Deposited22 Nov 2021
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ViewFinder Issue 118: Memory and Audiovisual Media

ViewFinder is the leading specialist in the use of moving image and sound in education and audiovisual research for Learning on Screen: The British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council (BUFC).

It is a space for writers, academics, researchers, video essayists and moving image practitioners to write about film, television, radio and education

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