March 1, 2024
AFI Catalog Spotlight: “Behind the Veil” Research on Short Films and Diversity in Early Hollywood
In honor of Women’s History Month, we are shining a spotlight on the work being done by the AFI Catalog researchers for “Behind the Veil,” AFI’s landmark initiative to study thousands of short films released in the silent and early sound eras and chronicle the groundbreaking work of female and BIPOC pioneers who were working...
March 26, 2021
AFI Movie Club Artist Spotlight: SUSPENSE Director Lois Weber
The director, writer and star of today's film SUSPENSE, Lois Weber, is one of the many subjects of AFI’s “Women They Talk About” initiative, which is using the AFI Catalog database to restore the legacy of female film pioneers in the silent era. Cinematographer Hal Mohr talks about working with trailblazing filmmaker Lois Weber in this 1973 recording from the AFI Archive. HOW...
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