A documentary exploring the origins of the pioneers of women directors during the silent era.
Direction
Slide and Goodman salvage voices Hollywood tried to bury.
Production
Rare interviews with actual silent era survivors—time capsules speaking.
Director
Jeffrey Goodman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
In the 1910s-20s, women directed roughly 20% of films; by 1930, studio consolidation pushed most out. This isn't progress—it's erasure with receipts.
Jane Wyatt, the narrator, played Spock's mother in Star Trek decades later—connecting silent era pioneers to sci-fi futures she never imagined.
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