By 
Alicia Malone
 | 
TEDx Talk

The overlooked legacy of Hollywood's first female directors

The perspectives movies are told from filter into our life choices, personal philosophies and very identities. Film journalist Alicia Malone tells the forgotten stories of Hollywood's very first female directors to illustrate how a diversity in cinema could benefit us all.

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