Video essay on the relationship between play and creativity, 2017

Railwaywomen is a short film portraying women on the railways. Made as part of the Film maker in the Family project.

The film is structured around the portrayal of two female railwayworkers: a guard and a steam train driver.

Each character encounters an interaction in her work: the driver with a young passenger and the guard wth passengers. The use of narrative is simple, focusing on the iconic representation of each woman in her environment, her labour and the interaction between genders, generations and workers.

Lois Lane drives the train. Stills from Billion Dollar Limited, directed by Dave Fleischer, 1942

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w.in.c films 2010, 22 minutes, Cuba/UK/Finland/Galicia/Colombia

Four filmmakers journey to Cine Pobre in Southern Cuba