The 2012 Film & History Conference (September 26-30, 2012) is focused on the theme of “Film and Myth.” The conference is related to the journal, Film & History. I found the following “area”/panel(?) call to be quite interesting: ———————————————————Area: Chicks with Brains: Representing Women’s Intellect in Film Since the Second Wave Feminist Movement during the 1970s, Hollywood has slowly begun to give prominent and leading roles to women. However, the intellectual representations of women are out of line with reality, in many cases failing to reflect the successes and struggles that women have faced in a resistant social and political Read more