List of Figures

Fig. 1:

Elsa makes the Frozen ice rink (Disney, 2013)

Fig. 2:

Kathleen Hanna onstage, The Punk Singer (Dogwoof, 2014)

Fig. 3:

Shannen Koostachin dancing, Hi Ho Mistahey! (National Film Board of Canada, 2013)

Fig. 4:

Angela Y. Davis on stage, from Free Angela and All Political Prisoners (Codeblack Entertainment, 2013 [USA])

Fig. 5:

Ava DuVernay directing a crowd scene in Selma (Pathé, 2014) (Credit: Atsushi Nishijima/Paramount Pictures)

Fig. 6:

Aida El Kashef in Tahrir Square, The Square (Kaleidoscope Entertainment, 2014)

Fig. 7:

Adriana Barraza and Sally Potter shooting Rage (Adventure Pictures, 2009)

Fig. 8:

Feminist Godzilla Eats Male Gaze

Fig. 9:

Wendy and Lucy in the car, Lucy looking to camera, Wendy and Lucy (Soda Pictures, 2009)

Fig. 10:

Tanya Tagaq as Sedna, ‘Tunjgijuq’ (Isuma, 2009)

Fig. 11:

Asha in the desert, ‘Pumzi’ (Focus Features, 2009)

Fig. 12:

Girl floating in the sea, Bloody Beans (Allers-Retours Productions, 2013)

Fig. 13:

Baktay being kidnapped, Buddha Collapsed out of Shame (Slingshot Distribution, 2008)

Fig. 14:

Robyn trapped in her room, The Time We Killed (Argot Pictures, 2004 [USA])

Fig. 15:

Lucy reflected in the mall table, The Unloved (Channel 4 Television Corporation, 2009)

Fig. 16:

Joyce Vincent (left, turning towards the camera) at Nelson Mandela’s talk, Dreams of a Life (Dogwoof, 2011)

Fig. 17:

Belle (20th Century Fox, 2014), cover star of BFI Film Fund Diversity Guidelines

Fig. 18:

Madeline Ivalu and Marie-Hélène Cousineau, directors of Before Tomorrow (Isuma Distributing International, 2007) at Toronto International Film Festival, 2014 (Credit: Arnait Video)

Fig. 19:

Frankenstein, UNBOUND (Abigail Child, 2013)

Fig. 20:

Stretch Goal Reached! Storm art for ‘Rain’, Maya Glick (Maya Glick, 2014)

Fig. 21:

Sabine watches her younger self, Her Name is Sabine (ICA Films, 2008)

Fig. 22:

Billie and James connect online and offline, 52 Tuesdays (Peccadillo Pictures, 2015)

Fig. 23:

Isabel and Momi in Isabel’s room, The Swamp (ICA Projects, 2001)

Fig. 24:

Sarah Polley and cinematographer Iris Ng making a home movie, Stories We Tell (Curzon/Artificial Eye, 2013)

Fig. 25:

Laila and Khanum meet cute, Margarita, With a Straw (Ishaan Talkies, 2014)

Fig. 26:

Lovers on the beach behind nets, The Beaches of Agnès (Artificial Eye, 2009)

Fig. 27:

Kate Bornstein with My Gender Workbook, Kate Bornstein is a Queer and Pleasant Danger (Sam Feder, 2014)

Fig. 28:

Crystal, with the star on her helmet, joins the Gnarlies youth team for her first jam, In the Turn (Erica Tremblay, 2014)