El Cine Experimental De Mujeres: Antecedentes Y Desarrollo Del Cine Teórico Feminista De Los 70 En El Reino Unido

This article analyses experimental films made by women between 1920 and 1979, focusing particularly on films produced during the 1970s in the UK and their links to feminist film theory. The first part deals with the participation of women in the experimental film movements from the 1920s to the 1970s. The aim of this section is to provide a context for British experimental women directors during the 1970s within the more complex background of experimental film movements, with influences from the nerve centre of the AvantGarde in Europe and the USA. The second part studies the development of experimental feminist film in the UK during the 1970s, with special attention to two essential filmmakers, Laura Mulvey and Sally Potter. The article concludes with a discussion of some general characteristics of experimental films by women. Key woRds: Experimental film, feminism and film, theoretical film, Laura Mulvey, Sally Potter, Avant-Garde cinema.