Burgess, Zoe (2025) The Elision of Women’s Labour in Ciné Clubs:​ Crystal Productions. In: Women Talking: A Film Symposium, 04 June 2025, University of Leeds.

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The Elision of Women’s Labour in Cine Clubs: Crystal Productions
Zoë Viney Burgess she/her
University of West London

Women’s work in the amateur sphere is often overlooked as result of entrenched patriarchal practices that replicate industry terminology and hierarchies. The informal environment of the ciné-club in the 1930s provided a fertile proving ground for aspiring filmmakers, men and women alike- from all walks of life. Yet, despite the diverse demographic composition of these groups the lasting attribution for club films most typically falls to the most prominent male club member to the detriment of others, including women. The case study of Crystal Productions offers a unique insight into the complicated ecosystem that cine-engaged women of the period had to navigate, exemplifying Gaines’s (2018) idiom that women ‘had the rug pulled from under them’.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	Film and television > Screen studies
Depositing User:	Zoe Burgess
Date Deposited:	10 Jun 2025 09:28
Last Modified:	10 Jun 2025 09:30
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/13757

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