Who gets to hold the frame?

Television director, lecturer and researcher of gender, documentary and African screen cultures.

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Reviews that read a screen work as an argument: who made it, who it is for, and what it takes for granted.

Published articles, chapters and conference papers.

Critical reviews of new and notable work in film, television and media scholarship.

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Three recent features share one habit: they let a woman’s point of view run the whole film, not a single scene.

What happens when first-year students are asked to watch a single shot for ten minutes.

A limited series that treats power as routine work, and finds its drama there.

Seven days, twenty-three films, and three conversations I am still thinking about.

How the long-form drama gave older women the lead, and what it asked of them in return.