Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers--a Kino Classics box set curated by UC Santa Cruz film and digital media professor Shelley Stamp and executive produced by actress, director, and screenwriter Illeana Douglas--has received a 2018 Special Award from the New York Film Critics Circle. The 6-disc collection celebrates the ground-breaking early female directors of American cinema who helped shape the language of film.
This recoginition is in addition to the series of accolades that Prof. Stamp has recently received for her reseach in the field of women's impact in early cinema. Congratulations, Shelley!