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- ↑ Levitin, Jacqueline; Plessis, Judith; Raoul, Valerie (2016-02-29). Women Filmmakers: Refocusing. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-74305-4.
- ↑ Women's Pictures: Feminism and Cinema by Annette Kuhn (1994) ISBN 1859840108
- ↑ Maule, Rosanna (2023-07-14). Sustainable Resilience in Women's Film and Video Organizations: A Counter-Lineage in Moving Image History. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-91033-9.
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