[Commlist] New book: Shaping Global Cultures through Screenwriting: Women Who Write Our Worlds

Intellect is pleased to share that /Shaping Global Cultures through 
Screenwriting: Women Who Write Our Worlds 
<https://www.intellectbooks.com/shaping-global-cultures-through-screenwriting>/, edited 
by Rose Ferrell and Rosanne Welch, is out in e-book and hardback!

*This book is about women changing the world one script at a time. It 
speaks to how screenwriting is more than a craft – it is activism, 
education and revolution.
*
Its chapters are a powerful testament to the undeniable impact of an 
international collection of female screenwriters. Spanning film, 
television, virtual reality, games, and digital media, these case 
studies showcase instances when women have used screenwriting to 
challenge injustice and give voice to communities. Acknowledging global 
disparities in wealth and power, the book reveals screenwriting as 
activism which shifts attitudes and alters lived experiences. Whether 
about gender and race or war and colonization, or other serious issues, 
each chapter exposes the deep connections between storytelling and 
social change. More than just a study of the craft, this book is a 
celebration of the women writers who use their artistic lens to educate 
and empower others. /Shaping Global Cultures through Screenwriting: 
Women Who Write Our Worlds /brings long-overdue attention to the vital 
role women take in shaping global cultural landscapes.

Read the full introduction chapter for free on our *website 
<https://www.intellectbooks.com/shaping-global-cultures-through-screenwriting>*.


*_Table of Contents
_
*
*List of Figures
Introduction* – /Rose Ferrell/

*SECTION ONE: AFRICAN WORLDS*
African Worlds: Section introduction – /Rose Ferrell/

*1. *Differently abled and definitely able: Resilience and inspiration 
in the films and life of Zambia’s Musola Catherine Kaseketi – /Elastus 
Mambwe/
*2.* We aren’t all cis straight white men: Expanding depictions of 
autism – /Karen Jeynes/
*3. *Voicing our opinion: Challenges of female rap artists in north-west 
Nigeria – /Ummi Muhammad Hassan
/
*SECTION TWO: AMERICAN WORLDS*
American Worlds: Section introduction – /Rose Ferrell/

*4. *The first female filmmaker in Central America: Patricia Howell, on 
a life of defending women’s rights and pioneering national cinema 
in Costa Rica – /Aarón Acuña Cordero/
*5. *Marta Rodriguez: Documentary films with social impact – /Sara 
Manuela Duque García /
*6. *Violence and fire in Latin American women’s scripts: Tatiana Huezo 
(/Prayers for the Stolen/, 2021, Mexico) and Claudia Huaiquimilla (/My 
Brothers Dream Awake/, 2021, Chile) – /Juan Carlos Carrillo, Sebastian 
Gonzalez/
*7. *How nice to see us alive: Memory, trauma and resistance in 
scripting /How Nice to See You Alive/ (1989, Brazil) – /Lara Caravalho
/*8. *The screenwriting process of Anna Muylaert’s film /The Second 
Mother/ (2015, Brazil) over 20 years: In search of a different ending 
for the female characters – /Patricia Dourado, Mirian Tavares
/
*SECTION THREE: ASIAN WORLDS
*Asian Worlds: Section introduction – /Rose Ferrell/

*9. *Afia Nathaniel and Pakistani minor cinema: The Amazon of the 
screen – /Azam Sarwar
/*10. *The ‘invisible’ in /The Way We Are/ (2008, Hong Kong): The 
scriptwriter, the script, the everyday, and the audience – /Ian Fong
/*11. *Young-Ah Yoo’s controversial adaptation of /Kim Jiyoung, Born 
1982 /(2019, South Korea): A response to the South Korean #MeToo 
movement – /Thomas Carter/

*SECTION FOUR: ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLDS
*English-speaking Worlds: Section introduction – /Rose Ferrell
/
*12. *'This is a true story': Women artists and narratives of disability 
in Ida Lupino’s /Never Fear/ (1950, USA) – /Gabrielle Stecher/
*13. *How to perceive Cassie Thornton? The translation of blindness in 
/Perception /(2017, USA) – /Polly Ellen Goodwin/
*14. *Exploring homelessness in virtual reality documentary: The 
scripting of Rose Troche’s /We//Live Here/ (2020, USA) – /Kath Dooley/
*15. *Catherine Hill: Women who write our worlds – shaping global screen 
culture with /Some Happy Day /(2021, Australia) – /Joanne Tindale/
*16. *Rewriting Australia’s colonial mythologies: Leah Purcell’s /The 
Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson /(2021, Australia) – /Andrew 
James Couzens/
*17. */Bluey /worlds (2018 – 23, Australia) – /Andi Spark/
*18. *Miranda July’s /Kajillionaire /(2020, USA) and queer utopias – 
/Angie Black and Anna Dzenis/
*19. *Young women who write: /Little Women/ (2019) – /Armando Fumagalli/
*20. *Pan-Asian storytelling for Aotearoa New Zealand screens – 
/Ghazaleh Gol, Shuchi Kothari/

*SECTION FIVE: EUROPEAN WORLDS*
European Worlds: Section introduction – /Rose Ferrell/

*21. *Exploring war’s trauma through a feminist lens: Resilient women in 
the films of Jasmila Žbanić – /Miriam Hernandez and Bruno Lovric/
*22. *Desire-driven filmmaking: Celine Sciamma and /Portrait of a Lady 
on Fire/ (2019, France) – /Philippa Burne and Angie Black/
*23. */A Trial for Rape/ (1979, Italy): The transformative power of the 
female gaze – /Milly Buonanno/

*SECTION SIX: ISLAND WORLDS*
Island Worlds: Section introduction – /Rose Ferrell/

*24. *Malu tatau: Rite of passage for women’s empowerment – /Agapetos 
Aia-Fa’aleava and Vaoiva Natapu-Ponton /
*25. */Island Time/ (2022): Cultural revival in the Mariana Islands – 
/Rose Ferrell/
*26. *Island women use screenwriting in music videos to lead the 
campaign for global-level climate action – /Rosanne Welch/

*Notes on Contributors
Index*


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