Portraits of women, salvific or satanic, appear throughout centuries of artistic interpretation, with symbolic representation that often over-simplifies or distorts the real-life complexity of her role. From Eve to the Virgin Mary, the creative muse or the conniving femme-fatale, filmmakers recreate the profound relationships and roles that society sometimes demands, sometimes condemns, and always finds intriguing. Portraits of Women in Film will explore a range of traditional and contemporary films, tragic and comedic, that present glimpses, though often incomplete of the challenges, inspirations, rewards, and punishments that define or attempt to define women through the ages. Films include Dangerous Beauty, Little Miss Sunshine, Moonstruck, Miss Representation, Autumn Sonata, Volver, A League of Their Own, Double Indemnity, Belle, and The French Lieutenants Woman.
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