Initially a photographer, Agnès Varda has been making films since 1956, and is one of the few women associated with the French New Wave, though more accurately, work by Varda belongs more precisely to the complementary Rive Gauche (Left Bank Cinema) movement, along with Chris Marker, Alain Resnais,

Experimental, Intimate, Lyrical, Pioneering, Playful, Political, Self-reflection

Mary Ellen Strom is a Boston-based video artist. She is a recipient of the Artadia Award.

Feminist, Political

20th-century music, Absurd, Clever, Early television innovators, Layered, Political, Surreal

Abstract, Chance, Conceptual, Contemplative, Epic, Experimental, Political