BFI: How Muriel Box broke down doors for female directors in Britain

https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/how-muriel-box-broke-down-doors-female-directors-britain

“She directed more films than any woman in Britain, then or now, yet the accomplishments of Muriel Box are still not widely recognised. Ahead of a new season of her work, BFI curator Josephine Botting celebrates a pioneer in telling women’s stories.”

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  • BFIHow Muriel Box broke down doors for female directors in Britain – “Box was not afraid to deal with topics that were largely taboo in British cinema – including sex before marriage, bigamy, domestic violence, infidelity and venereal disease – even if this desire to portray society as it is, warts and all, got her into battles with both the censor and the Home Office.”
  • BFI What’s OnMuriel Box: A Woman’s Take – “Britain’s Most Prolific Female Director: Muriel Box led the vanguard for women battling industry prejudice to become a director who used her position to convey her radical ideas about women’s place in society.”
  • Unititled.NetThe Observer: Who was Muriel Box, Britain’s most prolific female film director? – Commentary