"Abstract notions of feminism never interested Joan; specific women and their stories did. Yet without setting out to do so, Joan Silver influenced generations of women to come. She was a trail-blazer, a risk-taker, a champion of other women directors. And always as quietly confident as she was the day I met her some fifty years ago."
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Jewish Women's Archive article by Linda Gottlieb - Joan Micklin Silver, 1935–2020 - January 2021 - Archive
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Joan Micklin Silver
Joan Micklin Silver (24 May 1935 – 31 December 2020) was an American director of films and plays
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