While studying at Sweet Briar College, Ms. Sinner realized the importance of
what past feminists have done for women. Once she began research on her
master's thesis at Bowling Green State University, knowing that she would
like to write about the German film bandits, Ms. Sinner found that there was
plenty of information on the women's movement and feminist films of the
1970s. There was, however, very little research and information on newer
German female filmmakers of the 1980s or 1990s. She decided to write a
thesis on important German female filmmakers from the 1980s and 1990s,
how they were influenced by previous generations of women in front of and
behind the camera, what the films and characters were like in the 1970s and
what they later became, and what the future for these new female directors
might hold. This book looks at films from Helma Sanders-Brahms, Margarethe
von Trotta, and Doris Dörrie. The focus of this book is on Sherry Hormann
and Katja von Garnier and the films that they have produced. The book
specifically discusses Hormann's Widows and Irren ist männlich, and von
Garnier's Abgeschminkt!, bandits, and Iron Jawed Angels, which even contemplates
von Garnier's staying power in Hollywood. This book is specifically
addressed to university students and professors who are interested in
German Studies and German film. The book might also be of interest to those
in film studies and women's studies.