From The Chicago Film Archive’s Margaret Conneely Collection
“Margaret Conneely, an award winning and prolific amateur filmmaker, began making films when she joined a Chicago amateur film club in 1949. She shot and directed 16mm films at a time when most of the women of these clubs were less technically inclined and often delegated to the role of actress or slides manager. Her work is well crafted, clever and subtly subversive.”
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See also:
* Chicago Film Archives YouTube channel
* ChicagoFilmArchives.org
* Margaret Conneely: Chicago’s First Lady of Amateur Film
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Posted on March 27, 2012