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- Agnès Varda (30 May 1928 – 29 March 2019) was a Belgian-born French film director, photographer and artist. Her work was pioneering for, and central to, the development of the widely influential French New Wave film movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Her films focused on achieving documentary realism, addressing feminist issues, and/or producing other social commentary, with a distinctive experimental style -

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A young Agnes Varda with camera

New Wave (French: La Nouvelle Vague) is a French film movement which emerged in the 1950s and 1960s. It is a form of European art cinema, and is often referred to as one of the most influential movements in the history of cinema. New Wave filmmakers were linked by their rejection of the traditional film conventions then dominating France, and by a spirit of iconoclasm. Common features of the New Wave included radical experimentation with editing, visual style, and narrative, as well as engagement with the social and political upheavals of the era.

Godard Truffaut Varda Rohmer Malle Rivette - French New Wave Cinema Legends

Godard Truffaut Varda Rohmer Malle Rivette - French New Wave Cinema Legends

Agnès Varda was a Belgian-born French film director, screenwriter, photographer, and artist. Her pioneering work was central to the development of the widely influential French New Wave film movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Her films focused on achieving documentary realism, addressing women's issues, and other social commentary, with a distinctive experimental style.

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Godard Truffaut Varda Rohmer Malle Rivette - French New Wave Cinema Legends

New Wave (French: La Nouvelle Vague) is a French film movement which emerged in the 1950s and 1960s. It is a form of European art cinema, and is often referred to as one of the most influential movements in the history of cinema. New Wave filmmakers were linked by their rejection of the traditional film conventions then dominating France, and by a spirit of iconoclasm. Common features of the New Wave included radical experimentation with editing, visual style, and narrative, as well as engagement with the social and political upheavals of the era.

The Nouvelle Vague directors (à gauche)

Shirt print inspired by the 1964 French musical "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg."

Godard Truffaut Varda Rohmer Malle Rivette - French New Wave Cinema Legends

The Godmother of the French New Wave

The mightiest of (female) Ainur who descended on Arda.

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From Agnes Varda's movie Oncle Yanco

If you've ever filmed a cat statue with your camcorder, maybe document that process with a t-shirt purchased from the internet.

Quote from Agnes Varda's movie Oncle Yanco

Five fearless female filmmakers!