Watch Foreign Reel Women #7

From the award winning, 10 part archival DVD series, "Filmmakers on Film. Because of the difficulty of financing, very few American film directors establish a body of work. For American women directors, the problem is two-fold. But in Europe and Canada, filmmaking is government subsidized, making it possible for filmmakers to become prolific in their craft. Germany's Margarethe von Trotta, and Canada's Rina Fraticelli, speak about the idiosyncrasies of filmmaking in their respective countries.