April 7, 2025
Women Behind the Camera
We kicked off today’s class with a fantastic clip from the 1991 film, Point Break, directed by Kathryn Bigelow. This piece sums up some of the insights on the scene and the challenges Bigelow overcame to deliver a seminal foot chase scene. Kathryn Bigelow established herself as a prominent director known for her intense action-thrillers, a genre traditionally dominated by men. Beginning her artistic journey as a painter before studying film, Bigelow’s work consistently explores themes of violence and power. Notably, she was the first woman to have won an Academy Award for directing (of three total female winners as
