Feminist film historiographies: in conversation with Kate Saccone

Feminist film historiographies: in conversation with Kate Saccone

From HippCast by The Hippodrome Silent Film Festival

July 31, 2026 · 45 min

About this episode

Kate Saccone discusses feminist film historiographies and the challenges of re-learning early cinema.

Our podcast guest this month is none other than the wonderful Kate Saccone ! Kate is a film curator, scholar, and editor based in Amsterdam. She received her PhD from the University of Amsterdam in May 2026. She is the project manager and an editor of The Women Film Pioneers Project and currently serves as board president of Women and Film History International . In this month's episode Kate and Christina, our HippFest Digital Content Manager, chat about the breadth of Kate’s expertise, feminist historiographies, and the twin joys and challenges of uncovering and re-learning how we think about early cinema. As Kate states in the show, silent film culture is really thriving, and thus the conversation features a host of excellent recommendations for films, film-makers, organisations, research and other enticing silent era thought-threads. Make sure to check the links below for all the resources mentioned throughout, and as always, a full English transcript of the conversation is available here . Happy listening! Relevant links (orgs, events): Women Film Pioneers Project Overview Essays Follow Women Film Pioneers Project on Bluesky Follow Women Film Pioneers Project on Facebook Info…

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Host: Christina

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Organizations: Women Film Pioneers Project, Women and Film History International

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