Kim Longinotto

Kim Longinotto
Born
Sally Anne Longinotto-Landseer

(1948-02-08) 8 February 1948 (age 76)[1]
London, England
Other namesKimona Landseer
Occupations
  • Director
  • producer
  • cinematographer
Years active1976–present

Kim Longinotto[2] (née Sally Anne Longinotto-Landseer; born 8 February 1948, London) is a British documentary film maker,[3] well known for making films that highlight the plight of female victims of oppression or discrimination.[4] Longinotto has made more than 20 films, usually featuring inspiring women and girls at their core. Her subjects have included female genital mutilation in Kenya (The Day I Will Never Forget),[5] women standing up to rapists in India (Pink Saris),[6] and the story of Salma,[7] an Indian Muslim woman who smuggled poetry out to the world while locked up by her family for decades.[8]

  1. ^ Birth registered as Sally Anne Longinotto-Landseer in 3rd Quarter of 1948 as per the General Register Office of England & Wales, freebmd.org.uk. Accessed 31 December 2022.
  2. ^ Lacey, Liam (6 May 2010). "Kim Longinotto: capturing women in movies". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  3. ^ Wood, Jason (2006). "Kim Longinotto". Talking Movies: Contemporary World Filmmakers in Interview. Wallflower Press. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-904764-90-8. Retrieved 30 November 2010. Kim Longinotto.
  4. ^ Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey (1995). "Hunt, Claire, and Kim Longinotto". Women Film Directors: An International Bio-critical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 196. ISBN 978-0-313-28972-9. Retrieved 30 November 2010. Kim Longinotto.
  5. ^ "WOMEN MAKE MOVIES - The Day I Will Never Forget". Wmm.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  6. ^ "WOMEN MAKE MOVIES - Pink Saris". Wmm.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  7. ^ "WOMEN MAKE MOVIES - Salma". Wmm.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  8. ^ Brown, Maggie (1 November 2015). "'A lot of documentary makers look down on TV'". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 March 2016.