Political aesthetics of the feminist documentary film / Julia Lesage -- 'Daughter rite' : living with our pain and love / Jane Feuer -- Anti-porn : soft issues, hard world / B. Ruby Rich -- Introduction to 'The song of the shirt' / Sylvia Harvey -- Chantal Akerman's films : notes on the issues raised for feminism / Angela Martin -- Films of Jan Oxenberg : comic critique / Michelle Citron -- Reflections on Eros : 'An epic poem' / Pam Cook -- 'Burning and illusion' / Sally Sayer & Laleen Jayamanne -- 'Maeve' / Claire Johnston -- 'A question of silence' / Jeanette Murphy -- Political is personal : Margarethe von Trotta's 'Marianne and Juliane' / Ellen Seiter -- Hollywood and new women's cinema / Annette Kuhn -- 'Mahogany' / Richard Dyer -- Three women's films / Christine Geraghty -- 'Personal best' : women in love / Linda Williams -- A discussion of 'Coma' / Elizabeth Cowie -- 'Lianna' and the lesbians of art cinema / Mandy Merck -- Woman and the formal film / Annabel Nicolson [and others] -- Norwich Women's Film Weekend / Caroline Merz -- Her image fades as her voice rises / Lis Rhodes & Felicity Sparrow -- Black women and representation / Martina Attille & Maureen Blackwood -- Feminism and exhibition / Sheila Whitaker -- Distributing 'A question of silence' -- a cautionary tale / Jane Root -- Appendix British feminist exhibition and distribution : three statements