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Bibliography

1. Bénézet, Delphine. The Cinema of Agnès Varda: Resistance and Eclecticism. New York: Columbia University Press, 2014.
2. Bonner, Virginia Ann. Cinematic Caesuras: Experimental Documentary and the Politics of Form in Left Bank Films by Resnais, Marker, Varda. Atlanta, GA: Thesis, Ph.D., Emory University, 2003.
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Article Evaluation

Task: Choose an article on Wikipedia related to one of the women filmmakers in the handout attached to the course syllabus to read and evaluate. As you read, consider the following questions (but don't feel limited to these):

• Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
• Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
• Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
• Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
• Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
• Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
• Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
• How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
• How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Topic: Leontine Sagan

I found that everything in the article seemed relevant to the subject, with no distractions along the way.

The article is mostly neutral, but the writer does look at Sagan's career and her film Mädchen in Uniform (1931) through a particular frame. The article does not mention other ways of interpreting the film, namely the more conservative viewing of Manuela's infatuation with Fräulein von Bernburg as the search for a maternal figure that we discussed in class. Though I'm inclined to side with the Wikipedia writer's interpretation, I do think that others are underrepresented.

Most of the citations at the bottom of the page are functional and unbiased, but the article only references nine sources, one of which is defunct ("Film Directors Site," citation #6). The sources support the claims in the article, but more could definitely be done. Furthermore, not everything is cited properly. For example, the article reads "In February 1948 she directed the NTO's first English production Dear Brutus by J.M. Barrie, followed by An Inspector Calls. Directed In Theatre Street for the East Rand Theatre Club in 1950. (Leontine Sagan - ESAT. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2016.)" This citation is incorrect and should be at the bottom of the page and instead footnoted in the text. In addition, some claims, like "Eleanor Roosevelt is credited with helping to revoke its censorship in the US," are left without citation and therefore debatable.

No information appears to be out of date. Some information could be better researched, for example, under 'Personal Life' where it says "Born in either Budapest or Vienna in 1889." From looking at more sources, this information could be properly listed in Sagan's Wikipedia page.

On the Talk page of the article, one person seems interested in Sagan's sexuality, though no one seems to be in conversation with this individual. The article is rated "Start Class." It is a part of four WikiProjects: WikiProject Biography / Actors and Filmmakers, WikiProject LGBT studies, WikiProject Austria, WikiProject Women's History.