Wanda (1970)

Once a rarely screened cult film, now a classic of feminist cinema. Wanda, by the late actress and filmmaker Barbara Loden, poignantly highlights the fate of a divorced mother adrift. She is phenomenally portrayed by Loden, who also wrote the screenplay and directed the film. Wanda would remain Loden's first and last feature film. The film was received with acclaim at festivals (including winning the Best Foreign Film Award at the Venice Film Festival) and made an impression as a portrait of a woman who has little choice in her life, considers herself powerless and constantly falls into the hands of the wrong men, including a bank robber.

In 2010, the film was restored (from the original 16mm copy and the 35mm distribution copy) and gained attention as a flagship of American feminist cinema, made by a woman who deserved as much attention as the groundbreaking male filmmakers of the new Hollywood. The restoration was carried out by UCLA Film & Television Archive, with support from Gucci and The Film Foundation.