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Lisa French, Professor & Dean, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University

ACMI’s Goddess asks us rethink our gaze – and the bias it contains – when we look upon women on the screen

ACMI's Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion. Eugene Hyland Photography

The most fascinating aspect of screen museum ACMI’s new exhibition Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion, and the major contribution it makes, is the way it generates fresh understandings of women on screen, including in relation to Australia.

Goddess has been in planning for five years, celebrating 120 years of women and the moving image. Curated in Australia by Bethan Johnson for ACMI, the museum will eventually travel it globally.

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