More than tracing: The women behind Disney animation | BFI video essay

BFI June 30, 2023
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Disney's first feature film, was a marvel of artistic skill and technological innovation. While the story of Disney's core animators - the "Nine Old Men" - is well known, the meticulous work of hundreds of women - including trailblazers like art director Hazel Sewell, ink and paint master Mary Tebb and Mary Weiser, who took it upon herself to open and operate the world's first in-house animation studio paint lab - is less celebrated. In this video essay Queline Meadows (@kikikrazed) champions the achievements of the women who, through artistic skill and technical innovation, helped form the foundations of Disney animation. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI Claim an extended BFI Player Subscription free trial (UK only) - subscribe using code BFIYOUTUBE: http://theb.fi/player-subscription Watch more on BFI Player: http://player.bfi.org.uk/ Our TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@britishfilminstitute Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BritishFilmInstitute Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/britishfilminstitute/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BFI

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