Abstract
Inspired by the essay “Why have there been no great female artists?”, this article considers some current issues found in discussions raised in the text by Linda Nochlin, first published in 1971, adapting the dialogue to the Brazilian cinema context until the 1970s, when great male Brazilian filmmakers had already been canonized in cinema history. Why have there no women in this canon of Brazilian cinema? What constitutes a great filmmaker? This study examines these questions by exploring the affirmation implied by the question in the title.
Female Authorship; Gender; Cinema; Arts; Geniality