R.I.P. Czech director Vera Chytilová | Gender and art | Scoop.it

"The Associated Press and many other sources are reporting that Czech film director Vera Chytilová died today at age 85, after apparently “battling an unspecified illness for several years.” Chytilová is best remembered for her 1966 avant-garde masterpiece, Daisies. She was unique in the history of Czech cinema as a high-profile director during the New Wave, Normalization, and post-Communism periods who did not pursue a filmmaking career outside the country."