Ever heard of Marija Juric Zagorka? I hadn't until today.
She was the first female journalist of the South Eastern Europe, well known for her novels but not so much for her feminist work.
When she died in 1957 she had been both celebrated and banned. And almost forgotten. Thanks many efforts Zagorka is now being remembered not only for her popular novels but for her crucial political and emancipatory work. The apartment where she lived at the market square Dolac has become a kind of museum, run by the Centre for Women’s studies. There is a statue of her in the old town and there is a small exhibition of her books at a library.
Together with the students of the faculty of political science I watched the documentary Zagorka by Biljana Cakic Veselic. After the screening Biljana said that the situation for her today, as a female documentary filmmaker, was basically the same as for Zagorka. Quite depressing to hear.
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