Penthesilea: Queen of the Amazons

The first collaboration of Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen is a radical reimagining of myth through the lens of feminist theory.

A milestone of feminist avant-garde cinema, Penthesilea: Queen of the Amazons was conceived as an exploration of patriarchal myth-making and its gender politics, questioning how women can reclaim their history within patriarchal culture. Organised in five chapters using a variety of approaches to present the Amazonian queen from Greek mythology, the film remains a pertinent cinematic experiment.