<div dir="ltr">May she Rest In Peace, Amen. I admire her work whole-heartedly. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Aaron Gerow <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:aaron.gerow@yale.edu">aaron.gerow@yale.edu</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

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<br></div><div>This great post on her work has already appeared. There&#39;s a lot you can read:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://filmstudiesforfree.blogspot.com/2011/02/incarnation-of-modern-in-memory-of.html" target="_blank">http://filmstudiesforfree.blogspot.com/2011/02/incarnation-of-modern-in-memory-of.html</a></div>

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