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LOS ANGELES: Joan Micklin Silver, who forged a path for female directors and independent filmmakers with movies including Hester Street and Crossing Delancey, has died.

Joan Micklin Silver, who forged her own way as a female director in the 1970s and...

Joan Micklin Silver, Director of ‘Crossing Delancey,’ Dies at 85 She broke barriers for women, directing seven feature films, including “Hester Street” and “Between the Lines,” as well as TV movies. Joan Micklin Silver in the late 1970s while filming an adaptation of the Ann Beattie novel “Chilly Scenes of Winter.” She had a love-hate relationship with movie studios.Credit...United Artists, via Photofest Published Jan. 1, 2021Updated Jan. 4, 2021 Joan Micklin Silver, the filmmaker whose first feature, “Hester Street,” expanded the marketplace for Am...