Through women's eyes. (cover story)

Presents comments from eight women on gender politics in the film industry. Included are Deepa Mehta, 42, `Sam & Me,' and `Camilla'; Anne Wheeler, 46, `The Diviners'; Patricia Rozema, 34, `I've Heard the Mermaids Singing'; Barbara Samuels, 38, co-producer of CBC's `North of 60'; Sheila McCarthy, 37, lead in the recently completed `The Lotus Eaters'; Joan Pennefather, 49, first woman chairman of the National Film Board; Suzette Couture, `Love and Hate'; Brigitte Berman, 42.