Josefina Molina, pioneering Spanish filmmaker, dies at 89

Josefina Molina, a pioneering Spanish film director, screenwriter, and novelist, died on Saturday at age 89 in Madrid. The Spanish Film Academy confirmed her death. Alongside Pilar Miró and Cecilia Bartolomé, she was one of the few women of her generation to work in cinema, always from a feminist perspective. Her notable films include 'Función de Noche' (1981) and 'Esquilache' (1988). Born in Córdoba in 1936 shortly after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, her father was a shopkeeper selling shoes and drugstore products.