Why the Story of the “Female Lawrence of Arabia” is Being Told With a Documentary, Not a Biopic

A few weeks ago, during Women’s History Month, I introduced a list of relevant documentaries by stating that there should be more films about important women and noting that at least there are some in the works on Alice Guy-Blache and Grace Hopper. Well, now there’s also one on the way about adventurer-turned-spy Gertrude Bell, who very few people are f…