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Killing time / Women Make Movies ; written and directed by Fronza Woods ; produced by the Women's Interart Center, Inc. ; a Smith-Woods production. Invisible women. Part 1, Fannie's film / a film by Fronza Woods ; directed and edited by Fronza Woods ; a production of the Women's Interart Center ; a Smith-Woods production.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American women--Psychology--Drama.
- African American women.
- Women--Suicidal behavior--Drama.
- Women.
- Drayton, Fannie.
- African American women household employees--Case studies.
- African American women household employees.
- Cleaning personnel--Case studies.
- Cleaning personnel.
- Older African American women--Case studies.
- Older African American women.
- Women--Suicidal behavior.
- African American women--Psychology.
- Genre:
- Short films.
- Fiction films.
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Case studies.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (23 min.) : digital, sound, black and white
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Available from some providers with title: Killing time/Fannie's film
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : [Distributed by] Women Make Movies, [2021]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Killing time and Fannie's film were part of the mediamaking movement that first gave centrality to the voices and experiences of African American women during the late Seventies and early Eighties.
- Killing time: An offbeat, wryly humorous look at the dilemma of a would-be suicide unable to find the right outfit to die in, examines the personal habits, socialization, and complexities of life that keep us going.
- In Fannie's film: A 65-year-old cleaning woman for a professional dancers' exercise studio performs her job while telling us in voiceover about her life, hopes, goals, and feelings. A challenge to mainstream media's ongoing stereotypes of women of color who earn their living as domestic workers, this seemingly simple documentary achieves a quiet revolution: the expressive portrait of a fully realized individual.
- Contents:
- Killing time (9 min.)
- Fannie's film (14 min.).
- Participant:
- Killing time: introducing Sage Brush.
- Fannie's film: featuring Fannie Drayton.
- Credits:
- Killing time: camera, Steven Wasserstein, Bruce McIntosh.
- Invisible women: camera, Tracy Fitz, Fronza Woods.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Killing time originally produced by: Women's Interart Center, Inc., ©1979; previously released in 2000.
- Fannie's film originally produced by: Women's Interart Center, Inc., ©1981; previously released in 2000.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 19, 2021).
- Contains:
- Invisible women. Part 1, Fannie's film.
- Fannie's film.
- Publisher Number:
- wm-ktff Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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