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Yours in sisterhood / Women Make Movies ; Komsomol Films ; producer, Irene Lusztig.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ms.
- Women--United States--Social conditions--20th century.
- Women.
- Sex discrimination against women--United States--History--20th century.
- Sex discrimination against women.
- Feminism--United States--History--20th century.
- Feminism.
- Letters to the editor--History--20th century.
- Letters to the editor.
- Women--United States--Social conditions--21st century.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 41 min.)) : sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : Women Make Movies, [2018]
- System Details:
- System requirements: An Internet browser with HTML5 support.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- digital
- Summary:
- A performative, participatory documentary inspired by the breadth and complexity of letters that were sent in the 1970s to the editor of Ms., America's first mainstream feminist magazine. The film documents hundreds of strangers from around the U.S. who were invited to read aloud and respond to these letters written by women, men and children from diverse backgrounds. Collectively, the letters feel like an encyclopedia of both the 70s and the women's movement, an almost literal invocation of the second-wave feminist slogan "the personal is political." The intimate, provocative, and sometimes heartbreaking conversations that emerge from these performances invite viewers to think about the past, present, and future of feminism.
- Credits:
- Concept, casting, camera, editing, Irene Lusztig.
- Notes:
- "Based on the "Ms. letters, 1972-1980" collection, Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study."
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 22, 2022).
- OCLC:
- 1294529215
- Publisher Number:
- wm-yousis Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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