Movie

Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
2018 · 86 min
A reflective, conversation-driven look back at a movement's faces and voices, equal parts nostalgic warmth and unresolved frustration.
- Directed by
- Johanna Demetrakas
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Laurie Anderson, Phyllis Chesler, Judy Chicago
- Overview
- In 1977, a book of photographs captured an awakening - women shedding the cultural restrictions of their childhoods and embracing their full humanity. This documentary revisits those photos, those women and those times and takes aim at our culture today that alarmingly shows the need for continued change.
- How it feels
- Earnest, melancholic, uplifting and satirical. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Identity, gender, politics, race
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Johanna Demetrakas
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Laurie Anderson, Phyllis Chesler, Judy Chicago






