Feminists: What Were They Thinking? (2018)

Directors

Johanna Demetrakas

Cast

Jane Fonda, Laurie Anderson, Lily Tomlin, Meredith Monk, Michelle Phillips, Sally Kirkland

The story

In 1977 a book with portraits was released called 'Emergence' by photographer Cynthia MacAdams which captured women embracing feminism by shedding cultural restrictions. The documentary revisits those photos and those women, and contains interviews with women such as Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Judy Chicago, and at the same time tackling topics such as identity, abortion, race, childhood and motherhood. The film discusses the contribution of films like 9 to 5 and the emergence of feminist artworks like The Dinner Party with some of the people involved.

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