Abstract
"Women of Slender Means" is a documentary film by Allison Prete that follows five of the 300 women living at the YWCA Brooklyn. Told with grace and humor, their stories reveal multidimensional lives of unseen women, as well as overlooked perspectives on the history of the city itself: courageous tales of migration, gentrification, poverty, urban planning, community, faith and perseverance. We meet Frances, a WWII veteran who arrived during the Great Migration, hoping to escape segregation; Ann, an activist who worked at the infamous Willowbrook School, and is a witness to gentrification; Mary, raised by nuns in an orphanage twice burned to the ground by the Ku Klux Klan; Cheryl, a Native American 82nd Airborne veteran who suffers from PTSD; and Wendy, born into privilege and a survivor of violent abuse.
Preferred Citation: Women of Slender Means, Brooklyn College Illumira, URL, accessed on mm/dd/yyyy.
Preferred Citation: Women of Slender Means, Brooklyn College Illumira, URL, accessed on mm/dd/yyyy.
Collection
Subject
Women, Black-United States-Interviews, Women-Social conditions-21st century, Women- United States, Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), YWCA, Low-income housing, Women-United States-Interviews, Domestic Abuse, Willowbrook State School, Gentrification-New York (State)-Brooklyn, Boerum Hill (New York, N.Y.), Veterans-New York (State), United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, Native Americans, Senior Citizens, Senior Housing, Aging
Duration
00:47:53 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Copyright Date
2022
Persistent/Share URL
https://54098.surd9.group/show.php?pid=njcore:199925
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pid=njcore:199925
PID
njcore:199925
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