Abstract
An essential documentary about the birth of the women's liberation movement. Beginning in the late 1960s, featuring never-seen before archival footage and new interviews She's Beautiful When She's Angry tells the story of one of the most important social movements of the 20th century, bringing to light the efforts of lesser-known activists, including the Boston authors of Our Bodies, Ourselves , the Chicago Women's Liberation Union, and grassroots organizations across the country who played a pivotal role in the struggle.
She's Beautiful depicts the early days of the National Organization for Women (NOW) when ladies wore hats and gloves. At the same time, young women, frustrated with their second- class status in civil rights and peace groups, started a new movement called women's liberation. They proclaimed that "the personal is political,' and demanded equality in every part of daily life. Featuring interviews with early feminists Kate Millett, Fran Beal, Rita Mae Brown and many others, She's Beautiful When She's Angry shows women fighting back with humor, sometimes with fury ' daring to be 'bad.'
She's Beautiful When She's Angry reveals a wide-reaching movement with women's rock bands, poetry readings, and 'zaps,' impromptu protest actions. The film shows many aspects of the movement: poets and publishers in San Francisco (Susan Griffin and Alta); lesbian activists (Rita Mae Brown and Karla Jay) who made the slur 'Lavender Menace' into a term of liberation; Chicago women who started a pre-Roe underground abortion service (Judith Arcana and Heather Booth); and the Boston women who wrote Our Bodies, Ourselves, named by Time Magazine as one of the most important books of the 20th century. The film shows many strands of early feminism, including the voices of women of color and struggles over issues of class and lesbian rights.
Major themes appear throughout the film: the struggle for freedom and equality, a woman's right to control her own body -- in terms of sexuality, health care, and reproductive rights. She's Beautiful also relates to current day issues, showing young women inventing their own forms of feminist action, with 'Slut Walks' protesting rape culture in New York, and Texas protests over the closing of abortion clinics.
The extraordinary women who appear in the film are often unheralded, even in their own communities. She's Beautiful When She's Angry is a view of the movement's grassroots, rather than focusing on the most famous, or the 'firsts.' The film celebrates the 'worker bees' of the women's movement, and collective organizing, rather than heroic individuals.
The interviewees display humor, self-criticism and thoughtfulness throughout the film. It is not a cheerleading film, it's an investigation into how movements evolve, where they go wrong or right, and problems with diversity and leadership. Ultimately, this is a film about organizing for human rights, reflecting on the past and outlining what needs to be done today.
All interviews were shot by women DPs, and the film was directed, produced and edited by women.
She's Beautiful depicts the early days of the National Organization for Women (NOW) when ladies wore hats and gloves. At the same time, young women, frustrated with their second- class status in civil rights and peace groups, started a new movement called women's liberation. They proclaimed that "the personal is political,' and demanded equality in every part of daily life. Featuring interviews with early feminists Kate Millett, Fran Beal, Rita Mae Brown and many others, She's Beautiful When She's Angry shows women fighting back with humor, sometimes with fury ' daring to be 'bad.'
She's Beautiful When She's Angry reveals a wide-reaching movement with women's rock bands, poetry readings, and 'zaps,' impromptu protest actions. The film shows many aspects of the movement: poets and publishers in San Francisco (Susan Griffin and Alta); lesbian activists (Rita Mae Brown and Karla Jay) who made the slur 'Lavender Menace' into a term of liberation; Chicago women who started a pre-Roe underground abortion service (Judith Arcana and Heather Booth); and the Boston women who wrote Our Bodies, Ourselves, named by Time Magazine as one of the most important books of the 20th century. The film shows many strands of early feminism, including the voices of women of color and struggles over issues of class and lesbian rights.
Major themes appear throughout the film: the struggle for freedom and equality, a woman's right to control her own body -- in terms of sexuality, health care, and reproductive rights. She's Beautiful also relates to current day issues, showing young women inventing their own forms of feminist action, with 'Slut Walks' protesting rape culture in New York, and Texas protests over the closing of abortion clinics.
The extraordinary women who appear in the film are often unheralded, even in their own communities. She's Beautiful When She's Angry is a view of the movement's grassroots, rather than focusing on the most famous, or the 'firsts.' The film celebrates the 'worker bees' of the women's movement, and collective organizing, rather than heroic individuals.
The interviewees display humor, self-criticism and thoughtfulness throughout the film. It is not a cheerleading film, it's an investigation into how movements evolve, where they go wrong or right, and problems with diversity and leadership. Ultimately, this is a film about organizing for human rights, reflecting on the past and outlining what needs to be done today.
All interviews were shot by women DPs, and the film was directed, produced and edited by women.
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Subject
Contributors
Dore, Mary (director), Dore, Mary (producer), Kennedy, Nancy (producer), Taverna, Kate (editor), Kennedy, Nancy (editor), Antoni, Mark degli (composer), Cvetko, Svetlana (cinematographer), Weber, Alicia (cinematographer), Arcana, Judith (performer), Beal, Fran (performer), International Film Circuit (Firm) (producer), She's Beautiful Film Project (producer), Cinema Guild (publisher)
Duration
01:32:27 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Target or Intended Audience
adult/continuing education, higher education, college
Copyright Holder
| Name | The Cinema Guild, Inc. |
| Role | distributor |
| Telephone | (800) 723-5522 |
| Address | 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800 ยท New York, NY 10001 |
| [email protected] |
Copyright Date
2014-01-01
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