Feminists: What Were They Thinking?

(2018)

★ 7.5 IMDb · 100 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 2018

Runtime: 86 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Johanna Demetrakas

Cast: Laurie Anderson, Phyllis Chesler, Judy Chicago, Funmilola Fagbamila, Джейн Фонда, Салли Кёркленд, Wendy J.N. Lee, Мередит Монк, Michelle Phillips, Margaret Prescod

Plot

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.

In 1977, a book of photographs captured an awakening - women shedding the cultural restrictions of their childhoods and embracing their full humanity. Feminists: What Were They Thinking? revisits those photos, those women and those times - and takes aim at our current culture revealing all too vividly the urgent need for continued change. The film offers candid and riveting interviews with women such as Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, Lily Tomlin and Judy Chicago tackling topics ranging from identity, abortion, race, childhood and motherhood.