Produced collectively by women, THE WOMAN'S FILM documentary is a valuable historical document of the origins of the modern women's movement in the United States. The film delves into the lives of ordinary women from different races, educational levels and class. Filmed mostly in small consciousness-raising groups, from which the women's movement grew, the women talk about the daily realities of their lives as wives, home-makers, and workers. They speak, sometimes with hesitancy, often with passion, about the oppression of women as they see it.

THE WOMAN'S FILM was made entirely by women in San Francisco Newsreel. It was a collective effort between the women behind the camera and those in front of it. The script itself was written from preliminary interviews with the women in the film. Their participation, their criticism and approval were sought at various stages of production.

Watch the film and hear from two of the women filmmakers, Louise Alaimo and Judith Smith about the making of the film and filmmaker/women's studies scholar Kathe Sandler (A Question of Color) and others.

Your RSVP will give you a link to view the film from March 7th evening to March 9th, and a Zoom link to the talk with the filmmakers and more on March 9th at 6:30 PM EST.

Thanks to the generous contribution of The Women’s Film Preservation Fund of New York Women in Film & Television (womensfilmpreservationfund.org), THE WOMAN'S FILM has been preserved. 

Presented by the Documentary Forum at CCNY and Third World Newsreel

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