She's Beautiful When She's Angry
First screened in May 2015
Director: Mary Dore. Documentary about U.S. feminism in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Interview subjects include Judith Arcana, Fran Beal, Rita Mae Brown, Susan Brownmiller, Mary Jean Collins, Muriel Fox, Jo Freeman, Susan Griffin, Kate Millett, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, Trina Robbins, Ruth Rosen, Vivian Rothstein, Marlene Sanders, Alix Shulman, Ellen Shumsky, Marilyn Webb, Virginia Whitehill, Ellen Willis, Alice Wolfson.

Twitter Capsule: Editing and shaping not strongest suits but what a life-giving document. Sad it feels so far away.

VOR:   Even if the assembly doesn't quite advance the medium, the recording of this history is an invaluable service. These women won't be around forever. Let's make sure their victories are!



Photo © 2014 The Cinema Guild/International Film Circuit

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B


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