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.

Feminists: What Were They Thinking? (2018)

★ 7.5/10 February 19, 2018 86 min

Documentary

Director: Johanna Demetrakas

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.

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Trailer

Director

Johanna Demetrakas

Cast

Laurie Anderson Self Phyllis Chesler Self Judy Chicago Self Funmilola Fagbamila Self Jane Fonda Self Sally Kirkland Self Wendy J.N. Lee Self Meredith Monk Self Michelle Phillips Self Margaret Prescod Self Cheryl Swannack Self Lily Tomlin Self

User Reviews (1)

mrpink84 October 15, 2018

★ 10/10

This movie is a great introduction to female artists and thinkers from the 70s who posed for photographer Cynthia MacAdams book. Women talk about how the women's liberation movement helped them find their voices in,a time when you were expected to just be a wife and a mother.