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Feminists: What Were They Thinking?

Name: Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
Director: Johanna Demetrakas
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2018-02-19
Cast: Laurie Anderson, Phyllis Chesler, Judy Chicago, Funmilola Fagbamila, Jane Fonda

Documentary

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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Cast

Laurie AndersonPhyllis CheslerJudy ChicagoFunmilola FagbamilaJane FondaSally KirklandWendy J.N. LeeMeredith MonkMichelle PhillipsMargaret PrescodCheryl SwannackLily Tomlin

Director

Johanna Demetrakas

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