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Feminists: What Were They Thinking?

Feminists: What Were They Thinking?

7.7(95 votes)
2018
1h 26m
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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Production

Budget:$700,000
Companies:
Crazy Wisdom Productions

Languages

Original:en
Spoken:
English

Reviews

mrpink84

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.

10/15/2018

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