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Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
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Title: Feminists: What Were They Thinking?

Release Date: 19 Feb 2018

Runtime: 1h 26m

Genre: Documentary

Director: Crazy Wisdom Productions

Production Companies: Crazy Wisdom Productions

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 7.697 (94 votes)

Cast

  • Self: 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
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