Film
Growing Up Female + Janie's Janie + Betty Tells Her Story
- 2PM
Post-screening Q&A
With director Liane Brandon (Betty Tells Her Story) and editor Stephanie Palewski (Janie's Janie).
Dirs. Julia Reichert, Jim Klein
1971, 50min, DCP
This landmark of feminist cinema profiles six women—ages four to thirty-five—to explore the ways in which they are socialized in a patriarchal society.
Dir. Geri Ashur, Peter Barton, Marilyn Mulford, Stephanie Pawleski
1971, 25min, 16mm
“First I was my father’s Janie, then I was my Charlie’s Janie, now I’m Janie’s Janie.” This indispensable dispatch from the burgeoning women’s movement profiles a Newark housewife who, after leaving her abusive husband, begins to carve out a life of her own.
Courtesy of the Reserve Film and Video Collection of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Dir. Liane Brandon
1972, 20min, digital
This poignant tale of beauty, identity and a dress is considered a classic of documentary filmmaking and the independent film of the women’s movement. In this unconventionally structured documentary, Betty tells her story twice. The contrast between the two stories is haunting.
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