!Women Art Revolution

Name: !Women Art Revolution
Genre: Documentary
Released: June 1, 2011
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 70

2011

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Hotwire Productions | Release Date: June 1, 2011 | Not Rated

Summary: !Women Art Revolution elaborates the relationship of the Feminist Art Movement to the 1960s anti-war and civil rights movements and explains how historical events, such as the all-male protest exhibition against the invasion of Cambodia, sparked the first of many feminist actions against major cultural institutions. The film details major!Women Art Revolution elaborates the relationship of the Feminist Art Movement to the 1960s anti-war and civil rights movements and explains how historical events, such as the all-male protest exhibition against the invasion of Cambodia, sparked the first of many feminist actions against major cultural institutions. The film details major developments in women’s art of the 1970s, including the first feminist art education programs, political organizations and protests, alternative art spaces such as the A.I.R. Gallery and Franklin Furnace in New York and the Los Angeles Women’s Building, publications such as Chrysalis and Heresies, and landmark exhibitions, performances, and installations of public art that changed the entire direction of art. (Hotwire Productions)… Expand

Director: Lynn Hershman-Leeson

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 83 min

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Rachel Saltz

Jun 2, 2011

These interviews form the backbone of !W.A.R., and like the film, they're passionate, contentious, funny, sincere, politically attuned. Read full review

Duane Byrge

Jun 2, 2011

It took 42 years for filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson to make !Women Art Revolution. The film, about the emerging feminist movement, is comprehensive and vibrant. Read full review

Kevin Thomas

Jun 16, 2011

In her vibrant !Women Art Revolution Hershman focuses on a number of the many women who created what has been called the most significant art movement of the late 20th century. Read full review

Sebastian Smee

Jun 16, 2011

It's affecting, and the tone, which is polemical, is also rueful and realistic. Read full review

G. Allen Johnson

Aug 25, 2011

Fortunately, !Woman Art Revolution isn't a stuffy museum piece. It's an important documentary, sure, but it's also playful and engaging. Read full review

Mike Scott

Jun 17, 2011

These women deserve to have their voices heard, and this film finally lets them have their say. Read full review

Lauren Wissot

Jun 2, 2011

Unlike Pamela Tanner Boll's truly inquisitive "Who Does She Think She Is?", which delves deeply and personally into the lives of a handful of working artist moms, Hershman Leeson introduces us only superficially to her dozens of pioneering friends. Read full review

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