Sing, O Barren Woman

Sing, O Barren Woman

feminist, video art, family, woman director, performance,

Gift from filmmaker Susan Mogul. She was one of the subjects of my documentary, Women of Vision, and I also brought her often to Pitzer college to screen her tapes. She became a colleague and friend.

Susan Mogul

2001

VHS

Experimental Film

Documentary

“Giving voice to ten women who chose not to have children, Mogul’s video simultaneously offers a hilarious and poignant meditation on all manner of life choices and the necessity of living with their consequences.” —David Pagel, Los Angeles Times from susanmogul.com

"Sing, O Barren Woman, part documentary part music video, satirizes and celebrates a taboo subject--voluntary childlessness. Susan Mogul gives voice to ten women who are childless by choice (or default) as they come out as non-mothers speaking and "singing" about the stereotypes of the "barren" woman. 'Never mentioned in public or given a voice, we’re invisible women who made a provocative choice.'" (VDB)

10 minutes 37 seconds

10 minutes 37 seconds

Susan Mogul

https://brooklyn-cuny.yuja.com/V/Video?v=11131008&node=49570402&a=123203135

"Sing O Barren Woman", 2000, TRT 11 minutes - Clip from Susan Mogul on Vimeo.