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What You Take for Granted
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Title
What You Take for Granted
Subject
documentary, woman woman filmmaker, labor, performance, experimental documentary
Description
Gift from filmmaker. Michelle is a friend and colleague and was one of the subjects of my documentary Women of Vision, she gave me copies of her work to use as b-roll.
Date
1983
Abstract
Drama-documentary about six women who have 'made it' in male-dominated work areas, as truck driver, doctor, cablesplicer, sculptor, carpenter and philosophy professor. Uses fictionalised interviews based on interviews conducted by the filmmaker with over forty women doing all types of non-traditional jobs. A narrative involving the doctor and truck driver characters is intercut with interviews. (BFI)
Is Referenced By
Informed Historical Reveries, Angela Agauyo and Alexandra Juhasz, editors, Feminist Media Histories Vol 4 Issue 5
Moving Image Item Type Metadata
Director
Michell Citron
Files
Citation
“What You Take for Granted,” VHS Activism Archive , accessed April 20, 2024, https://activismvhs.omeka.net/items/show/700.
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