A Minor Altercation; Politics of Intimacy; and some Star Trek

A Minor Altercation; Politics of Intimacy; and some Star Trek

Feminist, Consciousness-raising, Documentary, Woman Filmmaker, Sexuality, African-American

Dub for teaching. Amazing resource about consciousness-raising and its relation to video. Powerful to this day in its forthright conversation about women's sexuality. Minor Altercation is also on this tape. One of the first narrative films directed by an African American woman. This dub was either for teaching or research for Women of Vision.

(degraded tape!)

Alex Juhasz, composite video of two dubs over TV recording on one cassette

1974

1977

VHS

English

Politics of Intimacy [1974]: Amazing resource about consciousness-raising and its relation to video. Powerful to this day in its forthright conversation about women's sexuality. Directed by Julie Gustafson. Black & White. Runtime 00:52:20. 

Minor Altercation [1977]: One of the first narrative films directed by an African American woman. "A fight between an African American and a white schoolgirl in Boston is explored in all its complexity in this fact-based drama from one of the producers of EYES ON THE PRIZE." Directed by Jackie Shearer. Runtime 30 minutes.

With Jacqueline Shearer’s sympathetic lens, a fight between two school-aged girls — one Black, one white — becomes a playground to discuss racism, classism, misogynoir, and the bureaucracy of high school education. -- Blackfilmarchive

30 mins; 52 mins

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