by Timothy Rutt
Alta-filmmaker Jennifer Lee is screening her new film, "Feminist Stories from Women's Liberation, at the Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival on March 24 at the Laemmle Theater in Beverly Hills.
Lee writes: "The film is the result of eight years of interviewing and editing. I made the film because a co-worker at Technicolor Studio whispered to me one day in 2004, 'Are you a feminist?' I realized I couldn't give her a pithy reason why I was a feminist because the stories of the women's movement weren't embedded in me. So, I decided to change that.
"I spent several years traveling the country (lots of red eye flights) and listened to these feminists tell me their stories. I interviewed famous feminists like Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan (I shot her last interview) and not-so-famous feminists like Fran Beal, Ivy Bottini, Aileen Hernandez, and Sonia Pressman Fuentes. My film covers the major events from 1963-1970. I completed most of the interviews before I became a parent. My daughter is eight years old now and absolutely knows what a feminist is."
Music for the film includes songs from Fanny, the female rock band from the 1970's, who reunited to record songs for the film.
There's an official website, a Facebook page, and much more. Tickets are available at Brown Paper TIckets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/335434
