This is a wonderful film. It plunges you right into the middle of it all - it gives you a real feeling of the excitement of the women's revolution in the making. You can feel that it's made by a participant in the scene - and although the filmmaker never intrudes, she does make herself fabulously known after all.
The film includes lots of different artists, but it is organized along thematic lines, so you aren't just reviewing a cast of "characters" as in so many worthy but predictable documentaries. Instead you're engaging with a range of different issues that the artists attacked. Made with panache, humor, and smarts, it is an invaluable tribute to the times. The form fits the content, and the content is moving, stimulating, and inspiring, as a history and as an illumination of art-making and artists.
The film includes lots of different artists, but it is organized along thematic lines, so you aren't just reviewing a cast of "characters" as in so many worthy but predictable documentaries. Instead you're engaging with a range of different issues that the artists attacked. Made with panache, humor, and smarts, it is an invaluable tribute to the times. The form fits the content, and the content is moving, stimulating, and inspiring, as a history and as an illumination of art-making and artists.