
Tells the story of the brilliant, often outrageous women who founded the feminist movement of the 1960s. They said 'the personal is political' and made a revolution: in the bedroom, in the workplace, in all spheres of life. Called threatening by the FBI, yet ignored in many histories, these women changed the world.... (Full plot summary below)
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Tells the story of the brilliant, often outrageous women who founded the feminist movement of the 1960s. They said 'the personal is political' and made a revolution: in the bedroom, in the workplace, in all spheres of life. Called threatening by the FBI, yet ignored in many histories, these women changed the world.
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| Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlOne of the year's best films, Mary Dore's She's Beautiful When She's Angry is an urgent, illuminating dive into the headwaters of second-wave feminism, the movement that — no matter what its detractors insist — has given us the world in which we live. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleTo think of how people thought and acted just 45 years ago is to realize that the women in this film were the advance guard of the modern era. That makes them important, and they make this documentary important. |
| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirDore does not gloss over the ideological excesses or internal quarrels of feminism, but more than anything else she captures the excitement of that era, the growing sense of solidarity as more and more women discovered that their dissatisfaction was not an individual matter. |
| Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenShe's Beautiful When She's Angry, director Mary Dore's incisive portrait of so-called second-wave feminism of the late 1960s, is an exceptional chronicle, its mix of archival material and new interviews bristling with the energy and insight of one of the most important social movements of the 20th century. |
| Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniA superbly researched and edited documentary about the women's movement in the 1960s. |
| East Bay ExpressKelly VanceYou don't have to rely on Mad Men anymore to explain what a woman's life was like during the post-WWII economic boom. |
| SF WeeklySherilyn ConnellyFascinating documentary about the feminist movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. |
| The New YorkerRichard BrodyThe word “feminism” itself has become toxified. For young women who might be despairing as they fight the good fight, this film provides context, roots, and the wisdom of elders. |
| WBAI RadioPrairie MillerDelving into the historic struggles of the Women's Movement of the last century. Where did the basic rights females young and old enjoy today come from, and what fierce social struggles in the 20th century made them possible, and still relevant today. |
| Anchorage PressIndra ArriagaThis feature length documentary covers a lot of ground in a remarkably focused way and at a satisfying pace. |