Assignment Four - The New Feminists

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Film Date
1972
Film Reference Number
KRON 495
Description
KRON-TV Assignment Four documentary film from 1972 about the impact of the feminist movement on women in the Bay Area. Includes interviews with Diane Watson (National Organization for Women) and Ann Draper (AMalgamated Clothing Workers of America and Union W.A.G.E.) and scenes of women discussing sexual discrimination. Also features members of the San Francisco Women's Libration Media Workshop preparing a program about gender sterotypes and then presenting it to teenagers in a school who reflect on what society expects from them. Includes views of women working in factories diners and demonstrating/campaigning for women's rights. This film was written produced and directed by Ira Eisenberg and narrated by Art Brown and Christina Metcalfe.
Format
16mm optical sound film