Feminists: What Were They Thinking?

February. 19,2018      
Rating:
7.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

In 1977, a book of photographs captured an awakening - women shedding the cultural restrictions of their childhoods and embracing their full humanity. This documentary revisits those photos, those women and those times and takes aim at our culture today that alarmingly shows the need for continued change.

Laurie Anderson as  Self
Judy Chicago as  Self
Jane Fonda as  Self
Sally Kirkland as  Self
Meredith Monk as  Self
Michelle Phillips as  Self
Lily Tomlin as  Self

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