!Women Art Revolution
Essential Documentaries
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1h 22m
Directed by Lynne Hershman Leeson | 83 mins | 2010
Multimedia art pioneer Leeson’s eye-opening documentary combines archival footage and original interviews collected over the course of 40 years to provide a “secret history” of feminist art from the 1960s to the 21st century. Features such luminaries as Cindy Sherman, Yvonne Rainer, and Marina Abramović, as well as an original score by Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein.
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