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The Woman's Film

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Title
The Woman's Film
Series Title
California Newsreel
Date Created
1971
Description
Features interviews with women in a support group, who talk about their marriages, jobs, and women's status in the society during their times. Shows how they are victimized by the system, by class, racial, and sexual inequality, and how they feel about it. Points out that women are expected to play a supportive role to men, and that their needs as human beings and women are not recognized.
Creators and Contributors
Creator: San Francisco Newsreel
Subject Topic
Feminism--United States
Poor women--United States
Women's rights--United States
Women--United States--Social conditions
Racism
Classism
Genre
Nonfiction films
Documentary films
Language
English

Media type
Moving Image
Format
U-matic
Extent
1 Tape
Generation
Dub
Stock manufacturer
Sony
Color or Black and White
Black and White
Sound or silent
Sound
Copyright Statement
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Country of Creation
United States
Source Institution
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Link to Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/cbpf_000129
Additional Technical Notes for item
Including two tapes from California Newsreel - 3/4" master (preferred) and BetaSP duplication master (backup). Note on 3/4": "This master is very old and may clog the heads of a playback machine. Please use the BetaSP duplication master for dubbing.