Wonder Women! : the Untold Story of American Superheroines

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Call Number: DVD 305.42 Wo
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Contains both censored and uncensored versions.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2012.
Special features include: Video artist Dara Birnbaum; The Bechdel test; Women in exploitation & slasher films; Comic artist George Perez; Writer Jane Espenson on Buffy the vampire slayer; The female hero in Asian cinema; Streb extreme action dance company; Educational materials: Director's statement; Download the PDF curriculum guides.
Disc contains both censored and uncensored versions.
Featuring: Gloria Steinem, Jennifer K. Stuller, Trina Robbins, Lynda Carter, Lindsay Wagner, Kathleen Hanna, Jane Espenson, Gail Simone, Shelby Knox, Mike Madrid, Andy Mangels.
"[A] nuanced critique of gender and heroism in popular culture as well as a powerful dose of Vitamin F(eminism) for the undernourished. From the birth of the 1940s comic book heroine, Wonder Woman, to the blockbusters of today, Wonder Women! looks at how popular representations of powerful women often reflect society's anxieties about strong and healthy women. Wonder Women! reveals the complicated negotiations girls and women face as they attempt to achieve confidence, strength, and agency in a society often at odds with those goals. Yet it also inspires through its evocative images, upbeat soundtrack, and richly contextualized history of American superheroines--including the everyday wonder women and action girls in our midst"--Container.
DVD; NTSC, region all; Dolby Digital 2.0; enhanced for 16x9 televisions; dual layer.

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Intelligent submitted by lstorc on August 27, 2018, 9:09pm This is an accurate, provocative documentary about the way women are represented even in superhero roles.