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During the 1970s and early 80s, women filmmakers won new opportunities to tell stories which, until then, had gone largely untold.
The films produced as part of the Experimental Film Fund, and by...
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Listen to a Q&A with the director of documentary Brazen Hussies (2020), Catherine Dwyer and influential feminist Elizabeth Reid.
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Feminist films from the 1970s, 80s and 90s still resonate today.
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Looking back at some of the female firsts in Australian history as captured through the NFSA's Television News and Current Affairs Program (Newscaf).
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What would be the 'soundtrack of Australian feminist activism' of the 1970s? Sound Curator Nick Henderson has the answer.
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In December 2020 the NFSA screened Brazen Hussies (2020), a documentary profiling a revolutionary chapter in Australian history, the Women’s Liberation Movement (1965–75).
The screening was followed...
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This version of Helen Reddy’s iconic hit single and feminist anthem was recorded at Sun West Studio on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles.
Summary by Thorsten Kaeding
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It’s obvious from this recording that Lillian Roxon prides herself on being able to identify which acts will make it big. Her friend Reddy topped the charts in 1972 with her women’s liberation anthem...
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In this report about female rock groups Fanny and Pride of Women, Lillian Roxon’s passion for the advancement of women in rock shines through.
They don’t get an easy ride though; here she defends her...
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The sixth song and title track from The Ovarian Sisters' 1980 album Beat Your Breasts (NFSA: 219498).
