Rebel Women: The Great Art Fight Back
Documentary telling the story of the generation of female artists who, having emerged out of the tumult of the late 1960s, aimed to radically change the way women were perceived.
Out of the tumult and fervour of the late 1960s emerged a generation of artists who set out to start a revolution. As women around the world joined forces to fight for liberation, the formative art movement of the last four decades was about to explode into being. On both sides of the Atlantic, women were tearing up art history and reinventing the arena of art with experimental new mediums and provocative political statements. Questioning everything from the way women were presented in magazines to the right to equal pay, female artists aimed to radically change the way women were perceived.
Mary Kelly caused outrage in the tabloids by displaying dirty nappies at the ICA, Margaret Harrison's depiction of Hugh Hefner as a bunny girl resulted in her exhibition being shut down by the police, and in Los Angeles Judy Chicago founded the first feminist art course and told her students to only study work by women. Alongside interviews with Turner Prize winner Lubaina Himid, Suzanne Lacy, Carolee Schneemann, Rose English, Laurie Simmons and Barbara Kruger, The Great Art Fight Back tells the story of these revolutionary artists and celebrates the grit, humour and determination that wrote women back into art history for good.
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Clips
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Judy Chicago fights sexism in the LA art scene
Duration: 01:25
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The feminist exhibition that was shut down by the police
Duration: 01:02
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Women begin the great art fight back
Duration: 02:03
Music Played
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Big Brother & the Holding Company
Women Is Losers
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The Stooges
Little Doll
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Dusty Springfield
You Don't Own Me
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Dorothy Ashby
Afroharping
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Lou Reed
Walk On The Wild Side
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Frankie Knuckles
Your Love
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The Raincoats
No One's Little Girl
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X鈥怰ay Spex
Oh Bondage Up Yours
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Martini's
Hung Over
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Arthur Russell
A Little Lost
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The Durutti Column
Otis
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John Lennon And Yoko Ono
Sisters O Sisters
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David Axelrod
A Little Girl Lost
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Angel Olsen
Woman
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ESG
You're No Good
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Nico
These Days
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PINS
Girls Like Us
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Patti Smith
Hey Joe
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Siouxsie and the Banshees
Hong Kong Garden
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Interviewed Guest | Judy Chicago |
Interviewed Guest | Daria Dorosh |
Interviewed Guest | Rose English |
Interviewed Guest | Alison Gingeras |
Interviewed Guest | Mary Grigoriadis |
Interviewed Guest | Margaret Harrison |
Interviewed Guest | Lubaina Himid |
Interviewed Guest | Mary Kelly |
Interviewed Guest | Suzanne Lacy |
Interviewed Guest | Frances Morris |
Interviewed Guest | Griselda Pollock |
Interviewed Guest | Carolee Schneemann |
Interviewed Guest | Alice Wroe |
Interviewed Guest | Barbara Zucker |
Narrator | Anneka Harry |
Colourist | Mark Slobodian |
On-line editing | Tristan Lancey |
Sound Mixer | Ben Worlidge |
Production Assistant | Anna Kidel |
Production Assistant | Greg Barber |
Production Manager | Hazel Graham |
Assistant Producer | Emily Wallis |
Editor | Anne Dummett |
Executive Producer | Emma Cahusac |
Executive Producer | Claire Whalley |
Producer | Clare Tavernor |
Director | Clare Tavernor |
Production Company | What Larks! Productions |
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