Coming to NYC’s Anthology Film Archives tomorrow, Thursday, September 15:
TERRA FEMME
Director:
Courtney Stephens
World Premiere:
MoMA Doc Fortnight 2021
Select Festivals:
IDFA, Hot Docs, RIDM, DokuFest, Camden, Open City Docs, Sydney Underground, Indielisboa, Docaviv
About:
Archival material and home movies from the 1920s to the 1940s reveal the emancipatory power women found in newly available personal cameras, and the association this self-expression had with gender roles, the rise of a leisured, white middle class, and imperialism.