The Film

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About the Film

Revisiting the groundbreaking feminist performance art movement in 1970s Los Angeles, one artist spotlights the inspirational, transformational, radical community exploding the narrative and status quo.

Through interviews, archival footage, and personal reflections, feminist artist Cheri Gaulke revisits the 1970s Los Angeles foundational art space, The Woman's Building, laying bare how a collective of artists transformed their bodies and voices in performance to a powerful tool for activism, reshaping the cultural landscape for generations of women.

Woman's Building founders
"We captured the voices of a generation in 50+ interviews"

Cast of artists, collectives, historians & scholars

Nancy Angelo, Eleanor Antin, Jerri Allyn, Ariadne: A Social Art Network, Judy Baca, John Baldessari, Bob & Bob, Lauren Bon, Betty Ann Brown, Nancy Buchanan, Chris Burden, Linda Burnham, Nao Bustamante, Cassils, Judy Chicago, Carol P. Christ, Patrisse Cullors, Miriam Cutler, Betsy Damon, Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Deborah De Robertis, Zackary Drucker, Mary Beth Edelson, Marguerite Elliot, Feminist Art Workers, Flawless Sabrina, Peter Frank, Fuerza Artística de Choque Comunicativo, Anne Gauldin, Cheri Gaulke, Catherine Gudis, Guerrilla Girls, Kiyo Gutiérrez, Handmaid Army DC, Helen and Newton Harrison, Maren Hassinger, Anna Homler, Melissa Huddleston, Ulysses Jenkins, Shawnee Wollenman Johnson, Amelia Jones, Laurel Klick, Deborah Krall, Leslie Labowitz Starus, Suzanne Lacy, Stephanie Lane, Jacky Lansley, Lastesis Colectivo, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Les Colleuses, Karen LeCocq, Nick Lieberman, Sue Maberry, Marka Maberry-Gaulke, Xochi Maberry-Gaulke, Elana Mann, Paul McCarthy, Laura Meyer, Susan Mogul, Linda Montano, Mother Art, Senga Nengudi, Ni Santas, Linda Nishio, Pauline Oliveros, Mehregan Pezeshki, Glenn Phillips, Phranc, Adrian Piper, Sally Potter, Pussy Riot, Yvonne Rainer, Arlene Raven, Cindy Rehm, Faith Ringgold, Ulrike Rosenbach, Rachel Rosenthal, Sheree Rose, Martha Rosler, She Loves Collective, Bonnie Sherk, Laura Silagi, Suzanne Siegel, Sisters Of Survival, Barbara T. Smith, Nina Sobell, Annie Sprinkle, Beth Stephens, May Sun, Cheryl Swannack, Kayla Tange, The Dark Bob, Nadya Tolokonnikova, Lily Tomlin, Tomorrow Girls Troop, Tsukuru Fors, Linda Vallejo, The Waitresses, Ruth Weisberg, Johanna Went, Faith Wilding, Martha Wilson, Terry Wolverton, Nancy Youdelman

Acting Like Women on set

Performance Art 1970s–1980s

Senga, May, Judy, Barbara — performance art 1970s–1980s
An Oral Herstory of Lesbianism and Ready to Order? — performance art 1970s–1980s
The Ghost in the Machine, Myths About Rape, Mother Art — performance art 1970s–1980s
In Mourning and In Rage, 1977 and Shovel Defense, 1982 — performance art 1970s–1980s

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