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Bentonville 2026: Cheri Gaulke on Acting Like Women and the Legacy of Feminist Performance Art

"'Acting Like Women' is both a deeply personal memoir and an essential historical record, illuminating a community of artists and activists whose work helped transform the cultural landscape for generations of women. The film is a treasure, and one I hope audiences everywhere have the chance to experience."

Interview by Rebecca Martin, June 16, 2026

Acting Like Women — Review

"The documentary deserves recognition for its tender honesty, inclusive, nonjudgmental curation, and the courage to preserve and celebrate a vital chapter of cultural history. Museums, universities, and arts institutions are natural homes for this work and should consider bringing it to their audiences... It is the kind of documentary that lingers long after the credits roll and invites a second viewing."

Review by David E. Moreno, June 25, 2026

Tomlin and Wagner Adopt 'Acting Like Women,' the Feminist Art History the Canon Skipped

"Gaulke's argument is that this was not a fringe but a foundation, and that its omission from the canon was a choice rather than an oversight."

By Veronica Loop, June 29, 2026

Artist, Director Cheri Gaulke's 'Acting Like Women' Rescues a Forgotten Feminist Art Movement

"The film, which Gaulke describes as a 'love letter to the '70s but a gift to the young people of today,' covers the feminist performance art movement in 1970s Los Angeles... Decades later, many of these images remain difficult to forget."

By Savannah Smith, June 22, 2026

Acting Like Women Screens at the Getty; Lily Tomlin & Jane Wagner Board as EPs

"A quintessentially Los Angeles story is arriving at the Getty Center this summer for a landmark presentation... Adding significant momentum to the film's release, entertainment legends Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner have officially boarded the project as Executive Producers."

July 1, 2026

An Interview with Cheri Gaulke

"Speaking with Gaulke, even about the most complex parts of her story, is remarkably easy... She listens with care and responds with exacting precision, often finding the small detail that guides the conversation into sharp focus."

Interview with Cheri Gaulke by Areeha Mahal, July 1, 2026

An Interview About Acting Like Women

"We realized (performance art) was this incredible tool that we could use for activism. And we could make work about women's issues, violence against women or wage inequity, and bring those to audiences in new ways."

Interview with Anne Gauldin and Cheri Gaulke by Tara Jabbari, July 4, 2026

Reviews From Frameline 50

"Gaulke's film is also a semi-personal documentary livened by short animated sequences and a treasure trove of film and video footage from the building's heyday... The Woman's Building became a feminist space where the female artists who came to learn and make art could take responsibility for the scope and direction of their work. These artists wouldn't need to work while starving and freezing in a garret. They could meet other female artists like themselves and empower each other."

Review by Peter Wong, June 15, 2026

Women's Magazine: Acting Like Women

"On KPFA Radio's Women's Magazine, Lisa Dettmer talks to Cheri Gaulke about her new documentary 'Acting Like Women' which looks at the art, activism, and female-powered performance that burst onto the scene in 1970s Los Angeles, forming a tight-knit and transformative creative community."

Interview with Cheri Gaulke by Lisa Dettmer, June 8, 2026 — Listen from minute 6:35