"Judy Chicago & the California Girls" is a rare and compelling verite documentary from the early 1970s that captures the intensity of the early Women's Liberation Movement from inside of an all-female art collective at Fresno State College, founded by the artist.
As her young female students create performance art that captures the inequity of sexual politics, Judy theorizes on the vaginal imagery that underlies her art, and later confronts the radical New York feminist Ti-Grace Atkinson on their conflicting visions of men in the new society all of them are creating.
"Judy Chicago & the California Girls" is appropriate for study in:
- Art History
- Women's Studies
- American Studies
- Visual Anthropology
Reviews for "Judy Chicago & the California Girls":
- "Judy Chicago & the California Girls" is a lively and engaging documentary on a significant moment
in the history of feminist art and pedagogy. Filmmaker Judith Dancoff gets lots of credit for
recognizing and preserving a unique moment in the history of American art.
- Gail Levin, Professor, Department of Art History, Baruch College. Author of Becoming Judy Chicago.
- "Energy and a sense of forging new paths are palpable...it was impossible for me to ignore this film's personal significance."
- Feminist Collections
- "Judy Chicago & the California Girls" is a vivid cinema-verite on feminist art in the early 1970s. It works both as an historical document and an intellectual study--long overdue for rediscovery."
- Max Alvarez, Film Curator, National Museum for Women in the Arts
Sincerely,
Judith Dancoff
Los Angeles, CA
