Four Women
Type
Label
Four Women
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Four Women
resource.otherEventInformation
Originally produced by Women Make Movies in 1975
Runtime
7
Summary
In this experimental short by Julie Dash -- which is one of the first experimental films by a Black woman filmmaker -- dancer Linda Martina Young interprets the same-titled ballad by Nina Simone and embodies the spirits of four women: Aunt Sarah, Saffronia, Sweet Thing and Peaches. These women represent common stereotypes of Black women attempting to survive in America
Technique
live action