Quartile rating: 7/10 · 1 rating
A documentary that resurrects the buried history of the outrageous, often brilliant women who founded the modern women's movement from 1966 to 1971.
A solid, engaging documentary that resurrects firsthand accounts of second-wave feminism's founding years, with strong interview subjects and archival material. The cinematography is functional but unremarkable—standard talking-heads and archival footage without distinctive visual craft. The narrative structure is competent but fairly conventional for the historical documentary form. Acting is not applicable in the traditional sense, but the interview subjects are compelling and articulate. Novelty is moderate: the subject matter is underexplored on film, lending it some distinction, but the documentary form itself is well-worn. The ending ties together its historical threads satisfyingly without being transcendent.