 Film InformationGenre: DocumentaryProduction Year: 2008 SRP: $0.00 DVD SpecsRuntime: 82 min.Language Tracks: English Audio Format: Stereo | Who Does She Think She Is?SynopsisWho Does She Think She Is?, a riveting documentary by Academy Award-winning producer Pamela Tanner Boll (Born Into Brothels), features five bold women who navigate some of the most problematic intersections of our time: parenting and creativity, partnering and independence, economics and art. Through their lives Tanner Boll explores what it means to nurture children and family, and keep the creative fire burning within. The film considers an era when women were revered as cultural muses, and the modern era when most people are unable to name a handful of female artists. Tanner Boll s energetic camera documents actual work, giving us a feel for the creative process. In interviews with the artists, and in some cases, their families, Boll raises important questions about how art is valued in our culture. Can women follow their artistic instincts and still function as wives and mothers? Pamela Tanner Boll s articulate documentary answers that question with a qualified Yes. V.A. MUSETTO, The New York Post Includes interviews with experts; Riane Eisler (The Chalice and the Blade), The Guerrilla Girls, Maura Reilly (Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum) and Leonard Shlain (The Alphabet vs. The Goddess).-------------------------------- Lecture Program Available Now for Your Event Art and Caring: Twin Passions Towards Transformation Using her NEW documentary film, Who Does She Think She Is?, as a starting point, Academy Award winner Pamela Tanner Boll investigates the intersection of creativity and caregiving and how practicing the arts nurtures both ourselves and those around us. Pamela's lectures will discuss the making of the documentary film, which explores how women hold on to the part of themselves that wants and needs to express something of their lives through the arts while still remaining connected to and doing the work of caregiving with those they love. Her lecture addresses issues including: Does art matter? What difficulties do women face in the arts? What does it mean to society to nurture women in the arts? How does the "child's play" of making up songs, stories, and images make us better human beings? |