Learning on ScreenWhat You Take for Granted
- Synopsis
- Dramatised documentary about six women who have ‘made it’ in male-dominated work, as truck driver, doctor, cable-slicer, sculptor, carpenter and philosophy professor. Uses fictionalised interviews based on interviews conducted by the director with over forty women doing a range of untraditional jobs.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film; Video; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 16 min. Videocassette. VHS. col. 16 min.
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of production
- 1983
- Availability
- Hire
- Uses
- 3rd-year undergraduate courses on women in society; MA women’s studies courses; adult education courses on women and work.*
- Subjects
- Women’s studies
- Keywords
- employment issues; United States of America; women; women workers
Credits
- Director
- Michelle Citron
Distribution Formats
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
Production Company
- Name
USA
Distributor
- Name
Cinenova
- info@cinenova.org
- Web
- http://www.cinenova.org External site opens in new window
- Address
- Waterlow Park Centre
Dartmouth Park Hill
London
N19 5JF - Notes
- Films made by, and predominantly for, women. The collection is browsable by title or director and includes experimental films, narrative feature films, artists’ film and video, and documentary and educational videos. Hire or sale on film and video.
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