| !Women Art Revolution | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Lynn Hershman Leeson |
| Produced by | Lynn Hershman Leeson Sarah Peter Kyle Stephan Alexandra Chowaniec Laura Blereau |
| Written by | Lynn Hershman Leeson |
| Music by | Carrie Brownstein |
| Editing by | Lynn Hershman Leeson |
| Distributed by | Zeitgeist Films |
| Release date(s) | September 12, 2010 (TIFF) June 1, 2011 (United States) |
| Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
!Women Art Revolution is a 2010 documentary film directed by Lynn Hershman Leeson and distributed by Zeitgeist Films. It was released theatrically in the United States on June 1, 2011.
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!Women Art Revolution explores the "secret history" of feminist art, through conversations, observations, archival footage, and works of visionary artists, historians, curators and critics. Starting from its roots in 1960s antiwar and civil rights protests, the film details major developments in feminist art through the 1970s and explores how the tenacity and courage of these pioneering artists resulted in what is now widely regarded as the most significant art movement of the late 20th century.
For more than forty years, filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson (Teknolust, Strange Culture) has collected a plethora of interviews with her contemporaries—and shaped them into an intimate portrayal of their fight to break down barriers facing women both in the art world and society at large. With a score by Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein, !W.A.R. features Miranda July, The Guerilla Girls, Yvonne Rainer, Judy Chicago, Marina Abramovic, Yoko Ono, Cindy Sherman, Barbara Kruger, B. Ruby Rich, Ingrid Sischy, Carolee Schneemann, Miriam Schapiro and Marcia Tucker.
!Women Art Revolution played at New York's IFC Center beginning June 1, 2011, before opening around the country.[1][2]