Directed by Joyce Chopra and Claudia Weill • 1972 • United States
Starring Joyce Chopra
In feminist filmmaker Joyce Chopra’s JOYCE AT 34 (codirected with Claudia Weill, who would later direct the great unsung GIRLFRIENDS), Chopra examines the demands of juggling a baby and a professional career.
Up Next in Tell Me: Women Filmmakers, Women’s Stories
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It Happens to Us
Directed by Amalie R. Rothschild • 1972 • United States
Released a year before Roe v. Wade, this short film by Amalie Rothschild lays out the dire realities of illegal abortion, interviewing women from a variety of backgrounds who made the choice to terminate a pregnancy.
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Chris and Bernie
Directed by Bonnie Friedman and Deborah Shaffer • 1975 • United States
Two young, frustrated single mothers join forces to make a new kind of family unit for themselves and their children.
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Inside Women Inside
Directed by Christine Choy and Cynthia Maurizio • 1978 • United States
Christine Choy and Cynthia Maurizio offer a rare look at the degradation faced by women in prison, interviewing women who suffer daily within a system that disregards their humanity and neglects their basic needs.
