[Frameworks] Films about labor and leisure--by women

Adam Hyman adam at lafilmforum.org
Tue May 13 23:00:50 UTC 2014


Absolutely, I was just wanting to not lose track of the original request.
For example, I don’t really recall any “leisure” in Window Water Baby
Moving, at least not as the original poster seemed to be looking for.
Sorry about the tone of my original post; I have no intent to be the list
police; just wanting to keep things useful for the question.  But that’s not
my place either.

Best regards,

Adam


On 5/13/14 3:43 PM, "Chuck Kleinhans" <chuckkle at northwestern.edu> wrote:

> Perhaps you haven’t seen these films and don’t realize they also depict
> leisure. 
> 
> 
> On May 13, 2014, at 10:53 AM, Adam Hyman <adam at lafilmforum.org> wrote:
> 
>> The original request was :LABOR AND LEISURE TOGETHER."
>> Not just "labor"
>> 
>> 
>> On 5/13/14 8:17 AM, "Chuck Kleinhans" <chuckkle at northwestern.edu> wrote:
>> 
>>> If we could think about domestic labor, there¹s a whole lot of other films,
>>> many by women, to consider:
>> 
>> Chantal Akerman, Jeanne Dielman 23 quai de
>>> Commerce
>> Gunvor Nelson and Dorothy Wiley, SCHMEERGUNTZ
>> Carikee Schneenman,
>>> Kitch¹s Last Meal
>> Lizzie Borden, Working Girls
>> Michelle Citron, Queer Fest
>>> (interactive media)
>> Marjorie Keller, Misconcneption (and many other films by
>>> her)
>> Joyce Weiland, Water Sark
>> Chick Strand, Fake Fruit
>> Laura Kipnis, Ecstasy
>>> Unlimited
>> 
>> 
>> and all birth films, even those made by men like Water Window Baby
>>> Moving, contain representations of women¹s labor/women in labor
>> 
>> 
>> and many
>>> many more films if we think about women¹s emotional labor in dealing with
>>> the
>>> family, or a man
>> 
>> Chuck  Kleinhans

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