Programs

Three by Sheila Paige and the Miss America Protest

Four films exploring feminist topics and the Miss America beauty pageant in the 1960s and '70s, for the FMC's multi-program series "Films for Social Change: Revisited and Expanded"
2 films
For the fifth screening in our multi-program series FILMS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: REVISITED AND EXPANDED, join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on Wednesday, March 27th, 2024, at 7pm, for an essential lineup of films from the 1960s and '70s by feminist activist and filmmaker Sheila Paige, plus a Newsreel documentary about the 1969 Miss America pageant and resulting protest. Curated by Robert Schneider.
Films

Films

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    Testing, Testing, How Do You Do?
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Testing, Testing, How Do You Do?
    Sheila Paige

    16mm and Digital, color, sound, 4 min
    Rental formats: 16mm, Digital file
    • Political / Social Activism
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    A Film on Street Harassment
    Experimental

    A Film on Street Harassment
    Sheila Paige

    16mm, color, sound, 11.5 min
    Rental formats: 16mm, DVD NTSC
    • Political / Social Activism
Description

Description

For the fifth screening in our multi-program series FILMS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: REVISITED AND EXPANDED, join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on Wednesday, March 27th, 2024, at 7pm, for an essential lineup of films from the 1960s and '70s by feminist activist and filmmaker Sheila Paige, plus a Newsreel documentary about the 1969 Miss America pageant and resulting protest. Curated by Robert Schneider.

*This program also includes the films Up Against the Wall Miss America by Newsreel (1969, B&W, sound, 6 minuutes) and All in Favor by Susan Zeig and Sheila Paige (1979, color, sound, 15 minutes).*

**This program was originally scheduled to play on March 27th. It was rescheduled to April 15th.**

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