| The Willmar 8 |
ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE "The true
drama of America...A revealing portrait of an American small town and
how the lives of eight women changed as they withstood community disapproval
and gained a new sense of themselves." "There could
be no better film to show skeptics what the women's struggle is all
about or to show women that the struggle is worth it." "Forthright...moving...inspiring...Explores
contemporary folk heroism with an active admiring energy." "An insightful
and moving portrait of eight midwestern women who challenged the very
values with which they were raised and, in the process learned how strong
and capable they really were...It honors them, as will audiences in
colleges, public libraries, labor organizations, and women's groups." "The real life
Nine to Five" "One of the
most moving and stirring films I've ever seen. It's a story of courage
and awakening conscience that will change anyone who sees it." Producers: Mary
Beth Yarrow, Julie Thompson Video
Purchase: $195
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The
Willmar 8 is Lee Grant's Academy Award-nominated documentary about
working women which has been featured on the front page of The Wall
Street Journal, excerpted on 60 Minutes, and was broadcast
nationally by PBS. The film tells the story of eight unassuming, apolitical
women in America's heartland--Willmar, Minnesota--who were driven by
sex discrimination at work to take the most unexpected step of their
lives and found themselves in the forefront of the struggle for women's
rights. Risking jobs, friends, family and the opposition of church and
community, they began the longest bank strike in American history in
a dramatic attempt to assert their own equality and self-worth.
