A Light Lift: A once-lost documentary reveals the ferocity of 1970s feminists
For only five nights in the fall of 1973, a documentary called “Year of the Woman” played at the Fifth Avenue Cinema in Greenwich Village. Crowds lined up around the block. Arthur Schlesinger Jr. described it as “the greatest combination of sex and politics ever seen in a film.” And then, “Year of the Woman” all but vanished for 42 years, robbing us of a movie that captures — in its raucous, weird, unmistakably ’70s style — one of the most pivotal moments in feminist history. Read more
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