Fannie's Film

A 65-year-old cleaning woman for a professional dancers' exercise studio performs her job while telling us in voiceover about her life, hopes, goals, and feelings. A challenge to mainstream media's ongoing stereotypes of women of color who earn their living as domestic workers, this seemingly simple documentary achieves a quiet revolution: the expressive portrait of a fully realized individual.

Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
15 mins
Status
Finished
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Type
Movie
Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
15 mins
Status
Finished
Start Date
Jan 1, 1981
Season
1981
Average Score
83%
Mean Score
83%
Ratings
3
Popularity
3
Favorites
0
Reviews
0
Producers
The National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, Women's Interart Center
Genres
Documentary
Country
United States

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Description

A 65-year-old cleaning woman for a professional dancers' exercise studio performs her job while telling us in voiceover about her life, hopes, goals, and feelings. A challenge to mainstream media's ongoing stereotypes of women of color who earn their living as domestic workers, this seemingly simple documentary achieves a quiet revolution: the expressive portrait of a fully realized individual.

Immersion

Japanese

Characters

Staff

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