The Working Girls (Rothman, 1974): Barbican Cinema, 6.15pm
This film is part of the Stephanie Rothman season at the Barbican. Details here.
Barbican Cinema introduction:
Stephanie Rothman’s filmmaking
career in Hollywood was bookended by two brilliant films about gender,
labour, sex, money and class. The first, was her breakout film The Student Nurses, yet it is her last film, The Working Girls that
captures Rothman’s heart and politics. Three young single women in Los
Angeles look for their place in the world. Each character reflects the
challenges and misogyny Rothman faced as a female filmmaker in 1970s
Hollywood. Although set
during a chronic recession, seen today, the film oozes a distinctly
dreamy Californian carefreeness and lightness, punctuated throughout
with Rothman’s razor-sharp humour. A socially and politically trenchant
film, full of melancholia, regret and hope. Rothman’s final film leaves
us imagining what could have been had she continued her film career.
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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