Lack of Movie Roles for Women
About This Item
KPIX Eyewitness news report from June 6th 1973 featuring brief scenes from a press conference in which a woman criticizes a lack of variety in movie roles for women. She states that: "The best role an actress can hope to play is a hooker or a madwoman. There are no … charming anti-heroines, there are no female Dustin Hoffmans. There's nothing like that for actresses!" It should be noted that the original KPIX-TV shot log titled this segment "Feminist Party vs KRON." Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
- Type of material
- local newsfilm
- Duration
- 0:34
- 16mm color magnetic sound film
- Rights for this video belong to
- CBS5 KPIX-TV
- Date aired
- 6/6/1973
- Originally aired on
- KPIX-TV
- Identifier
- KPIX 112513
- Views
- 1955
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