Janies Janie ( Newsreel Collective, 1971)
Newsreel Geri Ashur, Peter Barton, Marilyn Mulford, Stephanie Pawleski In this personal documentary, Jane Giese, a working class woman in Newark, comes to realize that she has to take control of her own life after years of physical and mental abuse. One of the most moving documentaries of the era, Newsreels Janies Janie breaks with their usual format for a more personal approach, following one womans journey to selfdetermination, or as Janie says, First I was my fathers Janie, then I was my Charlies Janie, now Im Janies Janie.
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