Tracks Susan Stein, 1989
Tracks uses the character of a struggling female teacher in order to connect areas of prefeminism such as the suffragette movement, contraception and abortion rights, motherhood, later feminist writings and poverty, whilst highlighting the contradictions and differences within feminist discourse at the time. Its a collage film which combines photographic, animated and liveaction parts, black and white and colour footage. The voiceover soundtrack is partly a reworking and rewording of individual experiences and also a reflection on perceived actions of women due to historical and contemporary circumstance. It draws on a rich collection of personal and public imagery, remade and manipulated, layered and textured, while taking a critical look at certain feminist theories.
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