91 minutes / Color
Closed Captioned
Release: 2022
Copyright: 2022
MY NAME IS ANDREA, directed by award-winning filmmaker Pratibha Parmar (ALICE WALKER: BEAUTY IN TRUTH, WARRIOR MARKS, A PLACE OF RAGE, KUSH, and more) is a hybrid feature documentary about one of the most controversial figures of the 20th century.
Andrea Dworkin offered a revolutionary analysis of male supremacy with a singular urgency and iconoclastic flair. Decades before #MeToo, Dworkin called out the pervasiveness of sexism and rape culture, and the ways it impacts every woman’s daily existence. The film focuses on key moments in the life of this fearless fighter who, shaped by the values of justice and equality learned in the civil rights movement, demanded that women be seen as fully human. Woven in with rare, electrifying archival footage of Dworkin are performances by Ashley Judd, Soko, Amandla Stenberg, Andrea Riseborough, and Christine Lahti, who bring Dworkin’s powerful words to life
An important contribution to women’s studies and history, MY NAME IS ANDREA weaves together a compelling narrative that resonates with contemporary feminist issues and offers a poignant reflection on Dworkin's enduring legacy.
“This is a film like no other — lyrical and journalistic, placed in time and also timeless. And now that Andrea Dworkin’s words are turning out to predict headlines, from TIMES UP! to the gender of terrorism, this film will illuminate what’s going on and help us know what to do.”
Gloria Steinem
"As a pro-pornography feminist of the 70s and 80s, I had reservations about seeing My Name Is Andrea, which were quickly dispelled by Parmar's sensitive handling of Andrea's life - her oratorical power, rage counterbalanced by genuine love for people, her staunch support of activist movements, the personal tragedies that shaped her life, the loss and regaining of her voice. I hadn't expected to be so deeply moved. Parmar's skillful weaving of Andrea's story with the history of the time is especially powerful. Andrea’s call for change was courageous, searing and especially important since #Metoo. "
Lizzie Borden, Filmmaker
“Augmenting Dworkin’s voice with a selection of her texts read and reenacted by Ashley Judd, Soko, Amandla Stenberg, Andrea Riseborough, and Christine Lahti, Parmar reveals Dworkin’s work to be fundamentally literary as well as political; the movie’s portrait of Dworkin is briskly sketched but deeply moving.”
Richard Brody The New Yorker Magazine
“Parmar etches a sympathetic profile that acknowledges the complexity and divisiveness of her subject and argues for the continued relevance of her work. Enacted scenes are tender, exuberant, shattering. With their quiet ferocity and recognizable predicaments, the dramatic vignettes in MY NAME IS ANDREA find the Everywoman in a singular figure, and the film as a whole connects Dworkin’s concerns about class and race and gender to the present moment.”
Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter
“I love the film. It is brilliant and searing and timely as hell. It is original and deep and moving and tender. This film is connected to everything our movement is and because Andrea was such a brave visionary warrior VDay supports the film in honor of you and her. Susan and I feel thrilled to join you with the deepest solidarity and love.”
V (Eve Ensler)
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