{"id":9519,"date":"2024-03-29T20:38:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T20:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/?p=9519"},"modified":"2025-01-08T16:06:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T22:06:57","slug":"lizzie-bordens-working-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/2024\/03\/29\/lizzie-bordens-working-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"Lizzie Borden: Working Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday, March 29, 6:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Lizzie Borden, Working Girls, 1986. Courtesy of Janus Films.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201c<\/span>Working Girls<\/span><\/i> is, among its serious splendors, an act of solidarity.\u201d \u2014So Mayer, <\/span>Current<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

In her groundbreaking third feature, Lizzie Borden looks at gender, race, and labor relations in a Manhattan brothel. Inspired by the experiences of sex workers Borden met while making <\/span>Born in Flames<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Working Girls<\/span><\/i> follows the rhythms of a day-in-the life of Molly (Louise Smith), an artist who turns to sex work to fund her photography practice (images provided by the artist Nan Goldin). Molly and her colleagues greet clients in the brothel\u2019s pastel-hued reception, change sheets, answer the phone, and log their earnings in a ledger overseen by their overpaid boss, paralleling women\u2019s labor of all kinds\u2014from domestic to the office.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lizzie Borden, 1986, USA, 93 minutes
\n<\/span>In English \/ Format: DCP<\/span><\/p>\n

Digitally restored by The Criterion Collection and the UCLA Film & Television Archive, in conjunction with Sundance Institute. Funding provided by The Criterion Collection and Sundance Institute. Laboratory services by Criterion Post and Roundabout Entertainment, Inc.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Presented in partnership with the Gene Siskel Film Center; the University of Illinois Chicago\u2019s (UIC) College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts; and UIC\u2019s Department of Gender and Women\u2019s Studies.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

About the artist<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lizzie Borden is a writer, director, editor, and script consultant. Her 1983 film <\/span>Born in Flames<\/span><\/i>, named one of \u201cThe 50 Most Important Independent Films\u201d by <\/span>Filmmaker Magazine,<\/span><\/i> has been shown at countless festivals and theaters around the world. It has been taught and written about extensively since its 1983 premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. In 2016, when the film was restored by Anthology Film Archives, <\/span>New Yorker<\/span><\/i> critic Richard Brody called it \u201ca feminist masterpiece.\u201d Borden also wrote, directed, and produced the controversial independent fiction film <\/span>Working Girls<\/span><\/i>, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in the Directors\u2019 Fortnight, won a US Dramatic Special Jury Recognition at the Sundance Film Festival, and was restored by the Criterion Collection in 2021. Borden\u2019s long-unseen 1976 film <\/span>Regrouping<\/span><\/i> was restored by Anthology Film Archives in 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n

Accessibility<\/strong><\/p>\n

CATE events are presented with real-time captions (CART). Hearing loops, wheelchair accessibility, and companion seating are also available at the Gene Siskel Film Center. For other accessibility requests, please visit saic.edu\/access or write cate@saic.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Friday, March 29, 6:00 p.m. \u201cWorking Girls is, among its serious splendors, an act of solidarity.\u201d \u2014So Mayer, Current In her groundbreaking third feature, Lizzie Borden looks at gender, race, and labor relations in a Manhattan brothel. Inspired by the experiences of sex workers Borden met while making Born in Flames, Working Girls follows the […]<\/p>\n

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