Yvonne Rainer's filmed essay is a compelling meditation on representation, race, women, rape and menopause. Her mixture of amateur and professional actors can take some getting used to, and her device of letting her characters step outside themselves to give commentary can often be
confusing, but if you are sociologically inclined PRIVILEGE is a daring rhetorical event.
The movie focuses primarily on an African-American documentary filmmaker, Yvonne Washington (Novella Nelson). Yvonne, whose name brings up the first question this film poses about representation, is making a film about menopause. One of the women she interviews is Jenny (Alice Spivak). Jenny is
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Released:
1991
Rated:
NR
Length:
100 mins