For other uses, see Brazen Hussies (disambiguation).

Brazen Hussies is a 2020 Australian documentary feature recording the history of the Women's Liberation Movement in Australia from 1965 to 1975.

Synopsis

The film covers the evolution of second-wave feminism in Australia.[1] It includes footage taken by ASIO, as well as actor Sigrid Thornton, then aged 12, waving a women's liberation flag with her mum, Merle, who started the movement in Brisbane when she chained herself to a pub counter in which women were not allowed to drink. The movement coincided with the anti-Vietnam war movement, the anti-apartheid movement.[2]

Production

It is Catherine Dwyer's first film as director[3] and Sue Maslin was executive producer.[4] Maslin later said that the filmmakers had great difficulty in getting it financed.[1]

The film was so named because the women's movement had reclaimed the formerly pejorative term, wearing it as a "badge of honour".[2]

Release

Following screenings at both the Brisbane International Film Festival[5] and the Adelaide Film Festival,[3]

Brazen Hussies was released in cinemas on 7 November 2020,[2] on 56 screens across Australia, lasting for three months on the big screen.[1]

Reception and accolades

In a review in The Guardian, Kath Kenny wrote: "Dwyer has uncovered terrific archival footage and photos to complement contemporary interviews".[6]

Sally Breen, a senior lecturer at Griffith University, writing for The Conversation, wrote that the film is: "A celebration of how far we’ve come and a warning of just how easily everything these women fought for could be lost."[7]

Brazen Hussies was nominated for the best documentary award at the 10th AACTA Awards.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c Maslin, Sue (13 October 2021). "Sue Maslin: Championing a Positive Future for the Australian Screen Industry". Australian Film Television and Radio School (Interview). Interviewed by Kirkwood, Christine. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "How Brazen Hussies documentary tells story of women's liberation movement in Australia". ABC News. 6 November 2020. Archived from the original on 6 November 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Brazen Hussies". Adelaide Film Festival. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  4. ^ "BRAZEN HUSSIES". Documentary Australia Foundation. 12 June 2019. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Brazen Hussies". Brisbane International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  6. ^ Kenny, Kath (4 November 2020). "Brazen Hussies review – reclaiming the history of Australia's women's liberation movement". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 4 November 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  7. ^ Breen, Sally (6 October 2020). "Brazen Hussies: a new film captures the heady, turbulent power of Australia's women's liberation movement". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  8. ^ "First slate of nominees announced for 2020 AACTA Awards". Mumbrella. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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