Independent Lens
Season 6 Episode 15 - Sisters of '77
Sisters of '77 is a documentary film that chronicles an unprecedented event in women's history, the first National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas in November 1977. The purpose of the National Women's Conference was to end discrimination against women and promote their equal rights. The conference was the first federally funded women's conference, and brought together over 20,000 women and men from around the United States. Sisters of '77 provides a look at a pivotal weekend that changed the course of history and the lives of the women who attended. The film incorporates rare archival footage and interviews of leaders relating this history to the present. The conference attendees included former first ladies Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford, and Rosalynn Carter. The women present included Republicans, Democrats, African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinas, Native American, pro-choice, pro-life, straight, gay, liberal and conservative women. The most influential leaders attending the burgeoning women’s movement included Bella Abzug, Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, Eleanor Smeal, Ann Richards, Coretta Scott King, Billie Jean King, and Barbara Jordan.
Episodes in Season 6
The Political Dr. Seuss
60 min
Polka Time
60 min
Afghanistan Unveiled
60 min
Los Angeles Now
60 min
The Day My God Died
60 min
Girl Wrestler
60 min
Fine; Doki-Doki
60 min
Short, Not Sweet
60 min
A Hard Straight
60 min
A Touch of Greatness
60 min
Power Trip
60 min
February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four
60 min
On a Roll: Disability and the American Dream
60 min
Thunder in Guyana/Unites States of Poetry
60 min
Sisters of '77
60 min
Sunset Story
60 min
Let the Church Say Amen
60 min
A Lion's Trail
60 min
Keeping Time: The Life, Music & Photographs of Milt Hinton
60 min
End of the Century: The Ramones; Joe Strummer Rocks Again
60 min
The Last Letter; Zyklon Portrait; The Walnut Tree
60 min
Imelda
60 min
Imelda: Power, Myth, Illusion
60 min
Red Hook Justice
60 min
Double Dare; Piki and Poko: Taking the Dare!
60 min
Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story
60 min
Brother to Brother
60 min
