Judy Versus Capitalism

Super-8, transfer DCP 

Radical feminist, street fighter, practical dreamer. This lyrical documentary recounts Judy Rebick’s pivotal role in securing women’s rights over their own bodies in Canada. She lays out the key tenets of second wave feminism, even as a family time bomb threatens. The film closes with a harrowingly personal account of a divided self, and a startling embrace of mental illness as creativity.

Mike Hoolboom (1959, Canada) began as a filmmaker with his father's Super-8 camera at a young age, and he explored many experimental film strategies. Hoolboom worked as Artistic Director of the Images Festival and Experimental Film Coordinator at the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre. In 2017, he received a Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts.

- Filmography:
Judy Versus Capitalism (2020), Zen Basketball (2020), Father Auditions (2019), 3 Dreams of Horses (2018), We Make Couples (2016), Buffalo Death Mask (2013), Lacan Palestine (2012), Mark (2009), Fascination (2006), Public Lighting (2004), Panic Bodies (1998), House of Pain (1995), Escape in Canada (1993), Mexico (1992), Indusium (1991), White Museum (1986), Song for Mixed Choir (1980)

International Film Festival Rotterdam, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Queer Lisboa, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma

Spanish premiere