Trajektorie podnoszenia świadomości w amerykańskich dokumentach drugiej fali feminizmu
Trajectories of Consciousness Raising in American Documentary Films of Second-Wave Feminism

Summary/Abstract: Observation of the contemporary feminist movement brings to mind often surprising connections with the achievements of previous generations of feminist activists, revealed in the constantly reinterpreted strategies of action, such as reaching for personal experience. Shaped by the second wave of Western feminism, consciousness raising influenced artistic production, including feminist documentary filmmaking of the 1970s. The aim of the article is to characterize the various implementations of consciousness raising strategies in Janie’s Janie (dir. Geri Ashur in collaboration with Peter Barton, Marilyn Mulford, and Stephanie Palewski, 1970), The Woman’s Film (dir. San Francisco Newsreel, 1971) and Rape (dir. JoAnn Elam, 1975). After introducing the concept of consciousness raising itself, the author shows how the structure of consciousness raising groups is being translated into the analysed works by means of “kernel stories”, non-hierarchical relationships between female filmmakers and their subjects, or devices that violate the reality structure, among others.

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