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Slate: Woman Alive! Program #8. Episode #108
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WNET animated graphic
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Slate: Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Grant for the program by announcer
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Animated Woman Alive! show opener
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Z'in on a painting of a jet taking off over the USA in an antique gold gilded frame
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Young airline stewardess standing stoically behind two airline seats introduces herself as a stewardess and talks into the camera about how the media depicts and represents the stewardess as a "...brainless sex object". She states she thinks this advertising campaign is serious a potential threat to flying safety plus personally degrading
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Z'in to CU of stewardess. She continues to talk into camera about how even though the job entails serving meals, the main function of the position is to ensure federal safety regulations. She discusses the exhaustive training entailed, "...be it the birth of a child or the 90 second evacuation of a jetliner..." And discusses the pride she has in her work.
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Stewardess continues discussing the seriousness and skills of the job and the pride she has in her work. She states she doesn't think of herself as a "sex object" but as "someone who is capable of opening the door of a 747 in the dark, upside down, and in the water..."
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Same stewardess sits down in the airline seat continuing to talk and stresses how concerned she is about the safety of passengers and states, "the sexpot stewardess image is unsafe at any altitude..."
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Graphic still: SFWR - Stewardesses for Women's Rights, Inc.
Announcer states message brought to the program by SFWR. |
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Z'in on title for the program "Arlington St. Women's Caucus" written inside a silver frame
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Arlington Street Women's Caucus
Singing Praises
(live)
Program opens with a consciousness raising group of women representing the Arlington Street Women's Caucus singing one of their tunes from their album, Leave the Breads A-Burning!
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The film, Consider the Source by Black female filmmaker Bonda E. Lee, opens with a montage of footage of crowds of pedestrians in New York City crossing the streets, with the focus on the wide array of women, some in groups, dressed casually, and some obviously dressed professionally for work and mingled in with men in suits. With narration by Lynn H. Ball.
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Shots of crowded New York City streets filled with working women in the 1970's.
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African American woman dressed for business amidst the crowded urban streets. Lots of other working women seen in the crowd.
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Red pedestrian Don't Walk signal
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Another lovely African American woman dressed for business seen crossing the street amidst many businessmen and other businesswomen.
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More shots of multi-racial well dressed women on the city streets seem to be walking to and from the office, most dressed for work others more casually..
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Young African American 1970's woman with a short Afro dressed for business office, wearing a scarf and padded shoulder jacket, crossing street
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Blurry cu of a red light signal
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Green pedestrian "walk" signal
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Two older White women with bouffant, white, beehive 70's style hairdos, stop and chat with another pedestrian, then cross street.
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Montage of pedestrians on crowded City streets during business hours, dozens of professional mostly white but some multi-racial women are seen in the crowds amongst the many businessmen.
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Pan tilting up on New York City's skyscrapers
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Title of film "Consider the Source" overlays boats in harbor.
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z'in on a life ring with the name "Barba Negra Canada" hanging off the side of a docked tall sailing ship in New York Harbor.
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The film continues with narration about the history of slavery, the slave trade beginning in 1619, oppression, feminism, and the racism and sexism of current times. Many hand drawn b&w depictions as well as photo stills of slavery are depicted and footage of modern day women.
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Original Negroes For Sale ads (with unseen narration) "1250 Dollars!", "Cotton and rice Negroes..."
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B&W rendering of an original sailing ship that brought slaves to our shores, with large group of slaves walking from the ship on the dock
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Rendering of emaciated slaves sitting on the ground for sale as the buyers look them over. Drawing of a salve dealer's business - sign above door reads, "Price Birch & Co Dealers in Slaves". A horse drawn buggy parked out front.
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A montage of renderings of the early days of slave trading, and the wealthy people who owned them. (with unseen narration about the restrictions placed upon the slaves - the same restrictions that were placed on the married women of the time).
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Color rendering of a group of well dressed wealthy people gathered on the front steps of a large plantation home, men in top hats, women in fancy long dresses. With narration about how the same restrictions that were placed on Negroes were placed on the women of that time.
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B&W rendering of a tortured Black male salve's back
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Poster reads: "Raffle - Dark Bay Horse, "Star", Mulatto Girl, Sarah with be raffled for chances at One Dollar Each. A b&w rendering of a slave girl on a pedestal with a man leading the raffle and the potential buyers looking on.
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An original bill of sale for a slave
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A multiracial woman walking along the harbor area, two Black women one sitting cross legged on the harbor wall conversing with the other, another attractive well dressed Black woman crosses the street.
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Two women multiracial, one Black and one White, sitting on a bench having a conversation.
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Young Black mother carrying a small child across an inner city street. (with narration about the differences between the problems of a white suburban woman and a black woman dealing with stereotype problems.
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A montage of different shots as the film comes to an end. A multiracial woman walking and two Black women at the harbor, women at a KuKluxKlan rally holding a sign that reads "Be a Man Join the Klan".
With narration states: "...We are supposed to be born free and equal but we're fashioned differently... distortions stemming from racism and sexism perpetuate myths and stereotypes..." |
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Pan in on an old B&W photo still of a rich White woman with her personal slave woman sitting besides her holding her hand. Another photo depicts a well dressed White woman sitting besides two Negro children, as well as a Black slave woman with a White baby in her lap.
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Montage of shots of Negro "Nannies" current day, 1970's', a Black woman on a park bench as two little White children play; a Black woman dressed in white uniform in the park; a Black woman holding on to a little White girl in the park
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White women, presumably working women, walk out of the revolving doors of a building.
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Montage of Multiracial, but mostly well-dressed African American, working women walking down the city streets.
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Various photos of leaders of the abolitionist movement.
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Historical montage of footage of the women Suffragettes and their fight for Women's Rights - a woman placing her vote in a box, smiling women coming out of the Board of Registry building, the Suffragettes parading down the city streets carrying flags , sitting together with big smiles and waving American flags.
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Tilt down on the Suffragette parade, a large group of women dressed in white carrying a gigantic American flag, many onlookers on the sidelines.
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Pan a group of smiling American Suffragettes. The paraders carrying umbrellas and waving American flags.
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Live historical footage at the 1851 Ohio Women's Convention. Men and women listen to the female abolitionist and preacher, Sojourner Truth, speaking from a large podium. Shots of the women parading down the streets of Akron.
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B&W photo still, Sojourner Truth.
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A nicely dressed Black woman sitting on park steps outside and reading quietly.
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A young African American mother sitting with her child in a park.
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Tilt down on a Black mom holding the hand of her child and walking down the path of a beautiful treelined, manicured park.
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Pan out from behind, a Black woman and her little girl with yellow clips in her hair looking out over a lake.
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A pretty young African American girl sitting in front of fountains in a park.
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WS and slow pan in on a mature well-dressed African American woman sitting on a park bench and peacefully writing in a notebook.
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In silhouette a young African American woman standing, gazing out over a glistening lake.
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End film. Fade to blank.
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Next segment on the topic of Insurance begins.
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Insurance expert, Bernice Malamud from Women's Life Services sits in front of an enlarged One Hundred Dollar bill and talks into the camera (no audience) about women learning to assess their needs and to protect themselves. They have traditionally never bothered themselves about insurance.
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Malamud stresses the importance of women being aware of their own needs and recommends women ask themselves certain specific questions. She warns women against insurance agents' telling them that there are no specific policies they can buy to meet their own specific needs.
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Malamud reviews the new laws in New York State force insurance companies to make policies available to women that are available to men. She recommends women educate themselves about the insurance alternatives such as premium differences.
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Malamud stresses women learn to take care of themselves including learning how to buy insurance.
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The word Insurance overlays the swirling words such as diverced, married or not, single
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Presentation about Insurance with the questions women should ask themselves regarding the topic read by announcer.
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Envelope with "Women and Insurance" address: Box 5050 Radio City Station, New York, N.Y. 10019
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Arlington Street Women's Caucus
Mama, Mama
(live)
The Arlington Street Women's Caucus sitting around on large pillows casually in the studio, some standing, all singing gleefully.
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Show title and credits scroll over the Caucus' performance.
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Slate: Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Grant for program by announcer.
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PBS graphic
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