Description
1. This assignment is based on the documentary Not Done: Women Remaking America, and
you must cite Catherine Sameh’s article—“Solidarity”—to support your analysis. This
assignment enables the development of a critical engagement to understand visual
media’s power, meaning, and significance. You should be able to interpret the primary
purpose of the film. Pause, rewind, and take notes as you watch to construct a critical viewpoint.There is the material:
2. The key to this assignment is NOT to summarize but to engage in critical film analysis. A
summary outlines the main elements: who, what, where, when, why, and how. An
analysis examines the film’s deeper meaning by demonstrating your critical thinking
ability and formulating your opinion on the subject matter. By “critical thinking,” I mean
that your essay should incorporate an essential level of thoughtfulness and reflection with
which you respond to the ideas, themes, and concepts that the materials (text and
documentary) present to you.
3. The following prompts are meant to center and structure your writing content:
a. Why is feminist solidarity and intersectionality indispensable in theory and action to
chip away at systems of power?
b. What movements and moments are chronicled in this new era of feminist
organizing?
c. What do the narratives of struggles, survival, and recognition in the documentary
teach us about the necessity of feminist politics?
d. How are the activists, intellectuals, writers, celebrities, artists, and politicians
featured in the documentary radically remaking culture, policy, and societal
conceptions of gender?
e. What did you take away from the documentary?
Incorporate specific examples from the film to support your analysis.
Word Count:Essays must be between800-1000 words.
