Privilege

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Privilege is an intelligently conceived, boldly anarchic, and wickedly insightful exposition on the culturally ingrained and socially divisive malaise of isms that artificially define and characterize empowerment in contemporary society: ageism, sexism, economic elitism, and racism. Yvonne Rainer conveys texture through the intercutting of archival footage, video, and film - as well as compositional layering through the film-within-a-film structure, elliptical (and self-referential) fusion of past and present, and the filmmaker's idiosyncratic penchant for superimposed typed text.

Top Cast

Daniel Martin Berkey

Robert

Blaire Baron

Brenda

Gabrielle Made

Digna

Novella Nelson

Yvonne Washington

Alice Spivak

Jenny

Yvonne Rainer

Helen Caldicott