Quilts in Women's Lives: Film Facts

1981, 16mm
28 minutes, Color
Description: Quilts was a ground breaking film used by folklorists, anthropologists and historians of art and womens history that presented the lives, art, work and philosophy of ordinary women in the days when few documentaries came from women filmmakers. This deceptively simple film won most of the major awards for independent films during the years after its release in 1981, including Emily Grand Prize, American Film Festival; 1st Place Fine Arts, San Francisco International Film Festival; Best of Festival, National Educational Film and Video Festival, New York International Film Festival, Margaret Mead Film Festival.
Featuring: Grace Earl, Radka Donnell, Nora Lee Condra, Susanna Calderon, Hortense and Christine Miller
Copyright: 1981, Ferrero Films
Filmmaker(s): Pat Ferrero
Produced by: Pat Ferrero
Cinematography: James Culp
Editing: Jennifer Chinlund
Sound: Tim Metzger
Acknowledgements: Shirley Burns, Greg Day, Ruth Fedrau, Sue Kennedy, Ashley Ratcliffe, Linda Reuther, Julie Silber
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council
Awards: Emily Grand Prize, American Film Festival; 1st Place Fine Arts, San Francisco International Film Festival; Best of Festival, National Educational Film and Video Festival, New York International Film Festival, Margaret Mead Film Festival

Distribution: New Day Films
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Archives & Stock Footage: Pat Ferrero

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