Her Socialist Smile

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Her Socialist Smile

2020

1h 33m

Documentary

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Filmmaker John Gianvito profiles author, activist, and lecturer Helen Keller's political life as a supporter of progressive causes.

Wendy Ide

Screen International

08/22/2021

Perhaps a mind as brilliant as Keller's might have benefited from a more formally daring showcase.

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Carlos Aguilar

Los Angeles Times

07/30/2021

Shocking is her longevity and resolve, but even more so how explicitly her concerns fit our reality more than a century later.

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Lawrence Garcia

AV Club

07/15/2021

A-

Her Socialist Smile conveys something deeper, more fundamental: that no matter what the medium or message, one must never forgo the responsibility to think.

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Mattie Lucas

In Review Online

12/29/2021

A truly radical documentary about a radical figure whose authentic legacy has been sanitized into an American bootstrap mythos that undercuts the spirit of its subject's work on behalf of the marginalized.

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Jason Shawhan

Nashville Scene

09/09/2021

So saddle up for something unusual, and get ready to learn a lot of American history that gets left out of even the footnotes.

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Margot Harrison

Seven Days (VT)

08/12/2021

It alienates us in ways that feel purposeful. It also makes us think.

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Filmmaker John Gianvito profiles author, activist, and lecturer Helen Keller's political life as a supporter of progressive causes.

Director: John Gianvito
Production Co: Traveling Light Pictures
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2021
Runtime: 1h 33m

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