My Name Is Andrea

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My Name Is Andrea is the story of controversial feminist writer and public intellectual Andrea Dworkin, who offered a revolutionary analysis of male supremacy with iconoclastic flair. Decades before #MeToo, Dworkin called out the pervasiveness of sexism and rape culture, and the ways it impacts every woman's daily life.

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Jude Dry

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My Name Is Andrea seeks to recast the author as some misunderstood literary prophet -- devoid of any of the historical context that might have persuaded her many detractors.

Rated: C

Jun 13, 2022

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Richard Brody

New Yorker

The movie’s portrait of Dworkin is briskly sketched but deeply moving.

Jun 13, 2022

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Sheri Linden

Hollywood Reporter

Finds the Everywoman in a singular and singularly divisive intellectual.

Jun 11, 2022

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Susan G. Cole

POV Magazine

[A] welcome rehabilitation of the reputation of an iconically gifted writer who paved the way for a movement that put gender violence at the centre of public discourse.

Sep 25, 2023

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

A highlight is Oakland-based Pratibha Parmar’s documentary about late, controversial author-activist Andrea Dworkin...

Jul 27, 2022

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Sarah Manvel

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A smarter documentary would have analyzed her work and its impact with other people’s words as well. Because as shown in this movie, her work only affected her own life. Such a wasted opportunity.

Jun 27, 2022

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Synopsis

My Name Is Andrea is the story of controversial feminist writer and public intellectual Andrea Dworkin, who offered a revolutionary analysis of male supremacy with iconoclastic flair. Decades before #MeToo, Dworkin called out the pervasiveness of sexism and rape culture, and the ways it impacts every woman's daily life.

Director: Pratibha Parmar
Executive Producer: Amy Scholder, Regina K. Scully, V, Gloria Steinem, Jenny Warburg, Kim Agnew, Ruth Ann Harnisch, Abigail Disney, Geralyn White Dreyfous, S. Mona Sinha, James Costa, Simon Kilmurry, Matthew Perniciaro, Shelly Leslie
Screenwriter: Pratibha Parmar
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Drama
Original Language: English