Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines

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07/23/2016 Although it's very short, it is an spectacular documentary that displays Wonder Woman's impact on women and culture since its conception and how it has influenced other american superheroines in different mediums. Totally recommended. See more 02/26/2015 A great retrospective ! See more 08/28/2014 A little light but worth a watch. Focuses mostly on wonder woman and kind of dismisses any other super heroine. See more 06/13/2013 Riveting documentary about the history of heroic women in popular culture and their potential in the future. See more 04/18/2013 Very cool documentary about the still persistent struggles of women in today's society, in this case in the roles of super heroes. This piece does give the viewer a chance to understand there is a problem and that there's something that has to be done... BUT... as I see it, and please don't take me wrong, the problem is that this documentary has the same structure as most documentaries, this being that it identifies the problem but it doesn't offer a clear solution, it doesn't provide a [how to] example. In order for documentary filmmaking to be groundbreaking and helpful it has to consider a mutation process and change into one of solutions not only, as I stayed earlier, of pinpointing something. See more 04/10/2013 Missed seeing this at the 2013 Cleveland International Film Fest, but shortly after, found it playing on Independent Lens on PBS. Perhaps it was a shortened version that I saw. It briefly explores some other heroic female tv characters, but 85-90% of it focuses on Wonder Woman. This doc reveals her strong comic book roots, years of domesticated tales, the inspiration the character provided to the feminist movement, her return as a powerful role model with feminine values in the hit '70s tv show, and the scarcity of female superheroines at the movies in a market with a surplus of superheroes, but conceivably with many bias still providing roadblocks. The interviewees are all quite riveting and the graphics help the story along very well. See more Read all reviews

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