Activist Pauli Murray said that all you needed to start a revolution is a typewriter… And a lot of guts.
This is the story of how Title IX came to pass and how the women behind the scenes in Washington, D.C. created the academic sex revolution. The nerdy revolutionaries: Bunny Sandler, Patsy T. Mink, Edith Green, and Pauli Murray, among others—women who left behind clues about their lives, not just what they achieved, but how they did it, and who they were, little pieces that we pick up and find along the way.
The Feminist Files is a series that digs down into the nitty-gritty of change and mobilization: how it actually happened, how women organized and how the opposition organized against them. The blood, sweat, and tears of that movement. The revolution which led in 1972 to the passage of Title IX: 37 words that changed the world.
Host Leigh Fondakowski and an all-star cast led by Jodie Foster and Samira Wiley, dig deep into the archives to uncover and reveal the secret origin of Title IX.
Opposition to Title IX heats up as the NCAA realizes what’s at stake. Wendy Mink brings to vivid life her mother Patsy Takemoto Mink’s - the first woman of color in Congress - role in crafting the succinct 37 words that would become Title IX.
As the bill gears up to go into effect in 1975, she will face the greatest battle of her career when Title IX’s opponents move to kill it. But as Patsy leads the charge to defend Title IX, she’s forced to choose between the survival of the bill… and of her own daughter.
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Feminist Files is written and produced by Leigh Fondakowski and Sarah Lambert
Featuring the Feminist Files Ensemble:
Jodie Foster as Dr. Bernice “Bunny” Sandler
Samira Wiley as Pauli Murray
Amy Hill as Representative Patsy Takemoto Mink
Mercedes Hererro as Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Edith Green, Alice Paul, Phyllis Schlafly, and ensemble parts
Margo Hall as Commissioner Frankie Freeman and ensemble parts
Chris Rickett as Vincent Macaluso and ensemble parts
Victoria Libertore as Ann Scott
Christina Sajous as Shirley Chisholm
And Alex Grubbs, Jules Latimer, Ronald Peet, RyanNicole in ensemble parts
Associate producers: Margo Hall, Victoria Libertore, and Diana Park
Executive producers: Stacey Book, Dominique Ferrari, Avi Glijansky, and Rora Brodwin
Original Music and Sound Design by: Gary Grundei
Theme music created by: Gary Grundei with vocals by Silversmith
Sound Engineering by: Julian Kwasneski
Additional Engineering by: Donovan Dorrance
Special Thanks to: Wendy Mink, Julia Lamber, Jean Robinson, The Scheslinger Library and its staff, Shari Hoffman, Charlotte Sheedy, and the estate of Pauli Murray.
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