The Motherhood Movement’ – You Say You Want a Revolution captures the first ever, international summit on the Motherhood Movement, featuring Motherhood organizations. Directed by Joy Rose, Produced by The Museum Of Motherhood, in collaboration with the Association For Research On Mothering (ARM), now renamed MIRCI, and The Motherhood Foundation Inc (MFI). The film seeks to promote, showcase, and make visible maternal discussion and to disseminate information on the subject of Feminist/activist Mothers and the missions of International Maternal agencies.
We have documented and preserved presentations, interviews and perspectives on the burgeoning ‘Mom Movement’. Subjects include, but are not limited to: The Motherhood Movement as an important part of women’s studies, activism, the three feminist waves, where are we now? Feminist Mothering, woman and mothers in the arts, non-traditional parenting, women and families; poor and immigrant issues, the 1950’s until now, mothers and politics, mothers and the economy, motherhood unpaid, mother-work, the gift economy, matriarchal and indigenous societies, the role of men and feminist values, future museum of Motherhood, formation of an international movement.
Organizations represented include:
Andrea O’Reilly (Founder, ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH ON MOTHERING (ARM)
Martha Joy Rose (Founder & President, MAMAPALOOZA and Museum of Motherhood)
Alexia Nye Jackson (MOTHER, THE JOB)
Anita Shawhanks (author, ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY)
Amy Hudock (literarymama.com)
Jewelles Smith (DISABLED WOMENS NETWORK OF CANADA)
Mary Olivella (momsrising.org)
Amy Richards (THIRD WAVE FOUNDATION)
Tiloma Jayasinghe (Staff Attorney, NATIONAL ADVOCATES FOR PREGNANT WOMEN)
Heide Goettner (INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY FOR MODERN MATRIARCHAL STUDIES)
Oleru Huda (Parliament, Uganda)
Rebekah Spicuglia (NON CUSTODIAL PARENT COMMUNITY)
Gayle Brandeis (CODE PINK)
Audette Shephard (Chair, UNITED MOTHERS OPPOSING VIOLENCE EVERYWHERE (UMOVE))
Amy Anderson (MAMAZINE)
Jennifer Niesslein (Co-founder, BRAIN, CHILD)
Laura Jiminez (SISTER SONG WOMEN OF COLOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH COLLECTIVE)
Amber Kinser (Author, MOTHERING IN THE THIRD WAVE)
Genevieve Vaughan (INTERNATIONAL FEMINISTS FOR A GIFT ECONOMY)
Lynn Kuechle (Board, MUSEUM OF MOTHERHOOD (coming, 2010)
Enola Aird (THE MOTHERHOOD PROECT)
Lorri Slepian and Linda Lisi Juergens (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MOTHER CENTERS)
Pat Gowens and THE WELFARE WARRIORS
Melanie Dernak (NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN (NOW)
Rebecca Ruhlen (Breastfeeding Advocacy)
Jill Evans Petzall (Filmmaker, WHEN THE BOW BREAKS and VERONICA’S STORY)
Beth Osnes and Julianna Forbes (MOTHERS ACTING UP)
FILM CREDITS:
Martha Joy Rose, Director
Jennifer Rawlings, Final-Cut Editor
Stephanie Schleicher, First-Editor
Rebekah Spicuglia, Assistant Camera
Marcarthur Baralla, Audio