[In mourning and rage--field footage] [videorecording]. [1978-1979?]

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[In mourning and rage--field footage] [videorecording]. [1978-1979?]

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These videos contain raw footage for a documentary about a 1977 media performance staged by Suzanne Lacy and Leslie Labowitz in response to sensational media coverage of the serial rapes and murders in the Los Angeles area committed by the "Hillside Strangler." The performance created a public ritual of rage as well as grief as women dressed in black lead a rally outside City Hall. With positive images of women fighting back and statistics about the pervasiveness of violence against women in all its forms, the performance also offered an alternative interpretation of the case that included a feminist analysis. Nancy Angelo and Annette Hunt excerpted the raw footage in their performance documentary, also called In Mourning and Rage (1978 or 1979?), produced by the Women's Video Center.

5 videocassettes (U-matic) : sd., b&w : 3/4 in. original.3 video reels : sd., b&w : 1/2 in. original.

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