ivid ly ▁to ▁life . ▁Its ▁traject ory ▁starts ▁with ▁the ▁earliest ▁stir r ings ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁and ▁ends ▁with ▁the ▁movement ' s ▁full ▁bl oss oming ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 0 — from ▁the ▁President ial ▁Commission ' s ▁report ▁on ▁w ides p read ▁disc rim ination ▁against ▁women ▁and ▁publication ▁of ▁Betty ▁Fried an ' s ▁Fem in ine ▁Myst ique ▁up ▁through ▁radical ▁femin ists ' ▁take over ▁of ▁the ▁Stat ue ▁of ▁Liber ty ▁and ▁Fried an ' s ▁calls ▁for ▁a ▁women ' s ▁strike ▁for ▁equality . ▁ ▁Th irty - five ▁diverse ▁interview ees , ▁including ▁rank - and - file ▁activ ists ▁along ▁with ▁well - known ▁femin ists ▁Betty ▁Fried an , ▁Frances ▁M . ▁Be ale , ▁Gl oria ▁Stein em , ▁Robin ▁Morgan , ▁Ti - G race ▁At kin son , ▁and ▁others , ▁share ▁mem ories ▁of ▁the ▁period ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁issues ▁and ▁challeng es ▁that ▁still ▁reson ate ▁today ." ▁ ▁Production ▁Director ▁Jenn ifer ▁Lee ▁major ed ▁in ▁film ▁and ▁women ' s ▁studies ▁at ▁Ham pshire ▁College ▁before ▁working ▁in ▁the ▁technical ▁depart ments ▁of ▁Warner ▁B ros ., ▁Sony ▁and ▁Indust rial ▁Light ▁& ▁Magic . ▁ ▁Lee ▁worked ▁on ▁the ▁film ▁" in ▁bits ▁and ▁pieces " ▁for ▁nine ▁years ▁while ▁working ▁full - time . ▁She ▁combined ▁selected ▁arch ival ▁foot age ▁with ▁the ▁inter views , ▁including ▁the ▁last ▁recorded ▁video ▁interview ▁with ▁Betty ▁Fried