an . ▁The ▁production ▁received ▁$ 1 2 , 0 0 0 ▁support ▁from ▁a ▁K ick st arter ▁campaign , ▁but ▁Lee ▁has ▁also ▁stated ▁' My ▁budget ▁was ▁ 9 0 ▁percent ▁fin anced ▁by ▁me .' ▁ ▁Lee ▁has ▁written ▁of ▁her ▁experience ▁in ▁Time : ▁ ▁I ▁began ▁making ▁my ▁film , ▁Fem in ist , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁as ▁a ▁straightforward ▁document ary ▁about ▁historical ▁facts , ▁but ▁I ▁learned ▁so ▁much ▁that ▁I ▁finished ▁the ▁film ▁a ▁different ▁person ▁... ▁I ▁figured ▁we ▁don ' t ▁celebr ate ▁the ▁Women ' s ▁Mov ement ▁like ▁we ▁do ▁other ▁social ▁movements ▁because ▁it ▁was ▁too ▁complex — en comp ass ing ▁issues ▁of ▁class , ▁religion , ▁race , ▁and ▁language , ▁among ▁others ▁... ▁I ▁thought ▁it ▁might ▁be ▁hard ▁to ▁pull ▁out ▁individual ▁success es ▁to ▁honor . ▁But ▁I ▁was ▁wrong : ▁As ▁I ▁worked ▁on ▁the ▁film , ▁I ▁discovered ▁many ▁concrete ▁success es — including ▁ones ▁that ▁wer en ' t ▁included ▁in ▁text books ▁or ▁hon ored ▁in ▁public ▁mem orial s . ▁ ▁Release ▁Lee ▁brought ▁her ▁film ▁to ▁Islam abad , ▁Pakistan , ▁and ▁screen ed ▁it ▁to ▁three ▁univers ities ▁including ▁the ▁International ▁Islam ic ▁University , ▁Islam abad . ▁ ▁It ▁has ▁also ▁screen ed ▁at ▁film ▁festiv als ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁and ▁con ferences ▁including ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁National ▁Organ ization ▁for ▁Women ▁conference ▁and ▁the ▁ 2 0