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Lizzie Borden (born 1950; some sources say 1958) is an American filmmaker, best known for her early independent films Born in Flames (1983) and Working Girls (1986).
Lizzie Borden. Director: Working Girls. Lizzie Borden was born on 3 February 1958 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She is a director and writer, known for Working Girls (1986), Born in Flames (1983) and To Die Quietly (1997).
- Director, Writer, Producer
- February 3, 1958
- Lizzie Borden
Apr 22, 2024 · Fiercely committed to the possibilities of political art, the trailblazing director talks about how her intersectional understanding of feminism imbues her films, three of which are now playing on the Criterion Channel.
Jul 15, 2021 · Borden held on to her instincts as a novice director, refusing to conform to a mainly white, patriarchal standard of moviemaking and instead making it up as she went along.
- Cassie da Costa
Lizzie Andrew Borden (July 19, 1860 – June 1, 1927) was an American woman who was tried and acquitted of the August 4, 1892 axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. No one else was charged in the murders, and, despite ostracism from other residents, Borden spent the remainder of her life in Fall River.
Apr 23, 2024 · Lizzie Borden (born Feb. 3, 1955?, Detroit, Mich., U.S.) is an American filmmaker whose feminist perspective informed her eclectic style and subjects, which largely defy mainstream cinema.
Directed by Lizzie Borden. Revolutionary in both content and form, the films of Lizzie Borden testify to the potential of a politically committed cinema to fight back against prevailing representations of women on-screen.
