Making Ladies (2010)
A documentary about maximalist Toronto media artist and sculptor Allyson Mitchell as she preps her Ladies Sasquatch installation – a fake fur creature wonderland. The large-bodied sasquatch ladies are feminist exclamation marks and icons, celebrating their “different bodies,” as the artist explains in a winning voice-over that drives the movie. Thrift store accumulations and found handicrafts are repurposed, blurring ideas of craft and art, high and low. How to turn what is overlooked, discarded and without value, or even feared and despised, and put these bodies at the centre of a new conversation? Mitchell’s work provides a blueprint for how to love our monsters.
Director: Lesley Loksi Chan, Dilia Narduzzi
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 9 min
Release Date: August 14, 2010
Cast
- Allyson Mitchell - Self
- Dilia Narduzzi - Self - Interviewer
Cinematography: Cat O'Neil
Production: Cloudy Pixels Productions
Country: Canada
Language: English
Original Language: en
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Making Ladies about?
- A documentary about maximalist Toronto media artist and sculptor Allyson Mitchell as she preps her Ladies Sasquatch installation – a fake fur creature wonderland. The large-bodied sasquatch ladies are feminist exclamation marks and icons, celebrating their “different bodies,” as the artist explains in a winning voice-over that drives the movie. Thrift store accumulations and found handicrafts are repurposed, blurring ideas of craft and art, high and low. How to turn what is overlooked, discarded and without value, or even feared and despised, and put these bodies at the centre of a new conversation? Mitchell’s work provides a blueprint for how to love our monsters.
- Who directed Making Ladies?
- Making Ladies was directed by Lesley Loksi Chan, Dilia Narduzzi.
- Who stars in Making Ladies?
- Making Ladies stars Allyson Mitchell, Dilia Narduzzi.
- How long is Making Ladies?
- Making Ladies has a runtime of 9m (9 minutes).
- What genre is Making Ladies?
- Making Ladies is a Documentary film.
- Where was Making Ladies produced?
- Making Ladies was produced in Canada.