"What
does the modern woman want? Where does she fit in today’s
world?"
“Never before in our collective
human history have so many
women had such autonomy to construct a life of their own creation.
Yet, the terrain is still rocky
and 'choice' does not necessarily bring
happiness, let alone freedom.
Meanwhile, old models of femaleness still
haunt women everywhere.
In
this six-hour tour de force,
FLYING: CONFESSIONS OF A FREE WOMAN, master storyteller Jennifer
Fox lays bare her own turbulent
life to penetrate what it
means
to be a free woman today. As
her drama of work and relationships
unfolds over four years, our
protagonist travels to over
seventeen countries to understand
how diverse women define their
lives when there is no map.
Employing an ingenious new
camera technique, called “passing
the camera”, Fox
creates a documentary language
that mirrors the special way
women communicate. Over intimate conversations
around kitchen tables from South Africa to
Russia, India and Pakistan,
she initiates a groundbreaking
dialogue among women, illuminating
universal concerns across race,
class and nationality. Part
delectable soap opera, sociopolitical
inquiry, and narrative experiments,
FLYING sweeps us up into an
addictive international adventure
chronicled with sincerity,
innovation and elegance.”
-- Caroline Libresco, SUNDANCE
FILM FESTIVAL catalogue
