ROCKLAND

Interweaving the stories of three contemporaries, Pam Maus’s documentary “from the Second Wave to the Tidal Wave” chronicles a trio of women whose feminist journeys began in the 1960s, highlighting the changes from then to present day.

As part of the Midcoast Women’s Collective’s Collective Voices series, the film will be shown at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Rockland Strand. The documentary screening will be followed by a panel discussion to take place at the Fog Bar & Café.

The film looks at the women who went off to college and were swept up into the Second Wave Feminist Movement. The passage of of landmark legislation of 1960s outlawing discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin unlocked the doors to social equality.

After decades of fighting for equality, the 2016 presidential election promised the payoff for the warriors the Second Wave as they anticipated not just electing the first woman president, but also one of their own.

As a member of the Second Wave Feminist Movement, Maus made the documentary to celebrate her cohorts in the Movement and to provide history for younger generations about why the women’s movement was about so much more than “just electing a woman.”

The panel discussion will be moderated by Professor Jennifer Scanlon, director of the Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies Program at Bowdoin College. The intergenerational panel includes Nancy Wanderer, one the women featured in the film and professor emeritus of University of Maine Law School; Kathleen Fleury, managing editor of Down East Magazine; and Myla Ferland, a junior at Oceanside High School in Rockland.

For more information about the documentary, visit pammaus.com; for a trailer, visit vimeo.com/241544837.

Copy the Story Link

Comments are not available on this story.