My Name is Andrea (Local Spotlight)

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Andrea Dworkin said she "probably would have become a rabbi" if women could have done so while she was in high school. Instead, she became one of the most controversial figures of the 20th century, a radical feminist writer and public intellectual who called out sexism and rape culture long before #MeToo. My Name is Andrea is a hybrid feature documentary that illuminates the complexities of Dworkin’s life and the response to her work inside and outside of the feminist movement. Dworkin offered a revolutionary analysis of male supremacy with singular urgency sometimes clashing with other feminist thinkers of her time. She was fearless in speech and action, her values and tactics informed by the civil rights movement as she demanded that women be seen as fully human. This poetic film features stellar performances by Ashley Judd, Soko, Amandla Stenberg, Andrea Riseborough, and Christine Lahti woven in with rare, electrifying archival footage of Dworkin herself. What would Dworkin have to say about where we are now?

My Name is Andrea is the recipient of the 2022 JFI/JSP Momentum Award, ​​an annual accelerator grant jointly presented by the Jewish Film Institute and Jewish Story Partners.