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The idea for this film came from a book called: The Desert Is No Lady:
Southwestern Landscapes in Women’s Writing and Art. The title of this book
came from a poem which questions the idea of a passive, feminine landscape that
simply awaits the western conqueror. Williams interviews a series of
contemporary women artists living in the deserts of the southwestern United
States. She explores artistic expressions, ethnicity and place in relation to
contemporary women. The viewer is permitted inside the artists’ studios, homes
or surrounding environment. Each setting forms the backdrop for the artist’s
“self-portrait. The artists interviewed include: Sandra Cisneros, Harmony
Hammond, Pola Lopez de Jaramillo, Pat Mora, Nora Naranjo-Morse, Meridel
Rubenstein, Ramona Sakiestewa, Luci Tapahonso, and Emma Whitehorse.
Women Make Movies film. 45 minutes.
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