A Conversation with Lizzie Borden

Published: Aug. 4, 2021, 5 a.m.

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Lizzie Borden named herself after an ax murderer when she was a kid growing up in Detroit. In the 1980s she gained a reputation as a radical feminist filmmaker.\\xa0Born in Flames\\xa0is about an underground women\\u2019s army.\\xa0Working Girls\\xa0takes place in a brothel and tells the story of middle class sex workers. Then Borden went to Hollywood to make a film for Harvey Weinstein that turned out to be a disaster. Now, Borden\\u2019s early movies are making a comeback.\\xa0 A restored version of\\xa0Working Girls\\xa0was recently re-released in theaters across the country. \\u201cNow What?\\u201d is produced with the help of Steve Zimmer, Fei Lu and Alex Wolfe.\\xa0Audio production is by Nick Ciavatta

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