DEBOUT ! Une histoire du mouvement de libération des femmes 1970-1980
by Carole Roussopoulos, Documentaru, 90', 1999, 35mm, FRANCE / SWITZERLAND

Second half of the 20th century gave rise to the one of the most extraordinary social movements: the Women's Liberation Movement (MLF). In the wake of May 68, this movement, which deeply changed our society is neither known, nor recognized. The fact is that its history is voluntarily ignored by the media and little asserted. The objective of this film is thus to pay homage to the women who created and carried this movement. Through many files (sound, photographic and audio-visual) it honors their intelligence, their audacity and their humor, but also acts as a relay with rising generation.

Carole ROUSSOPOULOS
Born in 1945, Carole Roussopoulos has a literary education acquired in Lausanne. In 1969 she created Video Out, one of the first video groups in France and in 1981, with Delphine Seyrig and Iona Wieder, she creates the Audio-visual Center Simone de Beauvoir, first organization to produce women videos. 1987 to 1994, she is a director of the L’Entrepôt, a Parisian cinema of research. Director and editor of over 50 video films, she has always privileges all subjects concerning the women.