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90-Second Cinema: Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman
Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman, an excerpt

In Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman, award-winning filmmaker Jennifer Fox travels the globe interviewing women from a variety of countries about their experiences and role models, all while using her own soul-baring story as the backbone for this investigation. I personally enjoy this film because it takes all the conversations I have with my own girlfriends and connects me with women all over the world who are having these same conversations—but in their own contexts.

Throughout this film, Fox uses a camera technique she developed called “passing the camera,” in an effort to both ease conversation between women who are often realizing their voice for the first time and to capture the real feeling of the moment during natural conversation. It’s also unique because of Fox’s daring to break traditional documentarian/subject boundaries and include herself in the film, a choice that exemplifies the intimacy of the situations in the film. In this short clip, Fox visits a women’s center in Pakistan, one where few have entered and no men have ever seen, and teaches them the empowerment of holding a camera and speaking their minds.

Visit the FLYING website for instructions on how you can try a “pass the camera” experiment and see videos of other fans who have tried it themselves.

~ Austra Zubkovs

Clip courtesy of Kino Lorber.

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wonderful work. I can relate it much better as i am an Indian and remember my visit to Salem(A south Indian City) I went to interview locals , women mostly. as part of research to write a script depicting work of a Bank manager to empoer needy utilizing “Self Help Group Schemes” of Govt. Of India and remember my experience with Muslim Ladies, who I found miles ahead in self empowerment compared to what is the situation in Pakistan, even today. Took around 400 still photos that help a short film made intelligently by a British Director for IOFC. Refer for a 12 minute film at http://www.vimeo.com/9419926

Posted on Jun 6, 2011 by amit sen