Letty Cottin Pogrebin – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

MOVIE OF THE WEEK Sept 11, 2026: DEAR MS.: A REVOLUTION IN PRINT (In Memoriam for Gloria Steinem and Robin Morgan)

September 6, 2026September 6, 2026 Jennifer Merin alice gu, betsy bozcech, Cate Marquis, Cecilia Aldarondo, Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print, documentary, gloria steinem, jane fonda, jennifer merin, leslie combemale, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, liz whittemore, loren king, motw, Movie of the Week, Ms, nell minow, Pat Carbine, salima koroma, sandie angulo chen, sherin nicole, women's movement

In a time when what it means to be a feminist seems to be as hotly contested as it ever has been, it’s illuminating to look back at the 1970s, when the “women’s lib” movement was hitting the mainstream. By telling the story of the magazine that strove to support and further that movement, Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print reminds us of how much has changed since then…and how far we have to go. (AWFJ.org featured Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print as our MOTW on July 2, 2025, we do so again to honor Ms. Magazine co-founders Gloria Steinem and Robin Morgan, recently deceased.)

Movie of the Week

MOVIE OF THE WEEK July 4, 2025: DEAR MS: A REVOLUTION IN PRINT

June 29, 2025July 3, 2025 Jennifer Merin alice gu, Cecilia Aldarondo, Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print, documentary, gloria steinem, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, motw, Movie of the Week, Ms, Pat Carbine, salima koroma, women's movement

In a time when what it means to be a feminist seems to be as hotly contested as it ever has been, it’s illuminating to look back at the 1970s, when the “women’s lib” movement was really hitting the mainstream. By telling the story of the magazine that strove to support and further that movement, Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print reminds us of just how much really has changed since then…as well as how far we still have to go.

Reviews

BELLA! – Review by Loren King

August 12, 2023August 13, 2023 Loren King barbra streisand, Bella Abzug, Bella!, hilary clinton, Jeff L. Lieberman, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, lily tomlin, Marlo Thomas, Nancy Pelosi, shirley maclaine

Enlightening, passionate, nostalgic and endlessly riveting, Bella!, a documentary about feminist trailblazer and force of nature Bella Abzug, is all these things and more. One thing I didn’t expect is that the film is also sad. That moment happens when Abzug’s friend and fellow activist, the writer Letty Cottin Pogrebin says that Abzug, who died in 1998, is all but forgotten now because she’s not being taught in schools and Pogrebin’s own grandchild had no idea who she was. All the more reason that “Bella!” needs a release as wide as the whole world.

Reviews

BELLA! – Review by Jennifer Merin

August 12, 2023August 13, 2023 Jennifer Merin barbra streisand, Bella Abzug, Bella!, hilary clinton, Jeff L. Lieberman, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, lily tomlin, Marlo Thomas, motw, Movie of the Week, Nancy Pelosi, shirley maclaine

Bella! And, yes, be sure to include the exclamation point in the film’s title because the subject of Jeff L. Leiberman’s well researched and beautifully crafted documentary deserves emphatic punctuation. Bella Abzug (1920-1998) was a champion of civil rights for women in every aspect of our lives. She was the feminist activist politician who fought fiercely to enact laws to establish and protect equity in the workplace, in government representation, in family matters — all of the women’s civil rights that we are now at such high risk of losing in our nation’s current regressive climate.