Charming for the Revolution

A solitary figure in a leather
jacket stands in an empty field
and reads out a memorandum,
“In the factories, in the of fices,
in the hospitals, in old people’ s
homes, online, in the kitchens,
in the museums, in the movie
theatres, we are married!
Married to a straight white
guy called ‘the economy’.
The only thing to do is to ask
for a divorce, and a huge
settlement.” Thus begins
Charming for the Revolution, a
film stages a feminist critique
of labour and capital from
the 1970s (e.g. Manifesto for
Housework), with the addition
of costume changes. From
a disgruntled housewife to
Beaudelairean dandy, the
protagonist transforms a third
time into bird-dandy-wife
form, ruffling the feathers of
stubborn gender stereotypes
while bringing the debate on
gendered labour and equity into
a contemporary moment.

Organization: City of Women; In
collaboration with: Squat Exercise Collective, Revolting Women Social Workers,
Azil Bookshop.
Supported by: EU Culture.