"American Woman: Reframing ’70s Cinema" at Museum of the Moving Image

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Published on Wednesday, 22 October 2025 14:47

Written by Brad Balfour

Jane Fonda in Klute.

The 1970s was an era of bold filmmakers and bolder actresses. The Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35th Ave, Queens, NY) presents American Woman: Reframing ’70s Cinema, which runs from November 14, 2025 to January, 2026 featuring performances and films from women in America’s pivotal moment in cinema.

The series showcases women stars and filmmakers of the 1970s, including Diahann Carroll, Shelley Duvall, Pam Grier, Jane Fonda, Jo Heims, Diane Keaton, Barbara Kopple, Elaine May, Barbara Loden, Julia Reichert, Diana Ross, Gena Rowlands, Joan Micklin Silver, Sissy Spacek, Barbra Streisand, Claudia Weill, and more.

Films being screened include:

• A Woman Under the Influence 
• Klute
• The Way We Were
• 3 Women
• Claudine
• Paper Moon
• Harlan County U.S.A. (with Barbara Kopple in person at screening)
• An Unmarried Woman
• Wanda

And more.

The series will also include in-person guests and discussions including filmmakers Barbara Kopple and Claudia Weill, as well as critics and scholars, including a career conversation with Molly Haskell. 

“When one talks of the venerated American cinema of the 1970s, the same titles invariably come up: The Godfather, The French Connection, The Conversation, Chinatown... and that's just the tip of the uber-male iceberg. The American Woman series flips the script to explore American cinema during the cultural ascendance of second-wave feminism and the megastars and filmmakers who shaped the period,” notes Senior Curator of Film Michael Koresky, who organized the series with assistance from Emily Greenberg, Film and Public Programs Manager, and Sarah Luciano, Associate Director of Special Programs.

To learn more, go to: https://movingimage.org/series/american-woman/

American Woman: Reframing ’70s Cinema
Nov 14, 2025 — Jan 4, 2026

Museum of the Moving Image
36-01 35th Avenue
Queens, NY 11106

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