In near-future New York, ten years after the “social-democratic war of liberation,” diverse groups of women organize a feminist uprising as equality remains unfulfilled.
Honey
Honey
Adele Bertei
Isabel
Jean Satterfield
Adelaide Norris
Florynce Kennedy
Zella Wylie
Pat Murphy
Newspaper editor
Kathryn Bigelow
Newspaper editor
Becky Johnston
Newspaper editor
Hillary Hurst
Leader of Women's Army
Sheila McLaughlin
Other leader
Marty Pottenger
Other leader / Woman at site
Born in Flames is a drama, science fiction film released in 1983 exploring themes of strike, revolution, socialism, feminism, protest, sexism. Directed by Lizzie Borden, it stars Honey, Adele Bertei, Jean Satterfield. In near-future New York, ten years after the “social-democratic war of liberation,” diverse groups of women organize a feminist uprising as equality remains unfulfilled.
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