Artist Kate Blackmore looks at motherhood and mobility, film and feminism through the prism of Margaret Dodd's 1982 classic short film 'This Woman is not a Car.'
The Woman and The Car is of 0 hour(s) and 30 minute(s). It is Produced By: Screen Australia, South Australian Film Corporation, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund. It was released on 2018-10-14. It has the tagline: Who gets to sit in the driver's seat?
Genres: Documentary
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