PBS Doc: "Wonder Women!..." (Culture of American Superheroines in Comics and Media)

*Refractive Reflections* · 04-28-2013, 03:21 AM

PBS Documentary (Independent Lens): Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines

I was watching PBS and they had an interesting documentary about the journey of the concept of female heroines within the comic world and then gradually into the world of television and movies. (I kind of mentally debated if this should be within the "TV and Movies" forum or within the "Books, Comics, and Other Literature" forum, but I thought it would fit here because the beginning of the documentary starts with comics, and most of it focuses on the comic world.)

You can find the hour long documentary here:
http://video.pbs.org/video/2331042879

I think it's definitely worth the time watching it. What do you all of you think of the documentary's perspective of feminism in comics, movies, and TV?

(Just to forewarn you though you can only see this video on the PBS website for free until June 14, 2013.)

04-28-2013, 03:21 AM	#1
Refractive Reflections Mad Scientist $Refractive Reflections's Avatar$ Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 2,371	PBS Doc: "Wonder Women!..." (Culture of American Superheroines in Comics and Media) PBS Documentary (Independent Lens): Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines I was watching PBS and they had an interesting documentary about the journey of the concept of female heroines within the comic world and then gradually into the world of television and movies. (I kind of mentally debated if this should be within the "TV and Movies" forum or within the "Books, Comics, and Other Literature" forum, but I thought it would fit here because the beginning of the documentary starts with comics, and most of it focuses on the comic world.) You can find the hour long documentary here: http://video.pbs.org/video/2331042879 I think it's definitely worth the time watching it. What do you all of you think of the documentary's perspective of feminism in comics, movies, and TV? (Just to forewarn you though you can only see this video on the PBS website for free until June 14, 2013.)
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