MY NAME IS ANDREA
Produced by Shaheen Haq
Decades before #MeToo, the iconoclastic feminist, writer and public intellectual Andrea Dworkin called out sexism and rape culture with revolutionary flair. But culture was not kind to the outspoken Dworkin, and her impact was lost among a cacophony of controversy. With this film, the viewer is invited to reconsider the legacy of one of the most misunderstood figures of the 20th century.
Shaped by the values of justice and equality learnt from the civil rights movement as a young girl, Dworkin observed the ways that male chauvinism and discrimination impact every woman’s daily experience and dared to demand that women be seen as equals.
Audacious filmmaker Pratibha Parmar fuses rare archival footage with startling performances by Ashley Judd, Soko, Amandla Stenberg, Andrea Riseborough and Christine Lahti, creating a hybrid documentary that traces pivotal moments in the life of a fearless fighter. It’s a rousing, urgent and timely watch that continues to resonate long after the closing credits. – Lucy Mukerjee, Tribeca Film Festival Programmer
Executive Producers: Regina K Scully, V (Eve Ensler), Gloria Steinem, Jenny Warburg, Kim Agnew, Ruth Ann Harnisch, Abigail E. Disney, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Amy Scholder, S. Mona Sinha, James Costa, Simon Kilmurry, Matthew Perniciaro, Shelly Leslie
AWARDS
- Winner of the 2022 JFI/JSP MOMENTUM AWARD (JEWISH FILM INSTITUTE)
QUOTES & PRESS
“A highlight of this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Augmenting Dworkin’s voice with a selection of her texts read and reenacted by Ashley Judd, Soko, Amandla Stenberg, Andrea Riseborough, and Christine Lahti, Parmar reveals Dworkin’s work to be fundamentally literary as well as political; the movie’s portrait of Dworkin is briskly sketched but deeply moving.” — Richard Brody, The New Yorker Magazine
“Parmar etches a sympathetic profile that acknowledges the complexity and divisiveness of her subject and argues for the continued relevance of her work. Enacted scenes are tender, exuberant, shattering. With their quiet ferocity and recognizable predicaments, the dramatic vignettes in My Name Is Andrea find the Everywoman in a singular figure, and the film as a whole connects Dworkin’s concerns about class and race and gender to the present moment.” — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter
“This is a film like no other — lyrical and journalistic, placed in time and also timeless. And now that Andrea Dworkin’s words are turning out to predict headlines, from Times Up! to the gender of terrorism, this film will illuminate what’s going on and help us know what to do.” — Gloria Steinem
“I love the film. It is brilliant and searing and timely as hell. It is original and deep and moving and tender. This film is connected to everything our movement is and because Andrea was such a brave visionary warrior VDay supports the film in honor of you and her. Susan and I feel thrilled to join you with the deepest solidarity and love.” — V (Eve Ensler)