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Coal miner's granddaughter /

Shot primarily in Fisher-Price Pixelvision, for the "murky look of memory," Coal Miner's Granddaughter is a profoundly moving family portrait focused on the youngest daughter Jane, as she leaves her Pennsylvania home and finds sexual independence in San Francisco. The film works from...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Phil Parker Productions, Art Institute of Chicago. Video Data Bank
Other Authors: Dougherty, Cecilia, Singer, Leslie, Killian, Kevin, Dunphy, Didi
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Ill. : Video Data Bank, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, [between 1990 and 1999?]
Subjects:
Families > Drama.
Teenage girls > Drama.
Lesbians > Drama.
Experimental films.
Families.
Lesbians.
Teenage girls.
United States.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
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Summary:Shot primarily in Fisher-Price Pixelvision, for the "murky look of memory," Coal Miner's Granddaughter is a profoundly moving family portrait focused on the youngest daughter Jane, as she leaves her Pennsylvania home and finds sexual independence in San Francisco. The film works from within popular culture norms, creating a lesbian dialogue, with the "normal", what Dougherty calls "the life of the ordinary lesbian and her working-class family."
Item Description:Originally produced in 1991.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD.
Production Credits:Music, Mermaid Tattoo, She Devils.