Fannie's Film (1981)

A 65-year-old cleaning woman for a professional dancers' exercise studio performs her job while telling us in voiceover about her life, hopes, goals, and feelings. A challenge to mainstream media's ongoing stereotypes of women of color who earn their living as domestic workers, this seemingly simple documentary achieves a quiet revolution: the expressive portrait of a fully realized individual.

Cast (2)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

F

Fannie Drayton

Herself

Fronza Woods

(voice)

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