Privilege is an intelligently conceived, boldly anarchic, and wickedly insightful exposition on the culturally ingrained and socially divisive malaise of isms that artificially define and characterize empowerment in contemporary society: ageism, sexism, economic elitism, and racism. Yvonne Rainer conveys texture through the intercutting of archival footage, video, and film - as well as compositional layering through the film-within-a-film structure, elliptical (and self-referential) fusion of past and present, and the filmmaker's idiosyncratic penchant for superimposed typed text.
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Daniel Martin Berkey
Robert
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Blaire Baron
Brenda
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Gabrielle Made
Digna
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Novella Nelson
Yvonne Washington
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Alice Spivak
Jenny
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Yvonne Rainer
Helen Caldicott
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Yvonne Rainer Director · Mark Daniels Cinematographer Christine Le Goff Editor
United States release September 26, 1990 · Produced in United States · Languages English, Spanish
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
Canada · September 10, 1990
Premiere · Toronto Film Festival
United States · September 26, 1990
Limited theatrical · New York Film Festival
United States
January 1, 1991 · Limited theatrical · Sundance Film Festival
Australia
August 18, 2024 · Limited theatrical · Melbourne International Film Festival
Germany
February 16, 1991 · Limited theatrical · Berlin International Film Festival
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