Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority
5.4 /10 1 Votes5.4
Director Kimberlee Bassford | 5.2/10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority is a 2008 documentary film that was written and directed by Kimberlee Bassford and is her first feature-length documentary film. The documentary premiered at the Hawaii International Film Festival on October 12, 2008 and was later broadcast on PBS on May 2009. It focuses on Patsy Mink (D-HI), who was the first woman of color and Asian American woman to serve in the U.S. Congress and the co-author of the Title IX gender equity legislation.
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- Patsy mink ahead of the majority
- Synopsis
- Reception
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Major funding was received from ITVS and the Center for Asian American Media.
Patsy mink ahead of the majority
Synopsis
The film chronicles Mink's life from her beginnings on a sugar plantation on Maui, Hawai‘i, through her political career, which spanned more than four decades including twelve terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Reception
Michael C. Reiff was mixed in his review for the film, writing "While Mink broke seemingly insurmountable barriers in her quest for self-realization, the film version of her life constrains her narrative to conventional and commonplace forms. Bassford pleasantly and cleanly educates, but doesn't achieve, or fully attempt, to cinematically translate the essence and vivid spirit of the subject." In contrast, a reviewer for the Huffington Post praised the documentary, which they found "thrilling".
Awards
References
Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority WikipediaPatsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority IMDb