Privilege (1990)
103 min
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.
- Release date
- September 26, 1990
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Daniel Martin Berkey as Robert
- Blaire Baron as Brenda
- Gabrielle Made as Digna
- Novella Nelson as Yvonne Washington
- Yvonne Rainer as Helen Caldicott
- Alice Spivak as Jenny
- Tyrone Wilson as Stew
Crew
- Yvonne Rainer · Director
- Yvonne Rainer · Writer
- Yvonne Rainer · Producer
- Mark Daniels · Cinematographer
- Christine Le Goff · Editor
- Yvonne Rainer · Editor
- Michael Selditch · Production designer
- Anne Stuhler · Production designer