Four Women (1975 film)
# Four Women (1975 film)

Four Women is a 1975 short experimental film produced and directed by Julie Dash featuring music by Nina Simone.

## Summary

Dancer Linda Martina Young captures the spirit of four women: Aunt Sarah, Saffronia, Sweet Thing and Peaches to the Nina Simone ballad Four Women. The women represent stereotypes of black women as they attempt to survive in America.

## Production

Linda Martina Young choreographed the dance performance, which Dash refers to as a "choreopoem".

The film is celebrated as one of the first experimental films by a black woman filmmaker. The film, unlike others that portrayed the positive aspects of black womanhood, explored the negative realities many black women face in America.

## Restoration

In addition to the original 16mm rolls, a new print was created from the color negative A/B rolls and original track negative.

### Screenings

* Cinema Remixed and Reloaded Exhibit, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, 2007
* One Way or Another: Black Women's Cinema, BAMcinematek, 2016
* L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema Exhibit
* We Wanted a Revolution: :Black Radical Women, 1965-1985, Brooklyn Museum, 2017.
