Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority

Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority
Directed by Kimberlee Bassford
Produced by Kimberlee Bassford
Marlene Booth
Robin Lung
Written by Kimberlee Bassford
Music by Joel Goodman
Cinematography Michael Chin
Edited by Kimberlee Bassford
Jean-Philippe Boucicaut
Production
companies
Making Waves Films
Distributed by Women Make Movies

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.[1] The documentary premiered at the Hawaii International Film Festival on October 12, 2008 and was later broadcast on PBS on May 2009.[2] 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.

Major funding was received from ITVS and the Center for Asian American Media.[3]

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."[4] In contrast, a reviewer for the Huffington Post praised the documentary, which they found "thrilling".[5]

Awards

References

  1. Keany, Michael. "Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority". Honolulu Magazine. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  2. "Watch PATSY MINK: Ahead of the Majority This Month on Public Television". Beyond the Box. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  3. "Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority". CPB. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  4. Reiff, Michael C. (Spring 2012). "Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority (2008).(Movie review)". Film & History 42 (1): 67. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  5. Heymont, George. "'They Don't Make Movies About Boring People:' Two New Documentaries Tackle AIDS, Government". Huffington Post. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  6. "Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority". Disorient Film. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority". ITVS. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  8. "SFIAAFF WRAPS UP 27TH YEAR". Caam. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  9. "2009 Winners". HIFF. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  10. "Audience Award Winners Announced!". HIFF. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

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