Privilege

Yvonne Rainer’s 1990 film (her sixth feature) is a genuinely subversive movie about menopause. Out of a subject that has been virtually invisible on film, Rainer has fashioned a witty, risky work about sexual identity and the unequal economies of race, gender, and class. Privilege is set in motion by clips from an old black and white educational film; facts and data shot off a Macintosh computer; and a cast of characters with varied, provocative, and often contrasting political critiques. (Ann Arbor Film Festival)