By Tsafi Saar,
The N.Y.-based director talks about feminist pioneers, being a real activist and the “very serious quarrel” she has had with her famous cousin
…Over the years, Rivlin created a number of documentary movies, some of which dealt with the feminist revolution. The most recent of them, “Heather Booth: Changing the World,” is now being aired on the Public Broadcasting Service, in the U.S. The movie will be screened in the Women’s Wage Peace Tent on June 25th at 6:30 pm and the Jerusalem Cinemateque in Jerusalem in August. Date to be set.
…“We’re bringing about a revolution through our activity. We don’t have to be well-behaved, but there must be dialogue. I agree that a struggle is necessary, and the struggle continues. Always. I mean that we have to talk to one another. It’s become too much. I don’t want to cut off the discussion with men.”
….”Yes. I’ve always believed that women can make peace. Just as the activists of Women Wage Peace say today, it’s not a left-wing viewpoint. For both the right and the left, peace would be a good thing. Until people understand that, it won’t work. I always thought that women were more aware and can communicate better than men. And in my experience that has also proved itself.”…..
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