![]() ![]() ![]() That said, Dworkin was a force in American feminism for decades, and her life and career are certainly worthy of closer analysis. ‘Love Again’ Review: Not Even Celine Dion Can Save This Wildly Contrived Rom-Com from Its Own Sadness By refusing to address her critics on the left (she had plenty on the right as well), “My Name Is Andrea” ensures not a single one might be swayed to reevaluate Dworkin’s contributions. But the film’s dogged insistence on sugarcoating Dworkin’s legacy does it no favors. Her writing is powerful, even beautiful at times, and the likes of Ashley Judd, Amandla Stenberg, Christine Lahti, Soko, and Andrea Riseborough do it justice in lyrical monologues. Using a series of dramatic recreations with various actresses playing Dworkin at different ages, “My Name Is Andrea” seeks to recast the author as some misunderstood literary prophet - devoid of any of the historical context that might have persuaded her many detractors. ![]() But you wouldn’t know any of that from “ My Name Is Andrea,” a hagiographic documentary shaped only by Dworkin’s writing and words from British filmmaker Pratibha Parmar. The radical feminist writer and activist, whose work spanned the 1970s, ’80s, and ’90s, has become synonymous with a stringent sect of anti-pornography, sex-negative conservative feminism that seeks to limit sexual freedoms, including LGBTQ and sex worker rights. There aren’t too many figures in feminist history more controversial than Andrea Dworkin. ![]()
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