Fannie's Film (1981)
A 65-year-old cleaning woman for a professional dancers' exercise studio performs her job while telling us in voiceover about her life, hopes, goals, and feelings. A challenge to mainstream media's ongoing stereotypes of women of color who earn their living as domestic workers, this seemingly simple documentary achieves a quiet revolution: the expressive portrait of a fully realized individual.
Director: Fronza Woods
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Fannie Drayton as Herself |
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Fronza Woods as (voice) |
| Sound | Barbara Jabaily | Sound |
| Editing | Fronza Woods | Editor |
| Camera | Tracy Fitz | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Fronza Woods | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Fronza Woods | Director |