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Up Against the Wall Miss America

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Title

Up Against the Wall Miss America

Subject

Women's Liberation

Description

"A now historical film about the disruption of the Miss America pageant of 1968. With raps, guerrilla theater, and original songs . Women stress the (mis)use of their sisters, by the pageant, as mindless sexual objects. Footage includes attorney / activist Flo Kennedy." (Roz Payne Archive)

Creator

Newsreel Films

Source

Internet Archive

Publisher

Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Date

1968

Format

film

Original Format

newsreel

Duration

6:!4

Collection

Tags

Citation

Newsreel Films, “Up Against the Wall Miss America,” Roz Payne Sixties Archive, accessed April 7, 2025, https://rozsixties.unl.edu/items/show/836.

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