The Philadelphia Eleven (working title)
While the nation was riveted with the Watergate scandal, eleven women were plotting their own liberation. In 1974 they organized their own service, and were ordained Episcopal priests in defiance of church rules. They hit a chord in a deeply divided world about who speaks the word of God; and found themselves in the media's spotlight. Referred to by some as ‘badass’ and by others as ‘the sight and sound of perversion’; they tell their story of becoming unexpected protagonists in a challenge to the patriarchy.
Why now?
It will inspire a new generation. The patriarchy is flexing its muscles again. This story gives us hope.
This is a story of liberation. We believe that all the major religious traditions will need to address equality within their earthly structures in order for all human rights to be respected. These changes will need to come from within. As The Rev. Carter Heyward says, "we had to be the architects of our own liberation."
The struggle continues. People of all walks of life are still denied their God-given right to live to their full potential. We can learn lessons from those who have come before us.
Time is of the essence. Many of the "eleven" are with us, but they are quickly aging.
This is a story of liberation. We believe that all the major religious traditions will need to address equality within their earthly structures in order for all human rights to be respected. These changes will need to come from within. As The Rev. Carter Heyward says, "we had to be the architects of our own liberation."
The struggle continues. People of all walks of life are still denied their God-given right to live to their full potential. We can learn lessons from those who have come before us.
Time is of the essence. Many of the "eleven" are with us, but they are quickly aging.
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Those funds will cover much of archive research and filming, but we will have significant post-production expenses (edit, archive license fees, color-correct, music, etc).
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Those funds will cover much of archive research and filming, but we will have significant post-production expenses (edit, archive license fees, color-correct, music, etc).
Tax-deductible donations can be made through our fiscal sponsor, Documentary Educational Resources (DER). Donate online by clicking the button:
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The Team
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DIRECTOR
PRODUCER Margo Guernsey Margo began her film career in 2010 as a producer at WPBT2 (Miami). Councilwoman, her first feature documentary, is touring the country, and will air on PBS's America ReFramed in the fall of 2019. Over the past 20 years, Margo has worked as a union organizer, non-profit development director, Spanish/English translator and media instructor, always building multi-racial collaborations across class lines to inform the work of building a more just society. Margo brings her organizing, fundraising and filmmaking background to work on film outreach and impact. She holds an MFA in Film (University of Miami), MA in History (Umass/Amherst), BA in History (Brown University), and is a Tribeca/Camden/CNNFilms Retreat Alumni. DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Co-PRODUCER Nikki is a director of photography based in Boston. Her work ranges from independent documentaries to high-end commercial projects. Recent broadcast credits include: Councilwoman (America Re-Framed, 2019), Breaking Big (PBS 2018), Seeing Eyes/Feeling Heart (American Masters 2018), NOVA “Addiction” (2018), NOVA “Prediction by the Numbers" (2017), Frontline (2017, 2015). Her documentary and nonprofit cinematography work has taken her across the U.S., and to Thailand, Ireland and South Sudan. Nikki graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University in 2002 with a BS in Television, Radio and Film Production. |
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This program is supported in part by 592 Kickstarter backers, The Episcopal Women's History Project, MassHumanities and LEF Moving Image Fund. Our fiscal sponsor is Documentary Educational Resources.