Roberta Cantow
Roberta Cantow is an American filmmaker and storyteller known for her documentary and experimental films that explore everyday life, culture, and personal experience. She received a New York Emmy Award in 1981 for her film Clotheslines, which examines the symbolic and artistic role of laundry in women’s lives. Over her career, Cantow’s work has earned numerous festival citations and awards. Her films and videos have been widely exhibited, with several of her early 16 mm works selected for archival preservation, and her complete body of work is held in the Sophia Smith Women’s History Collection at Smith College. In addition to filmmaking, she has taught English as a second language in adult, college, and worker education programs. During the 2017–2018 academic year, she launched a campus-wide digital storytelling program at Palomar College in collaboration with StoryCenter. Cantow has since chosen to step away from documentary filmmaking to pursue both digital and live storytelling.
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Clotheslines
Duration: 33 minutes
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_Clotheslines_ poetically documents the pragmatic, symbolic and artistic role of laundry in women's lives. The film presents an enduring, vivid account, showing how the creative energies of women have been sapped by mundane tasks, and in turn how such tasks reflect a ritualistic approach to life.
Clotheslines
Duration: 33 minutes
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_Clotheslines_ poetically documents the pragmatic, symbolic and artistic role of laundry in women's lives. The film presents an enduring, vivid account, showing how the creative energies of women have been sapped by mundane tasks, and in turn how such tasks reflect a ritualistic approach to life.
