Just Don’t Fuck (1973) dir. Carole Roussopoulos

Roussopoulos deftly brings together central issues in France’s nascent women’s movement in just under seventeen minutes. Insisting that feminist struggle is a struggle over representation, the video’s opening montage juxtaposes images of women in French media with shots of real people at the 1971 International Women’s March. It then underscores the movement’s practical impact, highlighting the importance of family planning services and, like Charles Belmont and Marielle Issartel’s HISTOIRES D’A (1973) and Yann Le Masson’s REGARDE, ELLE A LES YEUX GRANDS OUVERTS (1982), demonstrating how safe and hygienic abortions can be performed. A landmark work in the battle for reproductive rights.