Regrouping

First screened at EIFF in 1976, Borden's multi-layered film within a film is the highlight of this year's retrospective focus on the 1970s. It follows the activities of a women's group, whose political ideals are unraveled and questioned throughout the process of collaboration. The film's self-reflexive techniques keep the viewer guessing about the relationship between the real and the staged, dismantling the objective foundations of the documentary form. A powerful and rarely seen classic of feminist filmmaking. (Edinburgh International Film Festival)