Born in Flames

Director: Lizzie Borden
Year Released: 1983
Rating: 2.5

On the 10th anniversary of the (bloodless) "War of Liberation" for women, Phoenix Radio's Honey (as "herself") and Radio Ragazza's Isabel (Adele Bertei) go on air to talk about events of the past and bring up new issues that require immediate attention, including sexual assaults committed by men in broad daylight, and the right of females to work blue collar jobs.  This radical feminist 'statement' - which consists of archival footage, interviews and news reports - may be film school-ish (the same song by the Red Krayola gets replayed constantly) and aggressively anti-male (all of the guys are creepy, sexist or actual rapists) but the concern over the safety and well-being of the fairer sex does seem just as appropriate now in 2025 as it did in the early 1980's, which is truly sad to report (currently, the Confederacy has been actively trying to prevent access to contraceptives and medically-safe abortion clinics).  Eventually, the ladies take up arms after one of their own is arrested and "commits suicide" in prison; in an eerie final shot, they attempt to blow up the World Trade Center.  I can almost guarantee Bin Laden did not watch this for inspiration....