US 2003
DIRECTOR: MEL BUCKLIN
(82 mins.)
"Bucklin’s engrossing new film chronicles the life of the notorious and free-spirited Jewish revolutionary Emma Goldman (1869-1940 ), a major contributor to anarchist thought and spirit. A volatile and determined woman, Goldman fought valiantly for freedom in labor, love, sex, and motherhood and although dogged by the FBI and later forced into exile in 1919 after being imprisoned for protesting mandatory conscription, she never gave up on the possibility of change. Over two years in the making, Bucklin’s film unearths a wealth of rare photographs, recordings, film clips, and interviews— fashioning the most complete portrait yet of one of the 20th century’s legendary figures."