Displayed in Paris from September to December 2023 at the Cité internationale des arts and adapted by the Filmoteca de Catalunya, the exhibition traces the cultural and visual history of feminism in France in the 1970s and 1980s through the founding of the Centre audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir by three women, Delphine Seyrig, Carole Roussopoulos and Ioana Wieder, establishing a counterpoint with contemporary creation.  

The videos of Les Insoumuses, along with those of other like-minded filmmakers and collectives, map out the struggles of the time – from abortion rights and sexual freedom to the Vietnam War or anti-psychiatry in a decidedly international framework – and propose a dialogue between generations of feminist filmmakers and artists that goes beyond the French scene. Thus, the exhibition focuses on an alternative history of media in which activism and visual culture play a major role. 

Curators: Nicole Fernández Ferrer and Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez. 

With the artists: 
Rada Akbar, Claire Atherton, Ti-Grace Atkinson, Pilar Aymerich, Eugènia Balcells, Chimurenga, Nicole Croiset, Mari Chordà, Coordination des femmes noires, François Dasques, Catherine Deudon, Thembela Dick, Pierre Jouannet, Bouchra Khalili, Maria Klonaris et Katerina Thomadaki, Anne Faisandier, Martine Franck, Sarah Maldoror, Kate Milett & Sophie Keir, Fina Miralles, Guy Le Querrec, Zanele Muholi, Lur Olaizola, Nadja Ringart, Megan Rossman, Carole Roussopoulos, Paul Roussopoulos, Yvette Roudy, Eszter Salamon, Abraham Ségal, Delphine Seyrig, Paula Valero Comín, Ioana Wieder, Awa Thiam, Nil Yalter. 

Exhibition produced by the Filmoteca de Catalunya, based on the adaptation of the exhibition produced by the Cité internationale des arts, in partnership with the Centre Audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir, and as part of the 2023 edition of the Festival d’Automne, Paris.