Seven women filmmakers explore the seven deadly sins

Seven Women, Seven Sins (1986) represents a quintessential moment in film history. The women filmmakers invited to direct for the seven sins were amongst the world's most renown: Helke Sander (Gluttony), Bette Gordon (Greed), Maxi Cohen (Anger), Chantal Akerman (Sloth), Valie Export (Lust), Laurence Gavron (Envy), and Ulrike Ottinger (Pride). Each filmmaker had the liberty of choosing a sin to interpret as they wished. The final film reflected this diversity, including traditional narrative fiction, experimental video, a musical, a radical documentary, and was delivered in multiple formats from 16, super 16, video and 35mm.

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Main Cast: Gabi Herz, Michael Dick, Kate Valk, Rosemary Hochschild, Roberta Wallach, Suzanne Fletcher, Luis Guzmán, Alan Colmes, Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Chantal Akerman

Directors: Chantal Akerman, Maxi Cohen, Valie Export, Ulrike Ottinger, Laurence Gavron, Bette Gordon, Helke Sander

Writers: Helke Sander, Dörte Haak, Renée Shafransky, Maxi Cohen, Chantal Akerman, Valie Export, Louis-Charles Sirjacq, Laurence Gavron, Ulrike Ottinger

Editors: Bettina Böhler, Elizabeth Kling, Maxi Cohen, Ewa Märk-Fichtel, Monique Prim

Cinematographers: Nurith Aviv, Frank Prinzi, Joel Gold, Luc Benhamou, Edgar Osterberger, Martin Schäfer, Ulrike Ottinger

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