What happens when Boston’s 1971 International Women’s Day marchers turn Left on Pearl Street in Cambridge, to seize and occupy a Harvard-owned building for a women’s center? This fast-paced documentary explores why and how hundreds of women of diverse backgrounds decided to take a radical, collective action that would change their lives. We also see how this action intersects with the fight of surrounding African-American neighborhoods against displacement by Harvard University’s expansion. Left on Pearl documents a watershed moment in the early days of the Women’s Liberation Movement.
Left on Pearl with Director Q&A:
Directed by Susie Rivo
What happens when Boston’s 1971 International Women’s Day marchers turn Left on Pearl Street in Cambridge, to seize and occupy a Harvard-owned building for a women’s center? This fast-paced documentary explores why and how hundreds of women of diverse backgrounds decided to take a radical, collective action that would change their lives. We also see how this action intersects with the fight of surrounding African-American neighborhoods against displacement by Harvard University’s expansion. Left on Pearl documents a watershed moment in the early days of the Women’s Liberation Movement.
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