Film Screening: Nine to Five
(1980, directed by Colin Higgins) Workplace feminism confronts the patriarchal corporate office in this classic labor comedy starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton.
A panel discussion featuring visiting historian Ryan Murphy, assistant professor of history, Earlham College and author of Deregulating Desire (Temple University Press, 2016), winner of the Organization of American Historians’ David Montgomery Award for the best book on a topic in American labor and working-class history, 2017, will follow the screening. Stay tuned for more details about accessing tickets and the post-film discussion.
The Higgins Labor Program is a co-sponsor of this entry in the Because Gender Film Series, sponsored by the Gender Studies Program and the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.
Originally published at conductorshare.nd.edu.