This documentary profiles economist and writer Marilyn Waring. In extensive interviews, Waring details her feminist approach to finances and challenges commonly accepted truths about the global economy. The filmmakers detail Waring's early rise to political prominence and her successful protests against nuclear arms. Waring also speaks candidly about wartime economies, suggesting that government policies tend to marginalize the fiscal contributions of women.
Writing
Waring's explanations make IMF reports actually comprehensible.
Production
1995 footage of global activism that still hits hard.
Director
Terre Nash
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Waring became New Zealand's youngest MP at 23 in 1975, then sabotaged her own government's majority to force nuclear-free legislation.
The film's title references Waring's book 'If Women Counted,' which literally changed how the UN calculates economic productivity.
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