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Empty Suitcases

Country: United States, Language: English, 49 mins

  • Director: Bette Gordon
  • Writer: Bette Gordon, Karyn Kay

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Fragments of a woman's life - her economic, sexual, and artistic struggles-, by deconstructing text, speech, music, and picture. Central to the film is women's struggle to place and define themselves in language and politics.


There was a trailer...but, it has since disappeared.

Cast & Characters

Rosemary Hochschild
Ron Vawter
Vivienne Dick
Nan Goldin
Janica Yoder
Jamie McBrady
Bette Gordon
Lynne Tillman (as (voice) (as Lynn Tillman))
Karyn Kay (as (voice))
Annette Breindel (as (voice))
Dorothy Zeidman (as (voice))
Mark Boone Junior (as (voice) (as Mark Heidrich))