![]() ![]() 'I thought that feminists were extreme and terribly embarrassing' (Original Caption) Actresses Valerie Curtain (L), Rachel Dennison (C), and Rita Moreno pose with styrofoam cups and a pot of coffee in a studio photo promoting the television situational comedy Nine to Five. “It did touch a nerve, it was based in reality,” Parton says in the documentary. While 9 to 5 was certainly a comedy, the real genesis of the idea was secured in activism, to some people’s delight but to others dismay. We wanted to show how biased the system is against women.” “Back when we made 9 to 5 in the late ‘70s women earned less than 60 cents to the dollar that men would earn for the same work, and it wasn’t easy for women to talk about money. ![]() “Not just in terms of sexual harassment, although that was pretty bad, but wage theft, being fired if they were pregnant,” Fonda highlights in the documentary. The group’s motto was, “raises, rights and respect.” Karen Nussbaum, co-founder of the 9to5 National Association of Working Women, would tell Fonda stories about what these office workers had to put up with. Still Working 9 to 5 takes you through the history of the creation of the historic show, particularly stemming from Fonda’s personal learnings about issues for women who were clerical workers in the 1970s, largely shared by the activist group the 9to5 National Association of Working Women in the U.S., which inspired the film’s name. “We kind of feel like in some ways we may be filling that void with this documentary because we've got the original cast and they're talking about all their experiences, and over a thousand archival video clips and pictures.there's a lot of fandom in there with a powerful message,” co-director and producer Gary Lane added. ![]() “It is learning how older women did it, but also taking those experiences and taking that knowledge and saying OK, things have slightly changed, but they haven't changed enough, and now we're going to take the baton and we're actually going to go forward and make sure that this change happens.” ![]()
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