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2016
Not Rated
1 h 33 m

2016
Not Rated
1 h 33 m

Summary Equal Means Equal takes an unvarnished look at where women find themselves today. The film weaves multiple seemingly disparate issues together to make the case that a lack of full legal equality is having a profound impact on American women’s lives.

Directed By: Kamala Lopez

Written By: Gini Sikes, Kamala Lopez

2016
Not Rated
1 h 33 m

2016
Not Rated
1 h 33 m

Equal Means Equal

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews

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Summary Equal Means Equal takes an unvarnished look at where women find themselves today. The film weaves multiple seemingly disparate issues together to make the case that a lack of full legal equality is having a profound impact on American women’s lives.

Directed By: Kamala Lopez

Written By: Gini Sikes, Kamala Lopez

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Top Cast

Leslie Acoca

Self - Founder, National Girls Health and Justice Institute

Beth Adubato

Self - Professor of Criminal Justice - New York Institute of Technology

Brigitte Alexander

Self - Director, Sexual Assault Response Team, North Central Bronx Hospital

Patricia Arquette

Self - Actress, Activist, Executive Producer

Naheed Bahram

Self - Program Director - Women for Afghan Women

Dina Bakst

Self - Co-Founder and Co-President - A Better Balance, The Work and Family Legal Center

Lucienne Beard

Self

Helen Benedict

Self - Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, Author (as Professor Helen Benedict)

Kim Biddle

Self - Founder, Executive Director, Saving Innocence

Kathryn Brown

Self

Olivia Brown

Self

Martha Burke

Self - Founder, The Center for Advancement of Public Policy

Paula Caplan

Self - Psychologist, Associate, Harvard University's Dubois Institute

Karen Carroll

Self - Forensic Nurse, Sexual Assault Response Team

Cayenne

Self

Soraya Chemaly

Self - Journalist

Ellen Chesler

Self - Senior Fellow, Roosevelt Institute

Andre Dawson

Self - LAPD Child Sex Trafficking Unit

Lea DeLaria

Self - Actress, Orange is the New Black

Isabela Diaz

Self

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews

75% Positive
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25% Mixed
1 Review

0% Negative
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Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews

75% Positive
3 Reviews

25% Mixed
1 Review

0% Negative
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The New York Times

Sep 1, 2016

Broader than it is deep, Equal Means Equal still drills down into enough specific issues to shock us afresh.

By Helen T. Verongos FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Aug 25, 2016

Equal Means Equal is a lot to process, but offers an unflinching look at the fight for equal civil rights for all.

By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW

Sep 8, 2016

Despite the gravity and breadth of the subject matter, Lopez herself is a frequent subject of the camera.... These awkward inclusions can’t diminish the horror and injustice she catalogs, but they will make Equal Means Equal a difficult sell to anyone outside its intended audience of socially progressive, politically empowered women.

By Abby Garnett FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Sep 1, 2016

The cinematic clumsiness is a shame, because Equal Means Equal makes many powerful points along its diffuse, rambling way. Here is a case in which less would definitely have been more.

By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW

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Details

Production Company Heroica Films

Release Date Aug 26, 2016

Duration 1 h 33 m

Rating Not Rated

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Website https://www.facebook.com/equalmeansequalmovie/

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Awards

Traverse City Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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