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A blistering rallying cry issued loud, clear, and unapologetically queer, Lizzie Borden’s explosive postpunk provocation is a DIY fantasia of female rebellion set in America ten years after a revolution that supposedly transformed the country into a social-democratic utopia. In reality, racism, sexism, and economic inequality are as virulent as ever, and a band of radicals—led by Black, lesbian, and working-class women—join forces to fight back. Told through a furiously fractured, kinetically edited flurry of television news broadcasts, pirate radio transmissions, agitprop, and protests shot guerrilla-style on the streets of New York City, Born in Flames is a shock wave of feminist futurism that’s both an essential document of its time and radically ahead of it. DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES 2K digital restoration—preserved by Anthology Film Archives, with restoration funding from the Golden Globe Foundation and The Film Foundation, and supervised and approved by director Lizzie Borden—with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Introduction by Borden New audio commentary featuring Borden; cast members Adele Bertei, Hillary Hurst, Sheila McLaughlin, Pat Murphy, Marty Pottenger, and Jeanne Satterfield; and camerapeople DeeDee Halleck and Chris Hegedus Regrouping (1976), Borden’s directorial debut, an experimental documentary about a New York City women’s group English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: Essays by film scholar Yasmina Price and author So Mayer

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* BOUTIQUE: TO PRESERVE AND COLLECT chronicles the rise of the Blu-ray collectible renaissance and the growing number of specialty distributors dedicated to restoring and re-releasing long-lost cinematic treasures. Featuring interviews with filmmakers, stars, historians, collectors, and industry experts, the documentary highlights the passion behind preserving overlooked films and underappreciated artists. A love letter to cinephilia, it celebrates those working to rescue and share forgotten works with new audiences. Bonus Features: 1. Commentary with Director Ry Levey and Co-Executive producers Jason and Brett Butler 2. Interview Outtakes 3. Trailer 4. Short Films: The Closest Thing to Heaven Dir. Ry Levey, 2013, Canada, 9 mins; Nora: Through the Years Dir. Ry Levey, 2017, Canada, 14 mins

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Sex work is portrayed with radical nonjudgment in Lizzie Borden’s immersive, richly detailed look at the rhythms and rituals of society’s most stigmatized profession. Inspired by the experiences of the sex workers Borden met while making her underground feminist landmark Born in Flames, Working Girls reveals the textures of a day in the life of Molly (Louise Smith), a photographer working part-time in a Manhattan brothel, as she juggles a steady stream of clients, balances nurturing relationships with her coworkers with the demands of an ambitious madam, and above all fights to maintain her sense of self in a business in which the line between the personal and the professional is all too easily blurred. In viewing prostitution through the lens of labor, Borden boldly desensationalizes the subject, offering an empathetic, humanizing, often humorous depiction of women for whom this work is just another day at the office. DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by director Lizzie Borden, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Audio commentary from 2007 featuring Borden, director of photography Judy Irola, and actor Amanda Goodwin New conversation between Borden and filmmaker Bette Gordon New conversation with actors Louise Smith and Amanda Goodwin, producer Andi Gladstone, and first assistant director Vicky Funari New conversation with sex workers Antonia Crane, Daphne Nguyen, Selena the Stripper, and Jo Weldon English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by author So Mayer and excerpts from a 1987 interview with Borden by film critic Scott MacDonald Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Working Girls (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]