A TRUE STORY. AN UNTOLD HISTORY. a rallying cry
photo credit: Alan Pogue
A TRUE STORY. AN UNTOLD HISTORY. a rallying cry
photo credit: Alan Pogue
photo credit: Alan Pogue
photo credit: Alan Pogue
Victoria Foe, Judy Smith, and Barbara Hines were college "co-eds" when they started a campus Birth Control Center at the University of Texas. They created a network for women to get safe abortions while under the threat of the FBI, being sued by UT, losing their PhDs, and ultimately initiating the lawsuit that became Roe v. Wade. LONE STAR BRAVE is their story.
VICTORIA FOE was a fish out of water at her Texas dorm; she clashed with her rich, southern roommates who pursued their M. R.S. degrees and were first in line at the stewardess auditions on campus. Victoria wanted to become a famous scientist. A brilliant Molecular Biology Ph.D. student, she struggled to get an advisor; her professor told
VICTORIA FOE was a fish out of water at her Texas dorm; she clashed with her rich, southern roommates who pursued their M. R.S. degrees and were first in line at the stewardess auditions on campus. Victoria wanted to become a famous scientist. A brilliant Molecular Biology Ph.D. student, she struggled to get an advisor; her professor told her flat out, “There is no point in educating women; they will get married, or they will get pregnant, and it’s a complete waste of time and resources." The sting of discrimination set Victoria on the path of activism for women’s rights.
BARBARA HINES, a tiny figure with a mass of brunette curls, talked a blue streak. With parents who immigrated from Berlin and landed in Brownsville, Texas, Barbara was raised with liberal attitudes. Afraid she’d be “small-town minded,” her parents sent her to Mexico City for school at seventeen. Her junior year at University of Texas Aust
BARBARA HINES, a tiny figure with a mass of brunette curls, talked a blue streak. With parents who immigrated from Berlin and landed in Brownsville, Texas, Barbara was raised with liberal attitudes. Afraid she’d be “small-town minded,” her parents sent her to Mexico City for school at seventeen. Her junior year at University of Texas Austin, she went to Spain, hitchhiked to Istanbul, and returned to college with a radical Peruvian boyfriend and strong anti-war beliefs. She couldn’t wait to raise hell: Barbara was on the path of activism for women’s rights.
JUDY SMITH had a full scholarship to Brandeis University, where she majored in chemistry and led the women’s basketball team to an undefeated season her senior year. She spent a year in the Peace Corps in Nigeria before being airlifted out because of the outbreak of a Nigerian civil war. A chemistry professor refused to give her a recomme
JUDY SMITH had a full scholarship to Brandeis University, where she majored in chemistry and led the women’s basketball team to an undefeated season her senior year. She spent a year in the Peace Corps in Nigeria before being airlifted out because of the outbreak of a Nigerian civil war. A chemistry professor refused to give her a recommendation for a P.h.D program in Molecular Biology at UT Austin because, he said, “I don’t believe in giving recommendations to women.” That sting of discrimination also set Judy on the path of activism for women’s rights.
Studying, living, and protesting at the University of Texas at Austin and the radio station 88.7 KAZI in 1968.
Playwright, director, and producer of works on black women. Founder of the African American Players in Austin, 1968.
Librarian, writer, and influential activist of the Chicano Civil Rights Movement and Chicana Feminist movement of the '60s & '70s.
The fourth Musketeer of the LONE STAR BRAVE trio, Alice Embree grew up in segregated Austin and fought to integrate the University of Texas. A fierce anti-war activist, she participated in a vigil in front of President Lyndon Johnson’s ranch in 1965, as well as a massive protest after the shootings at Kent State in 1970. Embree’s activism brought her and the Students for a Democratic Society into conflict with Frank Erwin, the powerful chairman of the UT Board of Regents, and inspired a campus-wide, free-speech movement. In LONE STAR BRAVE, she discusses the roots of the women’s liberation movement in Austin and the audacious women’s community that challenged gender roles, fought for reproductive justice, and inspired a lifetime of activism.
Margaret Mead
A MIGHTY FORCE PRODUCTION
This LONE STAR BRAVE short documentry will explore never before heard interviews of pre–Roe v. Wade activists, including two of the Lone Star Brave. By painting a picture of life before Roe, we are highlighting what's at stake if we don't fight after its overturning.
Millennials and Gen Z grew up with reproductive rights — they have never known a world without the freedom to choose what happens to their bodies. We'll shine a light on the energized and passionate base of young activists and their modern weapon: social media. We'll explore this new outlet for the reproductive rights fight.
To quote a Gen Zer:
"It's like Handmaid's Tale for real, y'all!"
Mighty Force Productions is committed to telling powerful stories that inspire, educate, connect, focus on diversity, are often true or inspired by truth, and always touch the heart.
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