Critical Writing Index

An Interview wth Lizzie Borden: We interviewed Lizzie Borden last September when she was in Toronto at the Festival of Festivals for the screenings of her latest feature, Working Girls.

by Maureen Judge and Lori Spring

CineAction, Mar. Spring 1987, no. 8, pp. 69-76

Judge and Springs' interview with Lizzie Borden discusses Borden's most notable film Born in Flames, and her new feature Working Girls. The interview focuses on the characters, aesthetic, content, subject matter, and intent of each film and aims to reconcile compare and contrast the two. The interview also illuminates difficulties in funding for films with females as central characters, challenges around censorship and Borden's future projects.

ITEM 1987.087 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Born in FlamesLizzie Borden

Working GirlsLizzie Borden