Critical Writing Index

Review of Ethel on Fire: What Wants to be Spoken, What Remains to be Said

by Pam Patterson

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (Toronto), 1994, v. 21, no. 3/4, pp. 1-2

Pam Patterson reviews the written works of Helen Humphries, Ethel on Fire and What Wants to be Spoken, What Remains to be Said, the latter being produced and directed by Su Rynard. She compares the two, exploring their emphasis on history, memory, and imagination. Patterson's review provides a feminist reading of the films; in particular, the problematic representations of women in museums and the media.

ITEM 1994.115 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Ethel on FireHelen Humphreys

What Wants to be Spoken, What Remains to be SaidSu Rynard