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The Glorias

The Glorias

Drama · 2020

An equal rights crusader, journalist and activist: Gloria Steinem embodies these and more. From her role in the revolutionary women's rights movement to her travels throughout the U.S. and around the world, Steinem has made an everlasting mark on modern history. A nontraditional chronicle of a trailblazing life.

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The Glorias

2020 Drama 2h 27m

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An equal rights crusader, journalist and activist: Gloria Steinem embodies these and more. From her role in the revolutionary women's rights movement to her travels throughout the U.S. and around the world, Steinem has made an everlasting mark on modern history. A nontraditional chronicle of a trailblazing life.

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Directed by

Julie Taymor

Written by

Sarah Ruhl · Julie Taymor

Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore

Gloria Steinem

Alicia Vikander

Alicia Vikander

Young Gloria Steinem

Lulu Wilson

Lulu Wilson

Teenage Gloria Steinem

Ryan Kiera Armstrong

Ryan Kiera Armstrong

Child Gloria Steinem

Timothy Hutton

Timothy Hutton

Leo Steinem

Janelle Monáe

Janelle Monáe

Dorothy Pitman Hughes

Enid Graham

Enid Graham

Ruth Steinem

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The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.