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The Student Nurses + Introduction with Girls in Film (18*)

Hidden Figures: Stephanie Rothman

,Cinema 3
A nurse looks straight ahead, smiling.

Four nursing students navigate the political and social turmoil in 1970s LA in Stephanie Rothman’s box office hit, remarkable for its sophisticated discourse on the era’s gender politics.

The first in a popular ‘Nurses’ cycle of exploitation films that other directors went on to (mis)direct. Despite working within the confines of second-wave exploitation, Rothman introduced women’s liberation ideas and subjects into her work whilst delivering box office gold for producer Roger Corman. 

Four nursing students finishing their education are faced with professional and personal challenges as they wade through the tumultuous and ever-changing political and social landscape of 1970s LA.  

An exploitation, softcore film that delivers on plenty of sex and fleshy nudity, but more than that, as Anahit Behrooz writes, the film is, ‘leftist cinema at its most subversive and agitprop’. A radical cinema for the masses by one of New Hollywood’s most intriguing yet forgotten directorial voices. 

Tagged with: Cinema Stephanie Rothman

With an extended introduction from Becs Rainey, Head of Girls in Film UK and season curators, Isabelle Moir and Selina Robertson.

Please note this film contains scenes depicting sexual violence, nudity and an outdated representation of a person with terminal illness. 

Film information
  • Release year   1970
  • Country   USA
  • Director   Stephanie Rothman
  • Runtime   1 hr 29 min
In Partnership With
Girls in Film

Cinema 3

Location
Barbican Cinema 1 is located within the main Barbican building on Level -2. Head to Level G and walk towards the Lakeside Terrace where you’ll find stairs and lifts to take you down to the venue floor.   

Address
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS

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