Raising the Roof
On October 18, 1978, the San Francisco Examiner announced the birth of an innovative company, the Seven Sisters Construction Company, a group of women carpenters inspired to break down the barriers in a trade which has traditionally discriminated against them.
Veronica Selver
Director
Françoise Flamant
Director
Also Directed by Veronica Selver
A documentary that follows people from communities in the Southern United States in their various processes of becoming involved in social change.
More than two dozen men and women of various backgrounds, ages, and races talk to the camera about being gay or lesbian. Their stories are arranged in loose chronology: early years, fitting in (which for some meant marriage), coming out, establishing adult identities, and reflecting on how things have changed and how things should be.
The story of Irmi Selver, who lost her family while fleeing Germany in 1939 and overcame tragedy and upheavals to establish a new life in New York.
