HeRSToRy 045 Martha Mollison

   Herstory has Martha to thank for the existence of the Women's Video Collective and its extensive documentation of the Seneca Women's Peace Camp in 1983. As a fledgling videographer in Boston, she hatched the idea, rallied support for it & and made sure it happened. She went on to make a career of teaching video and is the author of Producing Videos: A Complete Guide. 

Interview: Martha Mollison
Date: February 8, 2008
Location: Boston, MA
Present: Estelle Coleman, hershe Michele Kramer

CLIP 1: It's got to be covered

CLIP 2: We weren't that

INTERVIEW

Photographs of Martha at the peace camp in 1983 taken by Women's Video Collective still photographer, Nancy Clover.

Martha (left), Glynis Loman (right) and a third WVC crew member prepare for the day's shoot at the encampment.

Martha (left), Judi Kelemen (center) and Claire Beach (right) discuss a Women's Video Collective studio show in Cambridge, MA.

Martha (in red) at a Women's Video Collective meeting at the encampment in June, 1983.

Martha with her son on their way to the Peace Camp.