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Duration: 89

Year Published: 1983

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: An exploration of female socialization and identity through the perspective of six former nuns. The women discuss the reasons why they entered the convent, their experiences in the religious community and their decision to return to secular life. With frankness and humor, they recount the trauma of re-entering a world of changing sexual values and the hardships of achieving economic independence.

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