Judy! Judy! Judy!
MIKE HOOLBOOM REMEMBERS the moment he first met Judy Rebick. The experimental filmmaker was visiting their mutual friend filmmaker Velcrow Ripper’s home, and the legendary feminist was discussing the perils of modern hook-ups. “She was in the middle of a very frank riff about online dating,” recalls Hoolboom. “She spoke with such fearlessness, and soon enough her clear-sighted boundary breaking became evident in her political opinions.”
This first meeting, just over a decade ago, led to a close friendship. Many conversations later, in 2017, it struck Hoolboom that Rebick’s inspired and inspiring conversations were something that would make for a beautiful documentary film. “Why aren’t there already half a dozen features about her?” Hoolboom asks. “After years
