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It’s been 40 years since the release of ONE FINE DAY. And American women have made progress. There are far fewer barriers blocking our path than there were in 1984. But one door remains locked and bolted. The door to the Oval Office. There is yet to be a woman elected President of the United States. In honor of candidate Kamala Harris, ONE FINE DAY has been updated to include a few of the many gains we have made over the past 40 years – to celebrate a few of the many women who have broken through barriers.
One Fine Day
A Film by Kay Weaver and Martha Wheelock (1984)
WATCH ON YOUTUBE | AVAILABLE ANYTIME FREE
DVDs ARE THE ORIGINAL 1984 VERSION
PURCHASE DVD | HOME USE | 6 MINUTES
PURCHASE DVD | INSTITUTION | 6 MINUTES
(Public use, with study guide)
This music film, One Fine Day , is the iconic, classic celebration of the American Woman from the 1800’s to the present. Set to a rousing anthem written and sung by Kay Weaver, this fast-paced music-film uses over 100 scenes, beginning with black-and-white stills of Sojourner Truth, Emily Dickinson and Harriet Tubman which dissolves into live action suffrage parades, that march us into present-day footage of Gloria Steinem, Shirley Chisholm, and Geraldine Ferraro. Guaranteed to lift your heart and bring you to your feet. . The film was made for Geraldine Ferraro’s historic campaign as the first woman to be nominated for Vice President by a major party (D-1984).
Add our two timeless and memorable MUSIC FILMS to your program and library: One Fine Day and Take the Power. Both have been the anthems of the Women’s Movement as they celebrate women’s history and march to equality.
Take an Inside Look at
WRITING THE SONG, “One Fine Day”
Kay Weaver
The melody came first. It almost always does. Sometimes I dream it. Late at night. When I’m sound asleep. But then I hear myself humming a tune. If it wakes me up, I write it down. I used to keep manuscript paper and a pen on the nightstand next to my bed. And yes, I was awakened late at night with the music for “One Fine Day” playing in my head. It was 1982.
Melody flows for me. It is spiritual. Universal. It creeps into my subconscious. It rolls through time and space nearly unphased. Words take more conscious effort. They’re earthbound. They take time. They’re harder. More demanding. Words are governed by specific languages. Locked into clearly circumscribed cultures, they are far more dependent on the times in which they are written.
I cannot point to any one influence that inspired “One Fine Day,” words and music.
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Reviews
“… a feminist music video that is unabashedly Matriotic… a rousing finale to any Women’s History Month Program.”
Ms. Magazine
“This film continues to bring goose bumps to our arms and tears to our eyes even after the third showing.”
National Women’s History Project News
Awards
American Film Festival Blue Ribbon