The documentarian Joseph Hillel tells their stories in somewhat formulaic fashion, creating a perfectly pleasant, educational movie that is not as riveting as it should be. What’s disappointing, if inevitable, is how much their work is compared with that of better-renown men or grouped with the accomplishments of their husbands. Despite the glass ceiling, these women became visionaries in design, preservation, sustainability and urban planning. And then there’s this sobering realization: If it weren’t for patriarchal constraints, perhaps Lambert, Brown, Oberlander and van Ginkel would be household names, each worthy of her own movie. Rent or buy on iTunes and Amazon.

Source: New York Times July 28, 2020 10:52 UTC