Independent Lens

Season 14, Episode 13

Episode Title: Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines

Air Date: 2013-04-15

Overview:

Wonder Women! explores the nation’s long-term love affair with comic book superheroes and raises questions about the possibilities and contradictions of heroines within the genre. The film goes behind the scenes with Lynda Carter, Lindsay Wagner, Gloria Steinem, Kathleen Hanna, comic writers and artists, and others who offer an enlightening and entertaining counterpoint to the male-dominated superhero genre.