I Am Woman (2020)

I Am Woman, the film, is named after Australian singer Helen Reddy's most famous song, "I Am Woman", which became a feminist anthem during the rise of the women's movement in the 1970s. It follows Reddy from her arrival in New York in 1966, through her friendship with rock writer Lillian Roxon and her troubled marriage to manager Jeff Wald. Moon met Reddy at a "G'Day Australia" event in Los Angeles in 2013, and was surprised to find that her personal story, so entwined with the women's rights movement in the US, had never been told.^[7]

Moon told a journalist: "Growing up I remember a time when my mother and her friends – these bright, intelligent, and vibrant women – would roll down the windows of their Volvo station wagons, let down their hair, and sing really loudly when Helen Reddy’s song, I Am Woman, was on the radio. I have this very strong memory of watching how that song transformed women, and the lyrics stayed with me as they do with most people".^[8] She showed the finished film to Reddy before it was locked off, and Reddy sang along to her songs while watching, and cried.^[8]

Moon said that the movie has particular relevance now, in the #metoo era as women's rights have returned to the fore.^[8]

Selected filmography

• 2017 The Wrong Side of History: Gun Violence^[5]
• 2012 The Zen of Bennett^[9]
• 2011 Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse: Body and Soul^[9]
• 1998 Sorrow's Child^[9]
• 1993 Deadlock^[10]
• 1991 Two Fish; Black Sorrow; Flitters; Azzadine^[10]