Liz Carpenter movie - Shaking Things Up, with discussion from producer, Christy Carpenter

Hers is an inspiring story of blazing professional trails while pushing forward an agenda for women’s rights, the environment, and political engagement that is highly relevant today. Her expansive personality, political know-how, and legendary wit gave her an outsized impact on

historical events -- from the JFK assassination to the launch of Great Society programs, from her high-profile leadership roles in the National Women’s Political Caucus and at the historic National Women’s Conference in Houston in 1977 to campaigning for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.

The film is designed to educate and inspire viewers, especially the next generation of change makers, to continue to “shake things up” in the ongoing battle for equal rights and human progress. The filmmakers have completed 18 interviews, including with journalists Bill Moyers, Dan Rather, and Evan Smith; Luci Johnson; Lynda Johnson Robb; presidential historian Douglas Brinkley; Lady Bird biographer Julia Sweig; and feminists Gloria Steinem, former Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, Mary Beth Rogers, and Eleanor Smeal. Additionally, the film draws upon extensive interviews with Liz Carpenter and news coverage of the historic times on which she left her mark.