[8] The film has also been noted for its portrayal of visual symbolism, including "handmade sweaters adorned with feminist and pacifist emblems.
"[9] The film features protest music, including the titular song, "Reclaim the Night,"[6] "We are singing for our lives,"[10] "We are women" to the melody of Frère Jacques, and a version of "Which Side Are You On?,"[1] evoking Barbara Kopple's Harlan County, USA.
[6] The phrase "Carry Greenham Home" took on a meaning of solidarity away from the site of the camp,[11] and its use in this manner was a source of confusion for a character in Ali Smith's Winter.
[12] Kidron and Richardson began recording video for a university course as film students in December 1982 and stayed at the camp to record for seven months, but only assembled the footage in summer 1983, prompted by negative media coverage of the camp.
[7] It was played "in meeting halls, church basements and school classrooms, often with a Greenham protestor or two on hand for discussion.