Who Does She Think She Is focuses on five artists who try to balance their artistic drive with motherhood. The film places their struggles in the larger context of women being underrepresented in the art world. Although the film highlights five artists, it also interviews or shows clips from other experts which helps show the scope of the issues raised.

The strength of the film lies in the interviews with the main interviews with Angela Williams, Camille Musser, Janis Wunderlich, Maye Torres, and Mayumi Oda.  All five are fascinating although it seems like Williams, Wunderlich and Torres get most of the screen time. Musser, especially, seems to barely have a presence. What makes Who Does She Think She Is exceptional is that these women have varying degrees of success in balancing art and family. Despite the small sample, the film represents the complex ways such balance can play out.