A film series that looks at the
struggles that contemporary women face, struggles that are often
ignored, dismissed or accepted. Do the different forms of feminism
and women's movements of the past help us deal with today's
conditions, or can we find new ways to address and oppose new forms
of both visible and invisible oppression?
Feb. 1 – Letters from the Other Side
(2006)
A documentary focusing on the lives of
women in Mexico whose lives are destroyed by the effects of NAFTA,
immigration, and the violence of globalization.
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Feb. 8 – Killing Us Softly 4 (2010) /
Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded (2011) / The Souls of Black Girls (2008)
These three short documentaries address
various and constant forms of media control over women's bodies and
self-image, from a critique of advertising to the even more toxic
feedback presented to women of color.
Feb. 15 – The Edge of Each Other's
Battles: The Vision of Audre Lorde (2002)
A documentary film created after the I
AM YOUR SISTER CONFERENCE in honor of black lesbian feminist poet
Audre Lorde, in which 1200 activists from 23 countries came together
to celebrate and support Lorde's vision of liberation.
Feb. 22 – Women Without Men (2009)
Magical realism set against the
backdrop of the 1953 CIA-led coup against Iran's democratically
elected Prime Minister. Banned in Iran, this film centers on the
lives of four women and the real ways in which human rights, civil
rights and women's rights are often more mythical than fiction.
“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own." - Audre Lorde
Fridays in February at 7 pm.
The films will be followed by snacks,
coffee, tea and discussion.
Suggested donation $3-5, but no one
will be turned away.
