Women in Film and Video — Other Screenings

A scene from The Jew in the Lotus, by WIFV/NE member Laurel Chiten

Program & Events

Screenings

WIFV/NE has presented screenings in a number of innovative venues over the years. Some of the recent screenings have included the Joanie4Jackie video chainletter, presented at the Zeitgeist Gallery in Cambridge, Mass.; a screening of short experimental films presented outdoors in the lovely Somerville, Mass., Community Growing Center; and a selection of short films screened at the cutting-edge AS220 Gallery in Providence, R.I.

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Upcoming WIFV/NE Sponsored Screenings

Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
Sept. 17 to Oct. 18 at the MFA

Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women will screen at the Museum of Fine Arts. Filmmakers Nancy Porter and Harriet Reisen will be present at the screenings.Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women is a 90-minute documentary about one of New England's most notable literary figures, the author of Little Women, Louisa May Alcott.
September 26, 2008 at 5pm (MFA) - Panel Discussion with Women In Film and Video New England, Filmmakers Collaborative and Center for Independent Documentary.
www.louisamayalcott.net

THE WAY WE GET BY: A rough-cut screening
October 2nd, 2008 at the Coolidge Corner Theater
The Way We Get By follows three troop greeters as they struggle with issues common to the nation's ever-growing population of seniors including health problems, loneliness, and the loss of meaning in their lives. The Maine Troop Greeters, made up almost entirely of senior citizens, is a microcosm of the aging population across the country. This group serves as a portal to peer into the lives of the elderly in America. As the story progresses, we learn the airport is where they find the strength to confront their issues, and it is through troop greeting that they learn to say goodbye to what they love the most.The Way We Get By is currently in post-production at the WGBH studios in Boston, MA.
For more information, visit www.thewaywegetbymovie.com

2008: Past Events

STEAM- A Film
Roxbury Film Festival's Closing Night Film Sponsored by WIFVNE
August 5th, 2008. MFA

WIFV/NE sponsored the closing night film at the Roxbury Film Festival last night. Actresses Ruby Dee and Ally Sheedy along with the film Director Kyle Schickner, were present for the Q & A session.

Kyle Schickner, Ruby Dee and Ally Sheedy

WIFV/NE Alexandra de Gonzalez with actress Ally Sheedy

Steam tells the story of three very different women, whose lives are linked only by the steam room at the local gym. The three women find themselves "stuck" in life. Unable to overcome what is keeping them from growing and thriving in their lives, until each embarks on a relationship that will lead them to themselves.

FEMALE FILM ART

Sunday, May 4, 2008 @ 2PM

Short films by local female filmmakers. Free! at the Brattle Theater. link.

Photos from Kathryn Hall's 'Deliver Us' and Rosalie Fay Barnes' 'Rosalie Fay Barnes'

WIVFNE is pleased to present an hour of very short films & video art at the Brattle Theater on Sunday, May 4th. The event is free and open to the public and is part of Harvard Square’s May Fair Street Festival. Women in Film & Video’s shorts begin screening at 2PM, but free shorts will play all day at the Brattle from 12 noon –4 PM.

All films are under 5 minutes long.

Partial list of filmmakers below:

Vanessa Vartabidian, Faith Johnson, Jesse Jagtiani, Kathryn Hall, Rosalie Fay Barnes,

Jennifer Hicks, Andi Sutton, Jeanne Jo, Jeannie Simms, Rachelle Beaudoin, Amy Jenkins

Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 6PM

A screening of "Companeras" with LA based filmmaker Liz Massie in attendance. The film documents an all female mariachi band in a male-dominated world. Co-presented by the Harvard Mariachi band, Boston Latino Film Festival & Women in Film & Video New England.

Free Mexican Food. Free Admittance. Free Fabulous Film.

Screening in Harvard Square, Harvard Yard, CGIS ROOM S020.

http://www.companeras.net

Saturday, March 8, 2008 @ 2:30PM

International Short Films by Women

Mark your calendar: WIFTI's Short Film Showcase Celebrating International Women's Day 2008 featuring nine outstanding short films by some of today's best female directors, culled from five of the world's top Festivals, will be screened in seventeen WIF Chapters around the globe! Screening at the Brattle Theatre, Harvard Square, Cambridge.

featuring:

A MOMENT - Directed by Valeria Ruiz
BLACK AND WHITE - Directed by Kirsty McDonald
CHINESE DUMPLINGS - Directed by Michelle Hung
DESIRES - Directed by Kate Jessop
HAPPINESS - Directed by Sophie Barthes
MEET-MARKET.ca - Directed by Geneviève Poulette
ONE HUNDREDTH OF A SECOND - Directed by Susan Jacobson
ORCHIDS - Directed by Bryce Dallas Howard
SEXY THING - Directed by Denie Pentecost

Descriptions of all the films can be found at http://wifti.org/2008SFS/

2007:

GARDEN SHORTS: Female filmmakers in the Somerville Growing Center July 12th & Aug 19th. Free & at Dusk

GARDEN SHORTS will feature local female filmmakers' work that is under 20 minutes long. Whenever possible, filmmakers will be present. The movies will start when it gets dark. Please join us in the neighborhood & bring a picnic!

THURSDAY JULY 12 (raindates July 19)

THURSDAY AUG 16 (raindates Aug 23)

THE GROWING CENTER 22 Vinal Avenue Somerville, MA 02143 617.666.2969

SCAT & WIFVNE SUMMER DOCUMENTARY SERIES
www.access-scat.org
Thursdays in June & July @ 7:00pm
Somerville Community Access Television will present a Summer Documentary Screening Series in conjunction with local film organizations: Documentary Educational Resources, Women in Film New England, and Color of Film. The series showcases short and feature-length films from nine local filmmakers, who will be on-hand to lead a discussion about their work following the screenings. The films are a diverse collection of socially conscious and thoroughly enlightening work. 90 Union Square, Somerville, 7:00pm, $5, all ages

June 21st
TWISTED: A Balloonamentary by Naomi Greenfield and Sara Taksler
www.eliotlives.com

June 28th
Prison Pups by Alice Bouvrie

July 12th
Movin' Up by Rudy Hypolite

July 19th

Everything Good By Caren Block
Last Season: Portrait of a Trawler By Oren Bendavid-Val

2006:

Co-presentation at The Boston Jewish Film Festival

The 18th Annual Boston Jewish Film Festival will take place November 1-12. This year, WIFV/NE will co-present two films. For a full schedule, visit www.bjff.org.

SISTERS (HERMANAS)
8:15 pm
Tuesday, November 7
Coolidge Corner Theatre

Director: Julia Solomonoff
Country: Argentina released 2005
Duration: 88 min., 35mm
Language: Spanish w/subtitles

The two Levin sisters reunite in Texas in 1982 for the first time since Natalia Levin (Ingrid Rubio) fled Argentina for Spain in 1975. Argentina’s dark past -- its military dictatorship, the Dirty War it waged against its citizens -- is the backdrop for director Julia Solomonoff’s masterfully constructed family drama about memory, displacement and the American Dream during the Reagan years.

MARTI: THE PASSIONATE EYE
Down Under Jews
12:00 pm
Friday, November 10
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Director: Shirley Horrocks
Country: New Zealand released 2004
Duration: 73 min., Video
Language: English

After a childhood in a London Jewish orphanage, Marti Friedlander moved to New Zealand and became one of its most illustrious photographers. She has captured stunningly fresh and iconic images of protest activities, artists, and sheep for over forty years. The documentary follows Friedlander, now in her 70s, as she reflects back on her legacy and the people who have inspired her.

TICKETS: WIFV/NE members may purchase $7 discount tickets by emailing info@womeninfilmvideo.org with BJFF in subject heading. All other tickets are $10 general, $9 for seniors, students, BJFF, CCT, MFA and WGBH members. For ticket information, click here.