Films / Programs

Women + Film

WOMEN + FILM not only celebrates the artistic achievements of women filmmakers around the world but also shines a spotlight on women’s and social justice issues via panel discussions, workshops, and, of course, the screening of candid, thought-provoking, and iconoclastic works by women.

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  "In Their Boots"

  60 min.
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  After the Rape

  Netherlands , 2008 , 75 min. This documentary follows Mukhtaran Mai, a Pakistani woman who was gang raped by order of a tribal council to avenge a perceived infraction by her twelve-year-old brother. Expected to commit suicide, she instead defied custom and took her case to court.... more
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  My Neighbor My Killer

  USA , 2009 , 80 min. Documentarian Anne Aghion captures the struggle for forgiveness in a remote Rwandan village where Tutsis and Hutus engage in the excruciating process of reconciliation following the slaughter of more than half a million in the 1994 genocide.... more
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  One for the Road

  Mexico , 2009 , 90 min. Three well-heeled young men looking for action in Mexico City and find it when they cross the boundaries that divide them from the city’s working classes to discover an entirely new world. Director Eva López-Sánchez based her drama on the real-life experiences of her coauthor, Alfredo Mier y Terán.... more
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  Precious - Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

  USA , 2009 , 109 min. Advance tix sold out. Rush tix may be available 1 hr. before showtime.... more
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  Quest for Honor

  Iraq , 2009 , 65 min. In her filmmaking debut, photographer Mary Ann Smothers Bruni documents the still prevalent practice of honor killings in Kurdistan, tracking the investigation of several cases by a small number of women’s rights advocates on the ground in an attempt to bring this horrific practice to light.... more
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  Sin by Silence

  USA , 2009 , 49 min. For her candid documentary, Olivia Klaus spent seven years following Brenda Clubin, founder of Convicted Women Against Abuse, and the fellow inmates to whom she is a hero, helping them break the silence about domestic violence.... more
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  When The Mountains Tremble

  USA , 1983 , 83 min. This acclaimed documentary follows Rigoberta Menchu, a Quiche Mayan who became a Nobel Laureate for her courageous stance against the Guatamalan military forces and death squads at whose hands her father and two brothers died.... more