Women Make Movies 30th Anniversary Celebration Schedule of Events

feminist/visual/culture: A 30th anniversary celebration of women make movies

http://www.brynmawr.edu/visualculture/wmmindex.html

Printer friendlier schedule. As with all Film Festivals, schedule may change. Check online version for (mostly small) last-minute adjustments.

March 4-April 4 Canaday Library M-F 9:00-5:00	"Submitted for Your Approval" Over 50 Women Make Movies titles available for Preview. Cast your vote for Bryn Mawr, Haverford, or Swarthmore College Library adoption! Librarians, faculty, student groups, and individuals are invited. While "drop-ins" screenings are encouraged, please do call for information.	Contact Arleen Zimmerle Canaday Library 610-526-5277
Thursday April 4 7:00 PM Thomas 110	Area Premiere! The Fourth Dimension A new digital video by internationally acclaimed director Trinh T. Minh-ha who will introduce her film and lead a discussion following.	General introductions by Steven Levine, Center for Visual Culture; Joseph Boles, Visiting Scholar, Center for Visual Culture and Celebration Coordinator; and Debra Zimmerman, Executive Director, Women Make Movies. Jonathan Kahana, English Department, Bryn Mawr, will introduce Trinh T Minh-ha.
Friday April 5 9:30 AM-Noon Thomas 110	Autobiography and History Night Cries (19 minutes) The Body Beautiful (23 minutes) Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter (44 minutes) Film order may be adjusted.	Introduction: Arleen Zimmerle, Canaday Library, Reference and Media Studies. Jonathan Kahana, Mariana Martin and Women Make Movies Board and staff will help lead discussion.
Friday April 5 Noon-1:30	Informal lunch with students interested in Women Make Movies internships. Reservations required. Call 610-526-5068	With Women Make Movies Board and Staff members.
Friday April 5 2:00-4:00 PM Thomas 110	Memory and Culture Seven Hours to Burn (9 minutes) History and Memory (32 minutes) Performing the Border (42 minutes) Film order may be adjusted	Introduction by Nora Gully. Discussion with the Celebration staff and members of Women Make Movies Board and staff.
Friday April 5 4:30-6:00 PM Thomas 110	Panel Discussion: The History, Evolution and Future of Women Make Movies in Feminist Visual Culture	Panelists include Patricia White, Swarthmore and WMM Board Member; Debra Zimmerman, Executive Director, WMM; Joseph Boles, Visiting Scholar, Bryn Mawr.
Friday April 5 7:30 PM Thomas 110	WMM's Response to Hate Ramleh (58 minutes) My Journey, My Islam (56 minutes) Film order may be adjusted	These films were part of the Women Make Movies Project "A Response to Hate." Intro by: Vanessa Domico, Director of Distribution and Marketing, WMM and Xochitl Dorsey, Marketing Manager, WMM.will introduce and help lead the discussion of these films.
Saturday, April 6	Women Make Movies Celebration Continues	Bryn Mawr Campus
Saturday April 6 9:30 AM-Noon Thomas 110	The Girls Project: Growing Up Globally Closer (24 minutes) Searching for Go-Hyang (32 minutes) Anna From Benin (45 minutes) Film order may be adjusted	Introduction by Michelle Strizever. Christie George, WMM, "The Girls Project"; and Anne Dalke, Director, Feminist and Gender Studies will help lead discussion
Saturday April 6 1:00-2:30 PM Thomas 110	Panel Discussion: Feminist Filmmaking: History and New Directions	Panelists include Women Make Movies Board, Staff, and Filmmakers: Ruth Ozeki, Nandani Sikand, and Vanessa Domico.
Saturday April 6 3:00-5:00 PM Thomas 110	Double Bind: Mothers and Daughters Don't Fence Me In (55 minutes) Halving the Bones (70 minutes) Film order may be adjusted.	Introduced by Charlotte Hoffman and Kim Peters. Ruth L. Ozeki & Nandini Sikand will lead discussion following.
Saturday April 6 7:00 PM-10:00PM The Lusty Cup	"The Student Series" Studentsfrom Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore helped curate the screenings. The Match That Started My Fire (19 min) Lip (10 mins) Coffee Colored Children (15 min) L is for the Way You Look (24 mins) Chronic (20 mins) The Righteous Babes (50 mins)	Contact: kaeti humphrey or Charlotte Hoffman

Sampler of Notices…follow the links on the website for a complete listing of festival placements and film reviews.

Closer was the Grand Prize Winner of the Planetout/iFILM Short Movie Award

Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter received an Academy Award Nomination and won an Emmy Award, Outstanding News Documentary Program.

The Response to Hate program offered free videos and films on the Middle East, Islam, and racial tolerance to scores of groups following the events of 9/11

Seven Hours to Burn credits include: Best Documentary Short Film, Cleveland International Film Festival; Best Documentary, Philadelphia City Paper Independent Film Contest; Director’s Choice Award, Black Maria Film Festival

Ruth L. Ozeki's book, My Year of Meats won the Imus American Book Award, the Kiriyama Pacific Rim book Prize and the Special Jury Prize of the 1999 World Cookbook Awards.

Dont Fence Me In won the Best Super 8mm film award at Philafilm, The Philadelphia International Film Festival.