Two Film Events: Young Women & Global Women

[Guest guest]

November 5th 6:30PM

COMING UP SHORT: Young Women

Featuring...

 

GROWING UP FAST (Joanna Lipper)

This documentary follows a group of teen parents through their last

months of high school, as they share their personal stories and

discuss the difficult decisions, challenges and responsibilities

they face. While highlighting the difficulties of teen pregnancy and

parenthood, this film also shows the strength, courage, resilience,

spirit and self-awareness of these adolescents, and charts their

rise to meet the challenge of supporting their families while

simultaneously working to graduate from high school with the help of

tutoring and daycare. Filmmaker will be available for Q&A after the

screening.

 

WHY GET MARRIED? (Anne Stirling)

This documentary is evocative and thought-provoking, taking a look

at the institution of marriage, how it differs in Canada and the US,

and whether it is our nature to want to be in couples or in

marriage. The film evolved from a series of interviews spanning

three years and two widely flung and disparate settings. Singles,

gays, marrieds, divorced, never-marrieds, wedding planners and

marriage experts - no one was safe from the provocative interrogator

determined to find the answers to her questions.

 

 

November 13th 6:30PM

COMING UP SHORT: Global Women

Featuring...

 

WHEN THE STORM CAME (Shilpi Gupta)

When the Storm Came is a short documentary profiling Kunnan

Pushpora, a village in Indian-Administered Kashmir. Through

evocative interviews, the film reconstructs the night of February

23, 1991, when villagers say they were victims of a mass rape at the

hands of Indian security forces. When the Storm Came tells the

intimate story of a few of the victims and depicts the impact the

rape continues to have on the community over a decade later. The

film culminates with a stark reminder of the universality of rape as

a 'weapon' in conflict across the globe, persisting throughout time.

Filmmaker will be available for Q&A after the screening.

 

SADAA E ZAN (Renee Bergan)

Filmed in March 2002, Sadaa E Zan collects the voices of several

Afghan women living in Kabul, Afghanistan and Northern Pakistan. In

a land where 50% of women are widows and nearly everyone has lost a

family member, these brave women of all ages, recount their

struggles and victories from living under twenty three years of war.

>From the Soviet invasion to the Civil War to the extremist Taliban,

women were always the first victims. With the Taliban now gone,

Afghanistan finally finds itself with the possibility of peace. But

will it last? This, they believe, is in the hands of the

international community. Finally, these women have a way to voice

their concerns.

 

These film screenings will be held at the Pioneer Theater (155 E.

3rd St at Avenue A in NYC). Tickets are $9 and everyone who attends

will receive a gift bag full of prizes from our sponsors worth over

$50. Space is limited. To buy tickets, go to:

November 5th: http://www.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=38405

November 13th: http://www.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=37528

 

Sponsored by:

Altar Magazine, Amy Peters' Studio, Angelic Soaps and Gifts,

Bitching and Moaning, Bitch Magazine, Botanical Earth, Chelsea Green

Publishing, Clamor Magazine, Daemon Records, Dam Stuhltrager

Gallery, Feed Your Head Books, Independent Music Video Festival,

Lantern Books, LES Girls Club - Sweet Things Bake Shop,

loveplusone.net, Omo Misha, Passion Power Press Inc, Reebert Butik,

Sarah Apple, SUNY Press, Sweet Candy Distro, The Luna Press, The

Progressive, Tuff Betty Bags, WHIRR, Younger Women's Task Force