All events are open to the public:
Public can
attend screenings at the New Britain Museum of American Art free with
regular admission to the museum.
Screenings
at the museum are free for the CCSU community and NBMAA members.
CCSU
screenings are free
Free parking
will be available at both CCSU’s Welte Garage and the NBMAA parking lot
.
Film Descriptions:
Ferry Tales
(2003, 40 minutes)
A film
by Katja Esson
Academy
Award Nominee for Best Documentary short, this charming and often
outrageous doc reveals a secret world in the powder room of the Staten
Island Ferry – bringing together white-collar and blue-collar, sisters
and socialites in the feisty “ferry clique.” Broaching divorce, single
motherhood and domestic violence, the film exposes the realities facing
working women today. Nationally broadcast on HBO.
Director Katja
Esson will be present and discuss her film
Troop 1500 Girl Scouts Behind
Bars
(2005, 68 minutes)
A film by Ellen Spiro and Karen Bernstein
Their
mothers may be convicted thieves, murderers and drug dealers, but the
girls of Troop 1500 want to be doctors, social workers and marine
biologists. Meeting monthly at Hilltop Prison, this unique Girl Scout
troop brings scouts together with their inmate moms –
giving them a chance to rebuild their relationships. Nationally
broadcast on Emmy-award winning PBS series, Independent Lens.
Quick Brown Fox
(2004, 62 minutes)
A
documentary by Ann Hedreen and Rustin Thompson
Ann
Hedreen’s mother started showing symptoms of Alzheimer’s at the
barely-old age of 60. Though it began with small signs – forgetting what
she was doing and losing her way
home – the irreversible disease would change her family’s
life forever. Quick Brown Fox combines this moving family journey
with an insightful look at the sciences and politics of Alzheimer’s, a
disease that now affects more than 18 million worldwide.
Al’leessi…An African Actress
(2004, 69
minutes)
A Film by Rahmatou Keita
Niger, Subtitled
Zalika
Souley was Africa’s first professional female actress, working with such
celebrated directors as Oumarou Ganda and Moustapha Alassane. She now
lives in poverty with her four children. Interviews with this former
“bad girl,” along with rare archival footage from the classic African
thrillers, westerns and detective films of the time make this an
extraordinary record of the heyday of Nigerian cinema.
Dr. Beti Ellerson will be speaking after the showings of
"Al-leesi...An African Actress" on Wednesday October 18, 2-3:15 pm and
Thursday Oct. 19, 9:30-10:45 am in Torp Theatre. This will be a rare
opportunity to meet and hear the foremost scholar of African films in
this country.
Highway Courtesans
(2005, 71 minutes)
A film by Mystelle
Brabbee
India/US, Subtitled
Screened
to the acclaim at festivals around the world, this provocative
coming-of-age film follows a young woman born into a centuries-old
tradition of prostitution. Against the rich backdrop of rural India, the
film tracks the independent Guddi from age 16 to 23 as she is influenced
by modern ideas about freedom and choice, and takes steps to realize her
dreams.
Dreams of Jagodina
(2005, 29 minutes)
A film by Nora
Malone
This
poignant and beautiful film provides a rare cross-cultural perspective
on the cycle of family violence and how disfunction can become
internalized over generations. On the verge of womanhood, Serbian émigré
Suzanna Jeremic must make the most difficult decision of her life: to
assume the role of victim in keeping with her family legacy, or to
strike out on her own to create a life that is different.
Further Off The Straight
and Narrow
(2006, 45 minutes)
A videotape by Katherine Sender
This
important new documentary picks up where an earlier version left off.
Since the release of the initial video in the late 1990s, there has been
a marked increase in the presence of GLBT characters on television.
Against the backdrop of political and social issues affecting the GLBT
community, Further Off the Straight and Narrow takes a close look
at sitcoms, reality shows, and premium cable programming as it explores
how representations of GLBT characters have become more complex and
varied in recent years.
Director Katherine Sender will be present .
Screenings at the New
Britain Museum of American Art:
Ferry Tales
(Tuesday, October 17 at 6 pm)
Troop 1500 Girls Scouts Behind Bars (Wednesday, October 18 from
4 to 6pm)
Quick Brown Fox An Alzheimer’s Story
(Thursday, October 19 at 6 pm)
Screenings are
free for the CCSU community and NBMAA members. Public can attend free
with regular admission to the museum.
Film Schedule:
October 17 (Tuesday):
At NBMAA:
5:30-6 p.m. Meet and Greet
at the NBMAA
6 p.m. Ferry Tales
(with introduction by the director)
7:30-8 p.m.
Discussion about Ferry Tales
with Katja Esson
October 18
(Wednesday):
At CCSU :
9:00- 10:00 a.m.
Dreams of Jagodina
10:00-11:30 a.m. Highway
Courtesans
12:00-1:00 p.m . Ferry
Tales
1:00 –2:00 p.m.
Dreams of Jagodina
2:00-3:15 p.m. Al’lessi…An African
Actress
with panel discussion
At NBMAA:
4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Troup
1500 Girl Scouts Beyond Bars
with panel discussion
At CCSU
6:30-7:30 p.m . CT
Premier of Further Off The Straight and Narrow
7:30 – 8:30 p.m. Discussion
about GLBT characters on TV
October 19
(Thursday):
9:30-10:45 a.m.
Al-leessi…An African Actress
11:00 am –12:15 p.m.
Troop 1500 Girl Scouts Beyond Bars
12:30-1:45 p.m.
Highway Courtesans
2:00-3:30 p.m. Further
Off the Straight and Narrow
At NBMAA:
5:30-6:30 p.m. Meet and
greet at the NBMAA
6:00 p.m. Quick Brown
Fox An Alzheimer’s Story
7 p.m. Panel
discussion about Alzheimer’s Disease
Biography of the director :
Katja Esson, director of
Ferry Tales is a German-born, New York-based filmmaker, writer,
and director who mixes documentary, narrative, and experimental genres.
Ferry Tales, Esson’s Academy Award-nominated documentary short,
turns the unlikely setting of the Staten Island Ferry Powder Room into a
celebration of sisterhood. Esson has directed a variety of award-winning
documentaries, short films and commercials.
2006 Women
and Film Festival Sponsors:
Doris Honig Guenter and Ray
Guenter
Dean of Arts and Sciences
Women’s Studies Program
Department of Communication
Co-sponsors of the
festival:
Honors Program
Committee on
the Concerns of Women
Ruthe Boyea Women’s Center
Center for
Caribbean and Latin American Studies
Center for Africana Studies
Center for International Education
Organizers
of the event:
Dr. Karen A. Ritzenhoff, Chair
Department of Communication
Doris Honig Guenter, Co-Chair
Committee/Board
members:
Morgan Fippinger
Jacqueline
Cobbina-Boivin
Kathy Hermes
Bill Yousman
Jose del Ama
Jeffrey Teitler
Vivian Martin
Burlin Barr
Bonnie Symanski
Aram Ayalon
Carol Jones
Candace Barrington
Cindy White
Honorary Board
Members:
Olivia Newman, "Women Make Movies"
Special thanks:
Olivia Newman of “Women Make Movies”, the distributor of these
documentary films. Women Make Movies (www.wmm.com)
is the largest distributor of women’s film and videos in the world.
Maura O’Shea
from the New Britain Museum of American Art who has helped to bring
our two institutions together.
For more information contact:
Dr. Karen A. Ritzenhoff
Department
of Communication
CCSU Tel: 860/832-2692
e-mail:
Ritzenhoffk@CCSU.edu
For campus map and directions,
visit:
www.ccsu.ed/campus_map/default.htm
New Britain Museum of American
Art
56 Lexington Street, New Britain, CT 06052
(860)229-0257
www.nbmaa.org
Printable copy
of the brochure (PDF)
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