Film Screenings
Presented by Women Center Stage &
All events take place at Culture Project, 55 Mercer Street, unless otherwise noted.
Email boxoffice@cultureproject.org for information about purchasing a Film Pass,
guaranteeing admission to all 9 films at a discount!
JULY 8 at 2 PM: Election Day
Celebrate Independence Day - Katy Chevigny’s cinema verite account of the 2004 presidential elections. In Shaker Heights, Ohio, people grow anxious waiting in long lines to cast their votes, only to be greeted by poll-workers struggling to understand confusing guidelines. In the tiny town of Stockholm, Wisconsin, people register on the spot, vote with paper and pencil, and know each other by first name. Meanwhile in New York, an ex-felon votes for the first time at the age of 50, only to learn that his vote is never counted.
JULY 8 at 5 PM: Revolution ’67
Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno’s film is an account of events too often relegated to footnotes in U.S. history — the black urban rebellions of the 1960s. Focusing on the six-day Newark, N.J., outbreak in mid-July, voices from across the spectrum — activists Tom Hayden and Amiri Baraka, journalist Bob Herbert, Mayor Sharpe James, and other officials, National Guardsmen and Newark citizens — recall lessons as hard-earned then as they have been neglected since. Filmmaker Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno will speak about the film, along with Carol Glassman, a former SDS/NCUP Activist, and current educator and psychotherapist.
JULY 13 at 9 PM: SNEAK PEAK /
rough-cut preview
Kamp Katrina
Ashley Sabin and David Redmon's film about Ms. Pearl, a New Orleans native who converts her backyard into a tent city where 14 displaced people live for 6 months following Hurricane Katrina. She provides construction jobs and basic resources to help them assist in rebuilding the city. The situation gradually goes violently awry and Ms. Pearl is confronted with an array of abuses amidst a broken city. Ashley Sabin and David Redmon will lead a discussion following the film.
JULY 15 at 5 PM: The Ground Truth
Patricia Foulkrod’s acclaimed film tells the story of ordinary men and women who heeded the call for military service in Iraq, as they experience recruitment and training, combat, homecoming, and the struggle to reintegrate with families and communities. The conflict in Iraq is a prelude for the even more challenging battles fought by the soldiers returning home – with personal demons, an uncomprehending public, and an indifferent government. Patricia Foulkrod will join us for discussion following the film.
JULY 15 at 8 PM: Darfur – A Multi-Disciplinary Exploration
A discussion about genocide in our time. We'll screen sections of the acclaimed film The Devil Came On Horseback by Annie Sunberg & Ricki Stern, which exposes the violence and tragedy of the genocide in Darfur, and read two short plays from How Long Is Never? – Nottage’s Give, Again? and Amy Evans’ Many Men’s Wife – to spark conversation. Annie Sundberg, Amy Evans, and others will join us for the evening to speak about their work, the situation in Darfur, and the work to be done.
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Previous Women Center Stage Film
JUNE 29 at 9:30 PM: Town Bloody Hall:
First Blood In The Debate On Women’s Lib
This 1979 film by Chris Hegedus and DA Pennebaker (www.phfilms.com) chronicles the the evening of April 30, 1971, when local literati and feminists packed New York City’s Town Hall to watch Norman Mailer, who had just written The Prisoner of Sex, grapple with a panel of passionate feminists. Filmmaker Chris Hegedus will be joined by Jill Johnston, who was on the Town Hall panel, for a Q&A following the film.
JULY 1 at 5 PM: After Innocence
Jessica Sanders’ film focuses on the stories of seven men and their emotional journey back into society and efforts to rebuild their lives. Included are a police officer, an army sergeant and a young father sent to prison and even death row for decades for crimes they did not commit. Innocence Project attorney Nina Morrison will speak about the film and her work at the Innocence Project.