Feminist Film Screenings
About
The Feminist Film Screenings is a year-round feature film screening series programmed and hosted by the Media Center. We engage with the community to challenge what feminist film is, and aim to create a positive discourse for fellowship and social change amongst media makers and media audiences.
Fall 2022 Line-Up
All Screenings take place in Altschul 202. Register for screenings here
A League of Their Own (1992) - Dir. Penny Marshall
Screening Thursday, October 20, 6:30pm
In a fictionalized account of the real-life All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL), two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amid their own growing rivalry. The original film has been adapted into a tv series currently airing on Amazon Prime Video.
Past Screenings
- Miss Juneteenth (2020) - Dir. Channing Godfrey Peoples - June 17
- Jennifer's Body (2009) - Dir. Karyn Kusama - July 28
- Battle Royale (2000) - Dir. Kinji Fukasaku - February 9
- Fast Color (2018) - Dir. Julia Hart - February 23
- Snowpiercer (2013) - Dir. Bong Joon-Ho - March 2
- Tank Girl (1995) - Dir. Rachel Talalay - April 6
- A Wrinkle in Time (2018) - Dir. Ava DuVernay - April 27
- Radium Girls (2018) - Dir. Lydia Dean Pilcher and Ginny Mohler - September 30
- Bombshell, The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017) Dir. Alexandra Dean - October 21
- The House of Sand (Casa de Areia) (2005) Dir. Andrucha Waddington - November 18
- Hidden Figures (2016) Dir. Theodore Melfi - December 9
- Crip Camp (2020) - Dir. Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht - Panel Discussion w/ Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht, editor Eileen Meyeron, and Architecture Faculty member Ignacio G. Galán March 16
- Miss Juneteenth (2020) - Dir. Channing Godfrey Peoples - Director Q&A on November 19
- Rafiki (2019) - Dir. Wanuri Kahiu - Director Q&A on December 10
- The Decline of Western Civilization (1981) - Dir. Penelope Spheeris - February 6
- Selena (1997) - Dir. Gregory Nava - February 13
- No One Knows About Persian Cats (2018) - Dir. Bahman Ghobadi - February 20
- Josie and the Pussycats (2001) - Dir. Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont - February 27
- What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) - Dir. Brian Gibson - March 5
- Amy (2015) Dir. Asif Kapadia - September 12
- Sharp Edges (1986) Dir. Sandra Luckow vs. I, Tonya (2017) Dir. Craig Gillespie - September 26
- Shirkers (2018) Dir. Sandi Tan w/ Q&A with Sandi Tan - October 10
- No Home Movie (2015) Dir. Chantal Akerman - October 24
- The Queen of Versailles (2012) Dir. Lauren Greenfield - November 7
- Hail Satan? (2019) Dir. Penny Lane - November 21
- Sita Sings the Blues (2008) Dir. Nina Paley - January 31
- The Films of Jodie Mack (Various) Dir. Jodie Mack w/ Q&A with Jodie Mack - February 22
A selection of short films that feature domestic and recycled materials, and unleash the energy from overlooked and wasted objects. Screened in Lehman Auditorium in Altshcul Hall, with a reception following in the Altschul atrium.
- Frida (2002) Dir. Julie Taymor - February 28
- Persepolis (2007) Dir. Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi - March 14
- Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015) Dir. Marielle Heller - April 4
- Paprika (2006) Dir. Satoshi Kon - April 18
- The Watermelon Woman (1996) - Dir. Cheryl Dunye - September 24
- Lady Snowblood (1973) Dir. Toshiya Fujita - October 8
- A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) Dir. Ana Lily Amirpour - October 22
- The Witch (2015) Dir. Robert Eggers - October 29
- Daisies (1966) Dir. Věra Chytilová - November 12
- Mustang (2015) Dir. Deniz Gamze Ergüven - November 26
- Pariah (2011) Dir. Dee Rees - December 10