Feminist Film Series
About
The Feminist Film Series is a year-round feature film screening series programmed and hosted by the Barnard College 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. This semester we're focusing on films with STEM themes as part of Barnard's "Year of Science."
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Fall 2021
September 30 - Radium Girls
Radium Girls (2018) Directed by Lydia Dean Pilcher and Ginny Mohler
Altschul 202, 5:30pm
When the women at a radium factory begin to fall gravely and inexplicably ill, Bessie and her co-workers set out to expose a corporate cover-up.
October 21 - Bombshell, The Hedy Lamarr Story
Bombshell, The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017) Directed by Alexandra Dean
Altschul 202, 5:30pm
The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.
November 18 - The House of Sand (Casa de Areia)
The House of Sand (2005) Directed by Andrucha Waddington
Altschul 202, 5:30pm
Three generations of women struggle to survive in an inhospitable wilderness in Brazil far from civilization.
December 9 - Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures (2016) Directed by Theodore Melfi
Altschul 202, 5:30pm
The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space.
Past Screenings
- 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