Fifth Annual TFMS Film Series:
Out of Bounds:
Feminist Films & Filmmakers
Monday, February 6
8:15 p.m., Cole Cinema
City of Borders (2009)
Faculty Highlight
Barrett Emerick presented at the UK-SWIP (Society for Women in Philosophy) conference, "Feminist Epistemology and Philosophical Traditions," in November. The title of his paper was "A Defense of Doxastic and Affective Voluntarism."
WGSX Events
Each year, speakers, performances, art shows, and workshops are held at St. Mary's in conjunction with the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program. Past speakers include bell hooks, Rigoberta Menchù, Adrienne Rich, Yvonne Rainer, Patricia Hill Collins, Gwen Ifil, and Teatro Luna.
To submit a Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies event to this calendar, please e-mail Ruth Feingold or Jennifer Tickle.
The Vagina Monologues
Friday 10 February at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday 11 February at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday 12 February at 2:00 p.m.
In Monty 25
$5 Faculty/Staff, $3 Students
5th Annual TFMS Film Series: Out of Bounds: Feminist Films & Filmmakers
All events are free and open to the public. For more information visit http://www.smcm.edu/tfms/season20112012.html#fifth
YUN SUH
Monday, February 6
8:15 p.m., Cole Cinema
City of Borders
"City of Borders" (2009) follows the underground community at the only gay bar in Jerusalem where people of opposing nationalities and religions create a sanctuary for people typically viewed as each other’s “enemy.” Set against the construction of the separation wall between Israel and the Palestinian territories and the struggle for a gay pride parade in the Holy City, five interwoven stories reveal the contradictions and complexities in the gay communities’ struggles for acceptance. The film premiered at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival, where it won a special Teddy (Audience) Award, and was broadcast on PBS stations nationwide in 2010.
JENNY COOL
Monday, February 13
8:15 p.m., Cole Cinema
Home Economics
“Home Economics” (1994) takes an anthropological look at the American dream of homeownership in the suburban “edge city” of Antelope Valley, 55 miles outside of Los Angeles. In interviews, two working mothers and a teenager speak about their lives, touching on a range of issues, including racism, the meanings of home, family, and neighborhood, and the social and relational tolls of lengthy commutes. Author George Marcus has said of Cool’s film, “[A] wonderful piece of contemporary Americana. . . . This video constructs and documents . . . the self-delusive discourse in the contemporary reaches of distinctly American aspiration.”
MICHÈLE STEPHENSON
Monday, February 20
8:15 p.m., Cole Cinema
Faces of Change
"Faces of Change" (2005) highlights the story of five local activists from five different continents who relay unique video dispatches from their respective corners of the world. From their communities in Brazil, India, Mauritania, Bulgaria, and the United States, they go behind the camera to find a voice denied them because of their social, racial, gender, or ethnic background.
