Brooklyn Heights Women's Film Series Kicks Off Friday

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — An independent, feminist film series on a Brooklyn Heights college campus that's free and open to everyone — this is what we live in Brooklyn for. Four St. Francis College professors are hosting an independent women's film series of films made by women on four showings between January and April, the school announced this week.

The school is working with the Women’s Leadership Alliance at the First Unitarian Congregational Society to put on the Women’s Work Friday Night Film Series, which begins Friday, Jan. 20 at 6:30 p.m. at the First Unitarian Chapel on Pierrepont Street, between Clinton and Monroe Place, in Brooklyn Heights.

Each film will be introduced by a St. Francis professor who had a say in choosing it. Communication Arts Professor Augusta Palmer starts the series on January 20 with a screening of Antonia’s Line (Marleen Gorris, 1995). The movie focuses on a close knit matriarchal community where feminism and liberalism thrive in the Netherlands. Palmer will introduce the film and lead a discussion afterward.

"We thought it was important to come together with the Brooklyn Heights community to celebrate women's filmmaking," Palmer said. The professor organized the film series with Colleen Olson and Kay Corkett from the Women's Leadership Alliance at First Unitarian Congregational Society.

"The other professors and I chose a series of films that we are passionate about. Together, these films show the breadth of women's work and women's experiences."

Here are the films they'll be showing:
· February 10 –Communication Arts Professor Magaly Colimon-Christopher presents:
The Supreme Price (Joanna Lipper, 2014), an examination of the pro-democracy movement in Nigeria and efforts to increase the participation of women as leaders.
· March 24 – Chair of the English Department Wendy Galgan presents:
Killing Us Softly 4 (Jean Kilbourne, 2010), which describes how advertising affects women and the relationship of representation and power.
· April 21 – Fine Arts Professor Jennifer Wingate Presents:
Yarn (Una Lorenzen, 2016), which highlights women who are making a creative effort to redefine the tradition of knitting and crocheting. All of the screenings start at 6:30 p.m. and end at 9 p.m. They're all free and open to the public.

For more masterpieces created by women, the Second Annual St. Francis College Women’s Film Festival is March 28-29, 2017.

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