Cyberfeminists and Inspiring Leaders Take On the Big Screen
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In honor of Women’s History month, MIT’s Program in Women’s and Gender Studies and the Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies are co-organizing the fifth annual Women Take the Reel film festival. And there’s still two free screenings to go of the 17 women-directed films shown throughout March showcasing provocative issues like the work of women activists, cyberfeminism, and sexuality, race, and identity.
The festival also presented Free Angela and All Political Prisoners, the story of Communist and Black Panthers activist Angela Davis and her sensational trial and eventual acquittal.
This year’s festival “shows figures that are still doing powerful work in the present,” said festival co-organizer Andrea Sutton. “These are voices that we can continue to be inspired by.” For Sutton, the series also gives students and the broader community a taste of what goes on in an MIT women’s studies course. “Film is a low bar of entry for students, and yet it is high content followed by very intellectually rigorous conversation.”
The festival mirrors the broader academic activities of the Graduate Consortium in Women’s Studies, an interdisciplinary collaboration of 11 Boston-area universities that developed the festival. During the festival, members of the consortium will be hosting free film screenings around Boston that conclude with conversation led by film directors, featured activists, or academics.
Visit Women Take the Reel for more information about the series and to attend a free screening. Can’t attend? Visit the site to read more about the individual films and host your own screening event.
Collaborating institutions for Women Take the Reel include the Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies and women and gender studies programs at Boston College, Boston University, Brandeis University, Harvard University, Lesley University, Northeastern University, Simmons College, Tufts University, and MIT as well as Emerson College's Visual and Media Arts Program.