Women Take The Reel Film Festival 2011
This annual film festival is a collaborative effort among Women's and Gender Studies departments involved in the Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies (as well as select institutions/universities aligned with its mission) that features films about issues relating to gender, race, sexuality, class and/or feminism.
The focus is on the intellectual investigation of these issues, so every film is accompanied by a Q&A and discussion with the film director, producer, local activists and practitioners, and/or faculty members from the host institution for each film.
All films are free and open to the public.
Never Perfect
Directed by Regina Park
Screening at Tufts University
3 Times Divorces
Directed by Salh Mara’ana
Screening at UMass Boston
Beyond Belief
Directed by Beth Murphy
Screening at UMass Boston
Left on Pearl
Directed by The Women’s History Project
Screening at Brattle Theater
Body and Soul: Diana & Kathy
Directed by Alice Elliot
Screening at MIT
Seeking Happily Ever After: Our Generation’s Struggle to Redefine the Fairytale
Directed by Michelle Cove
Screening at Boston College
Girlfriends
Directed by Claudia Weill
Screening at Northeastern University
Absolutely Safe
Directed by Carol Ciancutti-Leyva
Screening at Boston College
Women Without Men
Directed by Shirin Neshat
Screening at MIT
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP)
Film Festival
Screenings at MIT
Thirteen
Directed by Catherine Hardwicke
Screening at Boston University
Children’s in No Man’s Land
Directed by Anayansi Prado
Screening at Harvard University
Maid in America
Directed by Anayansi Prado
Screening at Harvard University
Baby Makes Me: A Film About Non Traditional Motherhood
Directed by Tiona M.
Screening at Simmons University
WOMEN TAKE THE REEL is a FREE roaming film festival SPONSORED BY: MIT Program in Women's and Gender Studies; the Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies; Boston College Women's and Gender Studies Program; Boston University Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program; Brandeis University Women's and Gender Studies Program; Northeastern University Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program; Simmons College Department of Women's and Gender Studies; Tufts University Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program; UMass Boston Women's and Gender Studies Department; Emerson College Department of Visual and Media Arts; and Lesley University.