Oddball Films presents
Ladyfest Bay Area Presents: One Good Turn
A Filmic Celebration of Strong Powerful Women throughout History
- When
- Thu Sep 13, 2012
- Where
- Oddball Film + Video
- Time
- 8pm-10pm
- Cost
- $10
- Tags
- Movies, Film Screenings
Description
Oddball Films welcomes Ladyfest Bay Area for a filmic celebration of strong powerful women throughout history in the program One Good Turn, curated by Christine Kwon. Including the rare and chillingly beautiful piece St. Louis Blues (1929), Bessie Smith's only screen performance before her tragic death. Examine the myth and reality of the dutiful housewife in the disparate pieces Andean Women (1974) and 1970’s Breakfast Commercials featuring Patricia Neal for Maxim coffee. And none is more iconic of a young girl’s imagination than Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1981), a pedantic yet uncanny animated retelling of the children's classic. The centerpiece of the night features a segment of Carl Dreyer’s acclaimed masterpiece The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), and rounds out with Union Maids(1976), an inspiring and insightful exploration of the labor movement in the 1930s, told through the eyes of three women who bravely fought for equal rights during this period. Refined, ravishing, and rife with complexity, the ladies in this collection serve to dispel the myth of the magical woman and present something much more real — women who play, fight, and work, and look damn good doing it.More Info
- Link
- http://oddballfilms.blogspot.com/2012/09/ladyfest-bay-area-p...
- Call
- 415-558-8117 (Box Office)
- Contact Form (account required)
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