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FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION
PRESENTED BY
THE ILLINOIS PROGRAM FOR RESEARCH IN THE HUMANITIES AND THE UNIT FOR CRITICISM AND INTERPRETIVE THEORY
WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS?
2008; DIRECTED BY PAMELA TANNER BOLL (Oscar-winning producer of Born Into Brothels) AND CO-DIRECTED AND EDITED BY NANCY KENNEDY (Why We Fight) – 82 minutes; discussion follows screening
THURSDAY, MAY 7 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. KRANNERT ART MUSEUM, ROOM 62
Director’s statement about the film: In a half-changed world, women often feel the need to choose: Mothering or working? Your children’s well-being or your own? Who Does She Think She Is? features five fierce women who refuse to choose. Through their lives, we explore some of the most problematic intersections of our time: mothering and creativity, partnering and independence, economics and art. The film invites us to consider both ancient legacies of women worshipped as cultural muses and more modern times where most people can’t even name a handful of female artists.
Additional information about the film can be found online at http://www.whodoesshethinksheis.net/.
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SCREENING, THERE WILL BE A DISCUSSION OF THE FILM.
PANELISTS:
SARAH PROJANSKY (Gender and Women’s Studies/Cinema Studies)
ANGHARAD N. VALDIVIA (Institute of Communications Research/Gender and Women’s Studies)
TERRI WEISSMAN (Art History)
MODERATOR: CHRISTINE CATANZARITE (IPRH/Cinema Studies)
This event is organized in conjunction with the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory’s “Feminist Futures” conference, which is scheduled for May 7 and 8. The conference program can be found here: http://criticism.english.illinois.edu/2009%20Spring%20Pages/feminist%20futures.htm.
This film screening is made possible by generous co-sponsorship support from: Gender and Women’s Studies, School of Art and Design, History Department, Art History, and the Anthropology Department