[Wamvan] WAM! Social! VIFF film screening and gathering

Tue Sep 20 22:08:01 PDT 2011

Greetings Wammers!

If you're like me then you'd agree that a social event where WAM! Van
organizers, supporters and generally interested folks can gather to scheme
about feminism, media and bringing down the patriarchy is LONG overdue.

Thankfully, the Vancouver International Film Festival kicks off and the end
of this month (huge shout-out to Frieda Werden for alerting us to all the
cool happenings at VIFF this year in a previous email), and there is one
film just beginning for a WAM! Van presence.
*
Miss Representation *(trailer here:
http://www.missrepresentation.org/home.html), is a film about the abhorrent
trends in representation of women in American media, using "... startling
facts and statistics that leave audiences shaken, armed with a new
perspective, and asking the question, “What can we do?”

While the film is based in an American context, it's meaning obviously
translates to the state of Canadian media, and the representation of women
globally.

*Miss Representation* is screening at VIFF on:

 Fri, Sep 30th 1:15pm
Empire Granville 7

Sun, Oct 9th 6:40pm
Empire Granville 7

*Fri, Oct 14th 1:15pm
Empire Granville 7 *

We are proposing that we attend the Friday October 14th screening (1:15pm)
as a group, and follow it up with coffee/light lunch rant and rave.  If you
are unable to make it to the screening, it would still be great if you could
see the film at one of the earlier screenings, then join us for our
post-film gathering on Friday afternoon.

*Please RSVP to **wamvancouver at gmail.com by Friday September 30* if you can
commit to attending.  If we get a solid enough number we will look into
getting a group rate.  If we are just a handful of folks, we'll let everyone
know to go ahead and book their own ticket, then meet up and affirm that we
are the only cool kids on this listserv.

Theatre: 855 Granville Street, Vancouver
http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=855+Granville+St,+Vancouver,+BC+V6Z+1K7&hl=en&ll=49.281258,-123.120625&spn=0.006635,0.018969&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=26.925653,77.695313&vpsrc=0&t=m&z=16&iwloc=A

Post-film gathering place: TBD

Link to VIFF: http://www.viff.org/festival/

SEE YOU THERE!!!

Nat Hill and the WAM! Van Core organizing committee

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 10:30 PM, E J <the.xenophiles.violin at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks for sending this, Frieda! I already wanted to see Miss
> Representation, and several others here look really good as well. Hope to
> see some dates for these soon.
>
> Best,
> Elyse
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Frieda Werden <frieda.werden at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>   These are what seem to be the women directors who are featured by VIFF
>> as winners from other film festivals.  I don’t have dates for them, but
>> maybe we can plan some viewing trips: PURE
>>
>> Winner, Flash Forward Award (best first feature), Pusan 2010; Best Film,
>> Ghent 2011.
>>
>> Sweden | Dir: Lisa Langseth | View Trailer<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107139206563&s=8069&e=001b4Ci8uXnKgGOuPq06T63wsKmbtTy-J174dl-MlnHHIJk0HYRl6IY31PZDH3bDqebO_0K9QXfoK2J8tNu07JPZzWTlsA0o52pYlvkqvcg6z4BuUqkSvjnmQ==>
>>
>> Newcomer Alicia Vikander is outstanding as a troubled high-school dropout
>> determined to rise above her chaotic home life in Lisa Langseth's powerful
>> drama. Tackling issues of class and culture, *Pure* is a smartly written,
>> brilliantly acted debut for both Langseth and Vikander.
>>   WISH ME AWAY
>>
>> Winner, Grand Jury Prize: Documentary, Los Angeles 2011.
>>
>> USA | Dir: Bobbie Birleffi, Beverly Kopf | View Trailer<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107139206563&s=8069&e=001b4Ci8uXnKgG3wguibOqkEAJhIlv669Ctf_AVYpXFErri8fI5gDVjq1h3y3Ps0gXuU-F926synag6dan4ev_5i8pvgWnzvOAY5INXvWAgsmWahMDNHHBWNQ==>
>>
>> For 30 years, the supremely charismatic country star Chely Wright prayed:
>> “Please, God… Don’t let me be gay.” Finally, Wright risks the wrath of her
>> family and the whole of conservative America by *very* publicly coming
>> out. Bobbie Birleffi and Beverly Kopf capture Wright's remarkable
>> transformation from closeted crooner to risk-taking advocate.
>>
>>
>> CIRCUMSTANCE
>>
>> Winner, Audience Award, Sundance 2011.
>>
>> USA/Iran/France | Dir: Maryam Keshavarz | View Trailer<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107139206563&s=8069&e=001b4Ci8uXnKgGK76F9sNYWqOHEl-qADpuUhrgzQzQw5Axw4KaDbIurSuQOr2cstx4ky743kcGmIC0UpGSwMmi8oZJlI3uZGUaVay2nunE6kRANN7jiWKdcibVk8D1OMQx9>
>>
>> A daring exploration of a lesbian relationship in contemporary Tehran that
>> also speaks volumes about family life and politics, Maryam Keshavarz's debut
>> feature is an ambitious, engaging and provocative drama that has been
>> causing waves on the international film scene.
>>   SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
>>
>> Winner, People's Choice, Hot Docs 2011.
>>
>> USA | Linda Goldstein Knowlton | View Trailer<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107139206563&s=8069&e=001b4Ci8uXnKgFOvJopSsr7MXshNG1uU-QeAfohbreLKpvfsmE-0cTNSrwtbANLb4AbJgihTynAnt5fbDagBZQ6bFileKFGwIG8l086PdKJ0aew33qcfOQVphA9cQI0UzPq>
>>
>> "One needs several hearts to survive the breakage inflicted by [Linda
>> Goldstein Knowlton's] delicately wrought, deeply felt docu-profile of four
>> teenage girls... All are Chinese adoptees, and all are trying to come to
>> terms with that fact as they navigate the already perilous waters of
>> American adolescence." Variety
>>
>>
>> MISS REPRESENTATION
>>
>> Winner, Audience Award: Documentary, Sonoma 2011.
>>
>> USA | Jennifer Siebel Newsom | View Trailer<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107139206563&s=8069&e=001b4Ci8uXnKgEDuiIzFH1wjab7oXSN9mdPvZIlP9vKF1hBd6Q4MrVLnZYWVV69JOuejZ1qDRSdATJwKHff-rJwTM_iwwF3_FQxEwuPwmKT37oT9VEFqtfsVw==>
>>
>> Outraged by the damage wrought by media misogyny, Jennifer Siebel Newsom
>> issues this angry yet cogent call to arms. Damning statistics speak for
>> themselves while the firsthand accounts of the discrimination endured by
>> high-profile women set the blood boiling.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Frieda Werden, Series Producer
>> WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org
>>
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