[Wamvan] Two films to check out at DOXA

[Natalie Hill]

Fantastic summary, thanks Jarrah! Those films sounds great and I'm glad
WAM! is supporting DOXA this year.

Looking forward to your dialogue after *She's Beautiful When She's Angry
<http://www.doxafestival.ca/film/shesbeautiful> *on Tuesday May 5 :)


On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Jarrah <jarrahhodge at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
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> The documentary film festival DOXA is coming up from April 30 to May 10
> and there are a lot of films worth checking out, but a couple in particular
> that we wanted to highlight.
>
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> 1. *GTFO: Get the F&#% Out* <http://www.doxafestival.ca/film/gtfo>, a
> movie about women in gaming. WAM! Van is proud to be the community partner
> for this film. GTFO, a film by American director Shannon Sun-Higginson,
> “pries open the video game world to explore a 20 billion dollar industry
> that is riddled with discrimination and misogyny.” It was sparked by the
> public display of harassment against Dragon Age writer Jennifer Hepler in
> 2012.
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> *When:* Saturday, May 9 at 4:30 p.m.
> *Where:* The Cinematheque
> *Tickets: *$13 general admission/$11 students and seniors (no festival
> membership required)
>
> Check out the article on the WAM! Van chapter page
> <http://www.womenactionmedia.org/events/gtfo-a-film-about-women-in-gaming/>
> for more info on the film and reserving your tickets.
>
> 2. <http://www.doxafestival.ca/film/shesbeautiful>*She's Beautiful When
> She's Angry <http://www.doxafestival.ca/film/shesbeautiful> *is a
> documentary by Mary Dore, which explores the women's movement in the US
> from 1966 to 1971. Ever since it came out in late 2014 it's been getting
> rave reviews from feminist and mainstream media critics. Using extensive
> interviews and archival footage, Dore looks at various tactics activists
> used, the issues they organized around, and doesn’t shy away from
> discussing the struggle faced by lesbians and women of colour to be
> meaningfully included.
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> *When:* Tuesday, May 5 at 6:00 p.m.
> *Where: *The Cinematheque
> *Tickets (festival membership required): *$13 general admission or $16 if
> you need a festival membershipl/$11 for seniors and students or $14 for
> seniors and students for ticket plus festival membership.
>
> The screening will be followed by a post-film discussion with me on behalf
> of WAM! Van and Gender Focus, and Lucia Lorenzi. For those of you who don't
> know Lucia, she is a doctoral candidate in the Department of English at the
> UBC, as well as an anti-violence blogger at Rabble.ca. Her activism focuses
> largely on sexual assault in educational institutions. Her research
> interests include trauma theory and Canadian Literature, and her
> dissertation examines the relationship between silence and sexual violence.
>
> Click here for more info on the screening and to reserve your tickets
> <http://www.doxafestival.ca/film/shesbeautiful>.
>
> And please let me know if you're planning on attending either screening.
> We'd love to connect with other WAMmers in person and maybe grab coffee
> before or after the films.
>
> All the best,
>
> Jarrah
> on behalf of the WAM! Van organizing group
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