Reclaim the Screens - Feminist Film Festival Sat 25th, Sat and Sun 2 & 3
Lambeth Band of Solidarity | 23.11.2006 22:08 | Gender | Social Struggles | London
As you hopefully know Reclaim the Night is this coming Saturday and it is also the begining of the feminist film festival at the Renoir cinema. We are screening 'Born in Flames' at 12 noon to get us in the mood for the evening, it will be a great start to the march, for those who don't know of the film, its set in a fictional post-revolution in America, needless to say that the revolution didn't do much for women so collectives of women organise and take things into their own hands; very inspiring!
Basically, this festival came out of a direct action that the LFN took against the screening of 'Inside Deep Throat' and it's taken a year to organise. To be honest it's been really difficult. Many times it felt as if we had been set us up to fail and bad communication nearly forced us to pull out several times, the important thing is that this festival IS going ahead and big institutuions such as the Curzon ARE prepared to listen, we have held strong and managed to do this (with grateful help from Cinenova!!)
PLEASE PLEASE Support the festival. We need to show them there is a gain to be had from changing their programming policies and supporting female/feminist film, if no one turns up they will be proven right and feminists yet again will be accused of not being out there.
The films are great, there will be live music and we really want to create a busy, active atmosphere. please come and bring your friends, if you can't make it yourselves please help us to spread the word.
Thank you again and hope to see you at the festival,
in solidarity,
RECLAIM THE SCREENS
A FEMINIST FILM FESTIVAL
25 November, 2&3 December 2006
Renoir Cinema, Brunswick Centre, London WC1N 1AW
Box office and information: 0870 850 6927. Tickets 6 pounds full price
Last year the documentary Inside Deep Throat was publicised as a film which spoke of the fight for freedom and sexual revolution. The London Feminist Network picketed screenings across London and as a result of their actions they have worked in collaboration with the Curzon Cinemas and the all-female film distribution network Cinenova to give mainstream porn films such as this a broader context.
”The REAL fight for freedom and the REAL sexual revolution is the one leading up to a day when women and children are no longer systematically abused, battered, raped and killed - a day when the abuse, battering, rape and murder of women and children has ceased to be entertaining.” Beatriz LFN.
IN SOLIDARITY WE RECLAIM THE SCREENS!
• Saturday 25 November - 12 noon
BORN IN FLAMES, Lizzie Borden, 1983
6pm assembly in Trafalgar Square for Reclaim the Night March (women only)
8pm mixed rally, University of London Union, Malet Street with speakers, bands, DJs and licensed bar til late.
• Saturday 2 December - 12 noon
NOT A LOVE STORY: A FILM ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY,
Bonnie Sherr Klein 1981
+
20 MINUTES (FEMALE FIST), Kajsa Dahlberg, 2005
• Saturday 2 December -2pm
LOVE, HONOUR & DISOBEY, Saeeda Khanum, 2005
+
MACHO, Lucinda Broadbent, 2000
• Sunday 3 December - 2pm
THE PEACEKEEPERS AND THE WOMEN, Karin Jurschick, 2003.
Subtitled
• Sunday 3 December -4pm
SISTERS IN LAW, Florence Ayisi and Kim Longinotto, 2005
Finding Us
Brunswick Shopping Centre London WC1N 1AW. www.curzoncinemas.com
Tube: Russell Square, Buses: 7, 59, 68, 91, 168, 188
PLEASE PLEASE Support the festival. We need to show them there is a gain to be had from changing their programming policies and supporting female/feminist film, if no one turns up they will be proven right and feminists yet again will be accused of not being out there.
The films are great, there will be live music and we really want to create a busy, active atmosphere. please come and bring your friends, if you can't make it yourselves please help us to spread the word.
Thank you again and hope to see you at the festival,
in solidarity,
RECLAIM THE SCREENS
A FEMINIST FILM FESTIVAL
25 November, 2&3 December 2006
Renoir Cinema, Brunswick Centre, London WC1N 1AW
Box office and information: 0870 850 6927. Tickets 6 pounds full price
Last year the documentary Inside Deep Throat was publicised as a film which spoke of the fight for freedom and sexual revolution. The London Feminist Network picketed screenings across London and as a result of their actions they have worked in collaboration with the Curzon Cinemas and the all-female film distribution network Cinenova to give mainstream porn films such as this a broader context.
”The REAL fight for freedom and the REAL sexual revolution is the one leading up to a day when women and children are no longer systematically abused, battered, raped and killed - a day when the abuse, battering, rape and murder of women and children has ceased to be entertaining.” Beatriz LFN.
IN SOLIDARITY WE RECLAIM THE SCREENS!
• Saturday 25 November - 12 noon
BORN IN FLAMES, Lizzie Borden, 1983
6pm assembly in Trafalgar Square for Reclaim the Night March (women only)
8pm mixed rally, University of London Union, Malet Street with speakers, bands, DJs and licensed bar til late.
• Saturday 2 December - 12 noon
NOT A LOVE STORY: A FILM ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY,
Bonnie Sherr Klein 1981
+
20 MINUTES (FEMALE FIST), Kajsa Dahlberg, 2005
• Saturday 2 December -2pm
LOVE, HONOUR & DISOBEY, Saeeda Khanum, 2005
+
MACHO, Lucinda Broadbent, 2000
• Sunday 3 December - 2pm
THE PEACEKEEPERS AND THE WOMEN, Karin Jurschick, 2003.
Subtitled
• Sunday 3 December -4pm
SISTERS IN LAW, Florence Ayisi and Kim Longinotto, 2005
Finding Us
Brunswick Shopping Centre London WC1N 1AW. www.curzoncinemas.com
Tube: Russell Square, Buses: 7, 59, 68, 91, 168, 188
Lambeth Band of Solidarity