WAM!Boston Film Festival 2012

Saturday, March 24
Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA

WAM!Boston presents a unique lineup of films made by and about women from up-and-coming filmmakers, many from the Boston area. Q&A with the filmmakers or film subjects will follow each screening.

Get your tickets in advance here. Tickets may also available at the door if supplies last. Or buy an all-festival pass for just $20!

Presented in part with funding from the Cambridge Arts Council and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and with support from our sponsors: The Brattle Theater, Cambridge Women’s Commission, and Women’s & Gender Studies at MIT. (Want to be a sponsor? Click here.)

Can’t join us in person? We’ll be tweeting from the filmmaker Q&As throughout the day at #wambos!

1:00 pm: The Fruit of Our Labor

 

Afghan women share stories of their fight for social change. Going far beyond western media coverage of Afghanistan, these self-produced short docs provide a fresh perspective on Afghan women’s issues. We’ll screen three shorts from the series, touching on issues of girls’ education, women with disabilities, addiction, family, marriage and more. Q&A to follow. $5.
Click here for more information.

 

2:30pm: Animated and Experimental Shorts


Fiction and non-fiction shorts. Relationships, mortality, and mental health are explored in creative ways ranging from stop-motion to SecondLife.
Q&A to follow. $5. Click here to read more about the films in this screening.

4:45pm: Marks & Milestones

Ranging from humorous to poignant, these short films explore the milestones of women’s lives, and the ways that outward appearance can be deeply tied to identity. Q&A to follow. $5. Click to read more about the films in this screening.

7:00pm: A Moment in Her Story
Stories from the Boston Women’s Movement

Starting in 1968, the Second Wave of feminism rippled across the U.S., demanding expanded possibilities for women of all races and classes. In the Boston area, students, professionals, community activists and working class mothers, from Dorchester to Cambridge came together to demand change. Featuring interviews with Rita Arditti, Liane Brandon, Nancy Hawley, and other local activists, this documentary provides testimony of the movement’s transforming energy, creativity, and determination. Fine cut screening. Co-presented with Our Bodies, Ourselves.
Q&A to follow. (2012, dir.: Catherine Russo, 90 min) $8.

9:30pm: No Look Pass

The coming-of-age American Dream story of Emily “Etay” Tay, a first generation Burmese immigrant from Chinatown, Los Angeles, who breaks all of the rules of tradition. After living a double life at Harvard University, she strives to play professional basketball while coming out as a lesbian. Emily’s dreams are no slam dunk — family, race, and Don’t Ask Don’t Tell conspire against her, firing her passions on and off the court. This riveting documentary is a Boston-area premiere! Q&A to follow. (2011, dir.: Melissa Johnson, 87 min) $8.

Co-presented with the Boston Asian American Film Festival
and the Boston Myanmar Group.
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Screens with

What Do You Know?

Elementary school children discuss what they know about gays and lesbians in this fun, honest, and thought-provoking short. (2011, dir.: Ellen Brodsky, 13 min) Click here for more information.

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Want more films by and about women in March? Check out

Women Take The Reel:
A film festival celebrating Women’s History Month

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WAM!Boston Film Festival 2012 presented in part with funding from
the Cambridge Arts Council and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

Thanks again to our sponsors!

(Want to join our sponsors? Click here.)

  • the Brattle Theatre

  • Women's & Gender Studies at MIT

Cambridge Commission on the Status of Women

Dig Boston

Women in Film & Video in New England