Film Events
Spring Term German Film Series
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April 3rd, 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm, The Darkside Cinema |
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April 24th, 7:00 pm, Owen Hall 103 |
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May 8th, 7:00 pm, Owen Hall 103 |
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May 29th, 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm, The Darkside Cinema |
Woman Citizen Film Series
The Woman Citizen Film Series is part of Woman Citizen: Past, Present, and Future, a series of events to commemorate the centennial of woman suffrage in Oregon (1912-2012).
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April 10th, 6:00 pm, Owen Hall 101 This 2005 film starring Charlize Theron is a fictionalized account of the experiences of Lois Jensen, whose struggle to escape an abusive relationship and raise her children resulted in breaking the gender barrier in Minnesota mines and becoming lead plaintiff in the nation’s first class-action sexual harassment lawsuit. Host: Charlotte Headrick, Professor of Theatre Arts. |
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April 17th, 6:00 pm, Owen Hall 101 This documentary chronicles the 109th Congress, which made history by including 14 female senators. It follows these pioneer politicians as they navigate personal and professional schedules and juggle the needs of families and constituents. Includes interviews with Hillary Rodham Clinton, Elizabeth Dole, and California senator Dianne Feinstein, and more. Hosts: Women in Policy, School of Public Policy. |
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April 24th, 6:00 pm, Owen Hall 101 This 2002 film starring Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, and Julianne Moore follows three women of different generations whose lives are connected by Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs. Dalloway and are shaped by the gender ideologies of their eras. Host: Anita Helle, Professor of English. |
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May 1st, 6:00 pm, Owen Hall 101 In this moving documentary featuring historical footage and contemporary interviews, filmmaker Sylvia Morales examines the lives and achievements of five Latinas –labor organizer Dolores Huerta, author/educator Elizabeth “Betita” Martinez, writer/playwright/educator Cherrie Moraga, civil rights advocate Alicia Escalante, and historian/writer Martha Cotera – all single mothers who achieved broad social change as political activists. Hosts: Kryn Freehling-Burton, Instructor of Women Studies and Norma Cardenas, Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies. |
| May 8th, 6:00 pm, Owen Hall 101 Triangle Fire: The Tragedy that Forever Changed Labor and Industry This documentary chronicles the labor activism of young, single, immigrant women working in New York’s garment industry in the early twentieth century, the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory that killed one hundred and forty-eight of them, and the ensuring political activism to change government’s role in shaping working conditions. Host: Anita Guerrini, Professor of History and Horning Endowed Chair |
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May 15th, 6:00 pm, Owen Hall 101 This documentary by filmmaker and former fashion model Nicole Clark explores the effects of advertising and the cult of celebrity on young women’s self-esteem and body image. Host: Aurora Sherman, Assistant Professor of Psychology. |
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May 22nd, 6:00 pm, Owen Hall 101 This powerful film starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, and Oprah Winfrey, is based on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about women’s lives in America’s rural South. Host: Jim Foster, Professor of Political Science. |
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May 29th, 6:00 pm, Owen Hall 101 In this provocative documentary, filmmaker Diana Ferrero explores the struggles of two Muslim women to express themselves – one in France, which outlawed the wearing of the veil, or hijab, and the other in Iran, which mandates it. Host: Faiza Al-Saaidi, Instructor of Women Studies. |
OTHER EVENTS:
We are also pleased to contribute to several other new and notable OSU film projects this year:
- November 7-11, 2011 Third International Film Festival, organized by the School of Language, Culture, and Society. Darkside Cinema, free screenings at 6:00 pm & 8:00 pm
- A film series commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall, organized by Assistant Professor of German Sebastian Heiduschke in the School of Language, Culture, and Society.
- As part of a program commemorating 100 years of women’s suffrage in Oregon, a film series organized by History Professor Marisa Chappell.
- A new upper division and graduate class on the horror film (ENG 452/552) taught by Jon Lewis (fall term 2011).
- A graduate-only film-and-literature seminar, ENG 535 Shakespeare and Cinema, taught by Professor of English Richmond Barbour (winter term 2012).
- An undergraduate course in Holocaust literature and film, to be offered spring term, 2012 by Professor of English Neil Davison.
- A new film-based DPD course taught by English Instructor Jillian St. Jacques (spring term 2012).
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