The Big Picture: Women in Film
Join us for a film double feature! FEMLink, introduced by Creative Director and artist C.M. Judge, followed by a discussion with the Director. After a brief intermission, join us for our house party preview of Who Does She Think She Is. Come for one, stay for both, it's up to you!
Proceeds from this event will be shared with Project Cope, a Lynn based organization which helps new mothers dealing with the effect of past substance abuse become the best mothers they can be by offering shelter for the mothers and their newborns, counseling, and tools of empowerment to become independently strong and capable mothers.
FEMLink - The International Film Collage
one WOMAN artist / one Video / one Country From the website: "Cultural diversity is no empty slogan for FEMLink, an association whose very name points to the link between female artists throughout the world, beyond nationalities and cultures. Our video collage speaks to everyone who is convinced that a work of art, using Françoise COlin's phrase, should make 'human sense'.
Cultural diversity is the root of our video collage; its sustenance and richness. Both autonomous and singular, the works of this video collage echo the world, in their own artistic way, opening prospects, offering new views, and providing possibilities." Seventeen artist from seventeen different countries each created a short video (2 mn max.) around a common theme. The first theme = FRAGILITY. Together, all these videos created a world wide video collage titled "FemLink." This collage build a link throughout the world between women video artists and their work. Now, they are 42 artists, they are from 42 countries.
"In a half changed world, women feel they need to choose; mothering or working? Your children's well being or your own? Who Does She Think She Is?, a documentary by Academy Award winning filmmaker Pamela T. Boll, features five fierce women who refuse to choose. Throughout their lives, we explore some of the most problematic intersections of our time: mothering and creativity, partnering and independence, economics and art. The film invites us to consider the ancient legacies of women worshipped as cultural muses and more modern times where most people can't even name a handful of artists." - from the website