women who rock! film fest
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Poster for WWR Film Fest Line UpTRANSCRIPT
Women Who Rock ! Thurs.Feb.17,5‐7pm,UniversityofWashingtonCommunications120
Mak ing a Scene on and off Screen Afestivalofshortfilmsbyandaboutwomenwhorock!Thiscollectionshowcaseshowsomewomenaremakingsocialchangebybreakingrules,buildingcommunity,andmakingmusicfromSouthAfricatoPalestine,Mexico,Brazil,Seattleandthespacesinbetween.
PoemsfromthefilmMasizakhe:BuildingEachOther(SouthAfrica,2008)DirectorsScottandAngelicaMacklin.FeaturingSindiweMagonaFearofChange,AviweOneFloorAboveMe,andTulekaJanuaryChildoftheSoil.
PeopleNotPlaces(USA,2009)DirectorScottMacklin.Featuring:Invincible,SabreenadaWitch,ToniHill,andDJB‐Girl.UniversityofWashingtonStudentsforJusticeinPalestineandHidmoEntertainmentpresentfourtalentedladies.
ExcerptfromthefilmUnPoquitodeTantaVerdad(Mexico,2007)DirectorJillFreidberg.In2006,abroad‐based,non‐violent,uprisingexplodedinthestateofOaxaca.SomecomparedittotheParisCommune,otherscalleditthefirstLatinAmericanrevolutionofthe21stcentury.Butitwasthepeople’suseofthemediathattrulymadehistoryinOaxaca.
MariaLira(Brazil,2011)DirectorsAngelicaMacklinandJonathanWarren.MariaLiraisapoliticalandculturalactivist,artist,andchoirsingerwhoisbuildingcommunityinAraçuaí,Brazil.
AldeiaCintaVermelhadeJundiba(Brazil,2010)DirectorAngelinaGradskaya.Reclaimingidentity,culture,andcommunityatAldeiaCintaVermelhadeJundiba.
traces(USA,2010)DirectorRandiCourtmanch.FeaturingLasaraJarvisandRandiCourtmanch.
SeattleFandangoProject(USA,2010)DirectorJillFreidberg."Convivencia"translatesintoliving/beingtogether.TheSeattleFandangoProjectaimstocreateconvivenciathroughmusic,danceandsinging.
ConvivenciaonCampus(USA,2010)DirectorCarrieLanza.AninterviewwithYesenia&AmarisHunter.
HidmoMeansHome(USA,2010)DirectorJillFreidberg.RahwaandAsmeretHabtes’CentralDistrictrestaurantHIDMOwasmorethanjustanEritreanrestaurant.Itservedasavenueforadiversegroupofmusicians,writers,artistsandpatrons,wherecommunityflourished.