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Women Take the Reel

A Film Festival Celebrating
Women’s History Month

This annual film festival is a collaborative effort among Women's and Gender Studies departments involved in the Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies (as well as select institutions/universities aligned with its mission) that features films about issues relating to gender, race, sexuality, class and/or feminism.

The focus is on intellectual investigation of these issues and so every film is accompanied by a Q&A and discussion with either the film director, producer, or a faculty member from the film screening's host institution host institution.

All films are free and open to the public.

Please note: details on screenings coming soon. Check back the week of Februray 1st for more information, including film descriptions, locations, and times.

FILMS and SCREENING DATES:

3/1 She's Beautiful When She's Angry at Northeastern University

3/2 The Second Mother at MIT

3/4 Official Kick-off event at the BrattleTheater

3/8 They Call Me a Muslim at Lesley University

3/9 Speed Sisters at MIT

3/10 Half the History: Tell Her Story and Half the History: Belinda’s Petition at Tufts University

3/15 Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism at Simmons College

3/16 Her Story at Tufts University

3/17 Regarding Susan Sontag at MIT

3/22 Rebel at Emerson College

3/26 An Open Secret at Emerson College

3/30 Sold at Boston College

CALENDAR VIEW:

Please use the scroll arrows to view the month of March for the full calendar.

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Consortium for Graduate Studies in Gender, Culture, Women, and Sexuality
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 14N-211
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: 617-324-2085