women who rock! film fest

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.