Our shorts. In short.
Please Note: Except where specifically designated, all films screened at the Nevada City Film Festival are intended for adults. Some images, language or other content may not be suitable for all audiences, or for children under 17.
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Isamu Hirabayashi
I am a 66-year cicada. There was a big earthquake.
There was a big tsunami. There also was a big accident.
(Japan, 8 min)
SAT 4PM ANIMATED SHORTS / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
Adventures of Owen
David Cadiz
A boy harnesses the power of his imagination to soar above his everyday problems.
(Canada, 13 min)
SAT 10AM CHILDREN'S PROGRAM / NEVADA THEATRE
Aquadettes
Drea Cooper, Zackary Canepari
A meditation on life, death, and synchronized swimming. (USA, 10 min)
SAT 12PM DOC SHORTS 2 / MINERS FOUNDRY/OSBORN & WOODS HALL
Big Drive
Anita Lebeau
Four sisters use their imaginations to make an endless road trip fun. Winner of the Children's Jury Prize for Best Animated Film. (Canada, 9 min)
SAT 10AM CHILDREN'S PROGRAM / NEVADA THEATRE
Bones Brigade
Stacy Peralta
In the early '80s, skateboarding was fading away until Stacy Peralta brought a profoundly talented group of outsiders together and dubbed them the Bones Brigade.
This documentary chronicles their epic rise, using awesome archival footage and moving first-person accounts from Brigade members Steve Caballero, Tommy Guerrero, Tony Hawk, Mike McGill, Lance Mountain, and Rodney Mullen, among others.
(USA, 1 hr 50 min)
SAT 8PM NEVADA THEATRE
SUN 4PM MINERS FOUNDRY/OSBORN & WOODS HALL
Cassini Mission
Chris Abbas
The footage in this little film was captured by the hardworking men and women at NASA and The European Space Agency with the Cassini Imaging Science System. (USA, 2 min)
SAT 12PM DOC SHORTS 2 / MINERS FOUNDRY/OSBORN & WOODS HALL
Cat Cam
Seth Keal
Mr. Lee, an adopted stray cat, routinely disappeared from his South Carolina home for days on end. Intrigued by Mr. Lee's whereabouts, his owner Juergen, a German engineer, created a camera designed to fit around the feline's neck. (USA, 12 min)
SAT 12PM DOC SHORTS 2 / MINERS FOUNDRY/OSBORN & WOODS HALL
Cello
Tatiana Kurnaeva
A boy practicing the cello is transported to a magical place. (Russia, 6 min)
SAT 10AM CHILDREN'S PROGRAM / NEVADA THEATRE
Curious Conjunction Of Coincidences
Joost Reijmers
Three seemingly unrelated incidents lead to an explosive climax in Amsterdam. (Netherlands, 9 min)
SAT 2PM INTL SHORTS / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
Cutting Loose
Adrian McDowall, Finlay Pretsell
"I'm trusted with a pair of scissors and I'm in here for murder". Prison life in the build up to the annual Scottish Prison Service hairdressing competition. Winning the coveted prize is the ultimate goal, but Francis, the current champion, has other objectives on his mind. (Scotland, 29 min)
SAT 12PM DOC SHORTS 2 / MINERS FOUNDRY/OSBORN & WOODS HALL
Dispater
Niven Wilson
Man is the measure of all things Pythagoras
(USA, 9min)
SAT 4PM ANIMATED SHORTS / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
Dodu: The Cardboard Boy
Miguel Ribeiro
A boy and his ladybug friend leave the city and set sail on a magical adventure. (Portugal, 5 min)
SAT 10AM CHILDREN'S PROGRAM / NEVADA THEATRE
Floyd the Android: Teleporter/Dim Bulb
Jonathan Lyons
An enterprising robot must change a lightbulb in a display at the top of an extremely tall skyscraper. (USA, 2 min)
SAT 4PM ANIMATED SHORTS /MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
From Her To Eternity
Kondo Reiko
A French guy and a Japanese girl meet in a dream. They could be eternal lovers, even if they have a gap between them beyond culture, language and the difference in time. (Japan, 15 min)
SAT 2PM COMEDY SHORTS / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
Full-Time Ministry
Helen Hood Scheer
One outsider artist and high school teacher is called upon to share the gospel. (USA, 5 min)
SAT 12PM DOC SHORTS 2 / MINERS FOUNDRY/OSBORN & WOODS HALL
Good Luck
P.J. Palmer
Sometimes a simple well-wishing can be taken the wrong way. And the pharmacy checkout line is the last place anyone wants to have to hear 'Good Luck!' regarding their purchase. (USA, 5 min)
SAT 6PM COMEDY SHORTS / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
Hourglass
Pedro Collantes
In small residential town by the Trondheim's fjord Anna and Anton are starting to enter into adolescence. (Norway/Spain, 16 min)
SAT 12PM SHORTS 3 / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
I Am John Wayne
Christina Choe
I AM JOHN WAYNE is essentially a meditation on violence, manhood, and loss in the inner cities of America. The film is a gritty, neo-magical realism drama. (USA, 19 min)
SAT 12PM SHORTS 3 / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
It's Such A Beautiful Day
Don Hertzfeldt
Cult animator and Academy Award nominee Don Hertzfeldt closes his trilogy as Bill struggles to piece together his shattering psyche. Nearly two years in the making, the 23-minute It's Such A Beautiful Day is Don's longest, and most ambitious, piece to date: blending traditional animation, experimental optical effects, trick photography, and new digital hyrbids printed out one frame at a time, the movie was captured entirely on an antique 35mm animation stand, one of the last remaining cameras of its kind left in America. (USA, 23 min)
SAT 4PM ANIMATED SHORTS / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
James
Maya Ragazzo
JAMES is a claymation that I made over a period of 3 months as a self assigned project. Buttons are used throughout the film as a metaphor for holding two sides of something together, in this case two very separate worlds. (USA, 4 min)
SAT 4PM ANIMATED SHORTS / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
Jesus Was a Commie
Matthew Modine
JESUS WAS A COMMIE presents modern society with questions and leads the audience on a dialectical journey. The film challenges the viewer to seek their own answers and personal truths. (USA, 15 min)
FRI 8:30PM DOC SHORTS 1 / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
SUN 2PM DOC SHORTS 1 / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
Jimmy
Martin Smith
A day in the life of Jimmy McIntosh, MBE, who has been campaigning for disabled rights since 1972. See the world from his point of view, as a wheelchair user living with cerebral palsy. (Scotland, 12 min)
FRI 8:30PM DOC SHORTS 1 / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
SUN 2PM DOCK SHORTS 1 / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
Journey to Planet X
Josh Koury, Myles Kane
Eric Swain and Troy Bernier are scientists by day and amateur filmmakers by night. Over the years these two friends have turned out many of their own amateur, sci-fi inspired movies. JOURNEY TO PLANET X follows the filming of Planet X, the duo's most ambitious endeavor to date, and sheds light on their unique brand of "movie magic."
(1 hr, 16 min)
SAT 4PM / NEVADA THEATRE
Kubla Khan
Joan C. Gratz
Academy Award winning animator Joan C. Gratz brings Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous poem to life with her distinctive 'clay painting' technique. (USA, 4 min)
SAT 4PM ANIMATED SHORTS / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
La Cosa In Cima Alle Scale
Michele Torbidoni
Pietro, a young software developer, misses his flight and chooses to spend some time in the small town where he was born. He can't know he will never come back. He'll find a place where memories begin to materialize to unveil a terrible secret. Something that Pietro removed from his mind. Something that he forgot. And for a very good reason. (Italy, 21 min)
SAT 12PM SHORTS 3 / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
Last Kind Words
Kevin Barker
A modern day Southern Gothic ghost story set in the farmland of Kentucky, LAST KIND WORDS tells the story of 17-year old Eli, who moves with his family to the isolated farm of reclusive Waylon, a man whose dark past threatens to overtake him. (USA, 1 hr 27 min)
SAT 8PM / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
Lifted
Zachary Goldberg
'Lifted' tells an ethereal story of a fleeting kinship formed between two lonely children. Sara (Beatrice Miller) makes a fascinating discovery when a boy (Brandon Buescher) endowed with the power of flight crashes behind her home. From Zachary Goldberg, this empathetic fantasy is grounded in the emotional journey of its characters.. the boy who fell from the sky and the girl who found him. (USA, 15 min)
FRI 6:30PM SHORTS 1 / MINERS FOUNDRY/OSBORN & WOODS HALL
SUN 12PM SHORTS 1 / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
Little Red Plane
Charlotte Blacker
A boy and his cat hop in a knitted red plane to deliver packages all over the world and beyond. (UK, 4 min)
SAT 10AM CHILDREN'S PROGRAM / NEVADA THEATRE
Local Tourists
Doug Lenox
A beach comedy about despair. (USA, 18 min)
SAT 12PM SHORTS 3 / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
Love Bug
Kat Candler
A bug-loving nine-year-old boy must work up his courage to ask a like-minded little girl out on a date. Winner of the Children's Jury Prize for Best Live Action Short. (USA, 6 min)
SAT 10AM CHILDREN'S PROGRAM / NEVADA THEATRE
Love Story
Florian Habicht
A romance written on the streets of New York. (New Zealand, 1 hr 31 min)
FRI 6:30PM / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
Mindfield
Nina Corrado
MINDFIELD is an intense psychological drama which explores family dynamics within a marriage on its last leg. (USA, 17 min)
SAT 2PM LOCAL FILMMAKERS / NEVADA THEATRE
Mister Christmas
Nick Palmer
Every Christmas, Bruce Mertz lights up Concord, CA with the 50,000 lights covering his house. For decades he's obsessively added to his display, creating beautiful, towering fixtures that people travel across the country to see. (USA, 15 min)
SAT 12PM DOC SHORTS 2 / MINERS FOUNDRY/OSBORN & WOODS HALL
Mungee: Not Again!
Irmgard Walthert
Two marmots and a hedgehog must try to rescue their sleepwalking friend. In Swiss German with English subtitles. (Switzerland, 7 min)
SAT 10AM CHILDREN'S PROGRAM / NEVADA THEATRE
My Green Pencil
Fayaz Bahram
An animated vignette on the passage of time. (Iran, 1 min)
SAT 2PM SHORTS 2 / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
Neil Young Journeys
Jonathan Demme
This past May, Neil Young brought his solo tour to Toronto's Massey Hall, an iconic venue in the city of his birth.
(USA, 1 hr 27 min)
THUR 7PM OPENING NIGHT FEATURE / NEVADA THEATRE
Next Species
Joe Douville and Josh Bastian
For generations mankind has been enslaved by an alien species that forces them to work under whip and threat of death. But when another alien species arrives to Earth, the arch-nemesis of the first, things start to get really bad for the humans. (USA, 36 min)
SAT 2PM LOCAL FILMMAKERS / NEVADA THEATRE
Occupy Bat Signal
Mark Read
A call to action from the rooftops to the 99%. (USA, 5 min)
FRI 8:30PM DOC SHORTS 1 / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
SUN 2PM DOC SHORTS 1 / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
Olga
Kai Pannen
A sweet animated film about feelings, and the way that friends can help each other. In German with English subtitles. (Germany, 7 min)
SAT 10AM CHILDREN'S PROGRAM / NEVADA THEATRE
One shot et petites conséquences
Sylvain Giannetto
Every new girl is just another one night stand for Nicolas. That is, until he meets Nina and is confronted with the young girl's father. (France, 20 min)
SAT 2PM INTL SHORTS / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
Places Other People Have Lived
Laura Yilmaz
A mixed media exploration of the relationship between memory and place, as examined through the sale of a childhood home. (USA, 6 min)
SAT 4PM ANIMATED SHORTS / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
PROFESSIONal: "Neil Youngberg"
Skylar Nielsen
In this short-form profile, Vita Brevis Films interviews metal-fabricator, Neil Youngberg. Shot on location in Neil's metal fabrication shop, the third generation craftsman gives a sincere overview of his life's work, dispensing hard-worn wisdom while illuminating the sobering realities of the role private business plays in an ever changing economic landscape. (USA, 8 min)
SAT 12PM DOC SHORTS 2 / MINERS FOUNDRY/OSBORN & WOODS HALL
River
Daniel Janke
RIVER is a short experimental documentary about the Yukon River as flowing against the trends of modern times. It is a poetic investigation of the river as providing a glimpse beyond the veil of time to a world that once was: a river that flows from the future into the past. The film utilizes 16 mm archival footage juxtaposed with new footage shot by the filmmaker. (Canada, 8 min)
FRI 8:30PM DOC SHORTS 1 / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
SUN 2PM DOC SHORTS 1 / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
Romance
Georges Schwizgebel
Under the influence of a Rachmaninoff scherzo, a man follows his desires into the unknown, through a whirlwind of music and movement. (Canada, 7 min)
SAT 4PM ANIMATED SHORTS / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
San Francisco Film Festival Youth Media Mashup
Many young people are becoming media content creators these days. This collection of youth-produced work is an impressive and engaging sampling of the emerging talents to watch for. (USA, 1 hr, 13min)
SAT 12PM YOUTH PROGRAM / NEVADA THEATRE
Shut Up And Play The Hits
Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern
On April 2nd 2011, LCD Soundsystem played its final show at Madison Square Garden. Documenting this once in a life time performance and an intimate portrait of James Murphy as he navigates the lead-up to the show, the day after, and the personal and professional ramifications of his decision. (USA, 1 hr 28 min)
SAT 6pm, Nevada Theatre
Snowflakes and Carrot
Samantha Leriche-Gionet
A little girl is stealing the noses from snowmen - but she has a good reason! (Canada, 4 min)
SAT 10AM CHILDREN'S PROGRAM / NEVADA THEATRE
Spark
Annie Silverstein
While a boy waits out his father's tryst he is unexpectedly forced to deal with the lady-friend's daughter. Set on a ranch in Bastrop, Texas, SPARK uses the environment to explore the internal space of children.
(USA, 9 min)
SAT 12PM SHORTS 3 / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
Sully Marooned
Chrissy Loader
A short film about, Sully, a musician in search of a fan. Music from Guided By Voices. (USA, 9min)
FRI 830PM / MINERS FOUNDRY/OSBORN & WOODS HALL
SUN 2PM / MINERS FOUNDRY/OSBORN & WOODS HALL
Terrebonne
Jeremy Craig
Set on the imperiled coast of Louisiana, TERREBONNE is the meditative story of a brother and sister who encounter unexpected trouble when they venture deep into the swamp in search of the mythic ivory-billed woodpecker.
(USA, 15 min)
FRI 6:30PM SHORTS 1 / MINERS FOUNDRY/OSBORN & WOODS HALL
SUN 12PM SHORTS 1 / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
The Arm
Jessie Ennis, Brie Larson, Sarah Ramos
In an attempt to keep up with social pressure in a technologically advanced world, Chance starts a texting relationship with Genevieve - a girl he meets at a yogurt shop. But when Genevieve dies while texting and driving it forces Chance to realize he was never in a relationship at all. (USA, 9 min)
SAT 12PM SHORTS 3 / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
The Astrological Whipping Boy
James Morris
By way of the most unrelenting and ironic fate, Thomas must unknowingly endure the point-blank malice of the cosmos and deftly navigate his lonely path through concentrated events of misfortune, all while bearing a generally favorable and innocent countenance. (USA, 30 min)
SAT 6PM COMEDY SHORTS / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
The Boy Who'd Never Seen Rain
Kim Ramsay
On a struggling Australian sheep farm, a family begins to fall apart as they face impending bankruptcy spurred by years of drought. (Australia, 29 min)
SAT 2PM INTL SHORTS / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
The Driving Accidental
Rio Fitch
A minor mess becomes a big one when a little boy attempts to clean up a mishap. Winner of the Children's Jury Northwest Prize. (Canada, 5 min)
SAT 10AM CHILDREN'S PROGRAM / NEVADA THEATRE
The Dump
Hamish Bennett
Told over the space of a day and through the eyes of 11 year old Utah, THE DUMP is a comedy/drama about a boy discovering there's more to his dad than just rubbish.
(New Zeland, 11 min)
SAT 2PM SHORTS 2 / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
The Family Jams
Kevin Barker
An evocative portrait of youthful possibility, THE FAMILY JAMS follows Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom and Vetiver as they tour the USA in 2004 playing their unique music for a newly growing audience. (USA, 1 hr 21 min)
FRI 8:30PM / MINERS FOUNDRY/OSBORN & WOODS HALL
SUN 2PM / MINERS FOUNDRY/OSBORN & WOODS HALL
The Fertile Desert
roy two thousand
A beautiful time lapse of Burning Man's Black Rock City, with words and music by roy two thousand. (USA, 7 min)
FRI 8:30PM DOC SHORTS 1 / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
SUN 2PM DOC SHORTS 1 / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
The Glowing Hours
Paul Young
THE GLOWING HOURS follows a young girl named Olivia through the intimate memories of her past, where she searches for the love of her mother and remembers a timeless promise she once made.
(UK, 22 min)
FRI 6:30PM SHORTS 1 / MINERS FOUNDRY/OSBORN & WOODS HALL
SUN 12PM SHORTS 1 / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
The Golden Bird
Cat Bruce
When a boy goes in pursuit of a mysterious golden bird, he is lead further than he expects and soon finds out that in his world things are not what they seem. (UK, 12 min)
SAT 4PM ANIMATED SHORTS / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
The Immigrant
Josh Levy
After being deported back to his native Canada, once-famous comedian Bob London attempts a Hollywood comeback by enlisting human smugglers to sneak him across the Mexico-US border. Deposited in East LA after a taxing journey, Bob finds himself rejected by his former manager and famous friends, penniless and alone. He is then adopted by a pair of migrant workers named Gerardo and Luiz who resolve to show Bob how to make it in America. Starring Scott Thompson, Michael Cera, Margaret Cho, Dave Foley, Will Forte, Deborah Theaker, Deadlee, Luis Jimenez, Gilbert Martinez. (Canada, 20 min)
SAT 6PM COMEDY SHORTS / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
The Pub
Joseph Pierce
Kemi lives and works in the murky slipstream of a North London pub. As the booze flows, the line between who belongs behind and in front of the bar becomes increasingly blurred. (UK, 8 min)
SAT 4PM ANIMATED SHORTS / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
The Shrine/An Argument
Sean Pecknold
An elk's rider dies so he is forced to wander the barren landscape alone. (USA, 9 min)
SAT 4PM ANIMATED SHORTS / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
The Source
Jodi Wille, Maria Demopoulos
THE SOURCE chronicles the rise and fall of the Source Family, a Southern California experiment in healthy, communal living that devolved into a quasi-authoritarian polygamist cult exiled to Kauai, where things eventually took a turn for the worse. (USA, 1 hr 40 min)
FRI 8:30PM / NEVADA THEATRE
The Telegram Man
James F. Khehtie
Starring Australian and international screen legends Jack Thompson, Gary Sweet and Sigrid Thornton, THE TELEGRAM MAN explores the impact of World War II on a close-knit Australian farming community. A recipient of the 2011 BAFTA LA® (BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM & TELEVISION ARTS LOS ANGELES®) PRIZ. (Australia, 14 min)
FRI 6:30PM SHORTS 1 / MINERS FOUNDRY/OSBORN & WOODS HALL
SUN 12PM SHORTS 1 / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
The Tsunami & the Cherry Blossom
Lucy Walker, Kira Carstensen
Survivors in the areas hardest hit by Japan's recent tsunami find the courage to revive and rebuild as cherry blossom season begins. A stunning visual haiku about the ephemeral nature of life and the healing power of Japan's most beloved flower. (Japan, 40 min)
FRI 8:30PM DOC SHORTS 1 / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
SUN 2PM DOC SHORTS 1 / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
Three Small Words
Tyson Breuer
Charlie's life changed when he met Scarlett. His vivid imagination takes him a journey through the perfect romance in an instant. (Canada, 7 min)
FRI 6:30PM SHORTS 1 / MINERS FOUNDRY/OSBORN & WOODS HALL
SUN 12PM SHORTS 1 / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
Trevor
Matthieu Saghezchi
A little boy's mind speeds up, just when it's time for it to slow down. In French with English subtitles. (France, 3 min)
SAT 10AM CHILDREN'S PROGRAM / NEVADA THEATRE
Vanishing Point
Wes Meilandt
Upon finding herself in a snowy forest and seeking refuge in a remote cabin, a woman must confront her past to escape purgatory. (USA, 15 min)
SAT 2PM LOCAL FILMMAKERS / NEVADA THEATRE
Watershed
Mark Decena
As the most dammed, dibbed, and diverted river in the world struggles to support thirty million people and the peacekeeping agreement known as the Colorado River Pact reaches its limits, WATERSHED introduces hope. Narrated and produced by Robert Redford. (USA, 56 min)
FRI 6:30PM / NEVADA THEATRE
SUN 12PM / MINERS FOUNDRY/OSBORN & WOODS HALL
We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists
Brian Kneppenberger
A documentary that takes us inside the world of Anonymous, the radical "hacktivist" collective that has redefined civil disobedience for the digital age. (USA, 1 hr 33 min)
SAT 2PM / MINERS FOUNDRY/OSBORN & WOODS HALL
Werewolf in a Girls Sorority
Andy Mogren
Barksdale University is typically a very safe place. However, tonight is a full moon and the new moon studies teacher Dr. Howell seems to be hiding something...but hey, that's not going to stop the biggest party on campus from happening at the sorority house! (USA, 22 min)
SAT 6PM COMEDY SHORTS / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
When You Find Me
Bryce Dallas Howard
WHEN YOU FIND ME tells the story of two sisters whose childhood bond is tested by a tragedy. Alternating between past and present, the short film explores how two people cope with loss in very different ways, and what it takes to find peace within yourself and reconciliation with the ones you love. (USA, 29 min)
FRI 6:30PM SHORTS 1 / MINERS FOUNDRY/OSBORN & WOODS HALL
SUN 12PM SHORTS 1 / MINERS FOUNDRY/STONE HALL
While We Were Here
Kat Coiro
Harkening back to Italian neo-realism, this tightly crafted relationship drama, is about Jane (Kate Bosworth) and her husband Leonard (Iddo Goldberg) who travel to Naples hoping to reinvigorate their silently disintegrating marriage and escape a personal tragedy that hangs heavily between them. Jane, left alone most days, wanders
the streets listening to tapes she made of interviews with her grandmother, seeking inspiration to finish a book based on the old recordings. Facing writer's block, she takes a day trip to stunning Ischia, where she meets Caleb (Jamie Blackley), a young American leading a hermetic yet Dionysian life on the island. As the two embark on an unlikely emotional affair, Jane's carefully constructed world begins to crack open and she faces drastic changes in her life. (USA, 1hr, 23min)
SAT 6pm / MINERS FOUNDRY/OSBORN & WOODS HALL
Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines
Kristy Guevara-Flanagan
WONDER WOMEN! THE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICAN SUPERHEROINES traces the fascinating evolution and legacy of Wonder Woman. From the birth of the comic book superheroine in the 1940s to the blockbusters of today, WONDER WOMEN! looks at how popular representations of powerful women often reflect society’s anxieties about women’s liberation. WONDER WOMEN! goes behind the scenes with Lynda Carter, Lindsay Wagner, comic writers and artists, and real life superheroines such as Gloria Steinem, Kathleen Hanna and others who offer an enlightening and entertaining counterpoint to the male dominated superhero genre. (USA, 1 hr 5 min)
SAT 8PM / MINERS FOUNDRY/OSBORN & WOODS HALL
