SODA_JERK + VICKI BENNETT + LYNNE SACHS +
In person, Oz sisters Dan and Dominiquedeliver the No. American debut of their most ambitious work to date, Terror Nullius, a rogue re-mapping of their national mythology, interweaving samples of Australian Gothic, eco-horror, and Road Movie genres. It’s arthouse meets grindhouse, mobilizing feminist bike gangsfor political satire! Co-featured is Consequences (One Thing Leads to Another) by Vicki (People Like Us) Bennett, a resonant echo of herReCombinant coup-de-grace just last year. ALSO: Ximena Cuevas’ De Cuerpo Presente, and Lynne Sachs’ Carolee, Barbara, and Gunvor, a loving multi-format tribute to a sorority of visionary women makers (Schneeman, Hammer, and Nelson). Come early for views of the mighty Women’s Marches!
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Other Cinema: SISTERS’ PICTURES1
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OpenScreening
ATA’
s Open Screening is the only monthly open submissions screening in the Bay Area. Get your work out there!The first Thursday of every month we have an Open Screening. An Open Screening is where we invite local filmmakers to show their short subject films (under 15 mins.). It is a free event and you can either screen a film or just be a member of the audience. Either way it is FREE. It is a great place to network, if you are a filmmaker, crew member, actor or a fan of local films. Please let us know if you would like to screen something. We love films and would love to see yours.
Submissions: Label all tapes w/ name, contact, title and length. Mail to: Open Screening, 992 Valencia, SF, 94110. 1-2 weeks advance submissions strongly recommended. If not, just walk in before the show. Maximum length: 15 min. Formats: Digital File (PC or Mac), DVD, miniDV/DV-cam, VHS, beta, 8mm and 16mm. For 8mm and 16mm films give us advance notice.
Door opens at 7
contact: programming@atasite.org
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A SUITABLE GIRL
3rd i and AAAS present.A SUITABLE GIRL, (directed by Sarita Khurana & Smriti Mundhra) which premiered last year at the Tribeca Film Festival, and won the Best New Documentary Director award.A SUITABLE GIRL follows three young women in India struggling to maintain their identities and follow their dreams amid intense pressure to get married. Documenting the arranged marriage and matchmaking process in vérité over four years, the film examines the women’s complex relationship with marriage, family, and culture.CRITICAL PRAISE FOR A SUITABLE GIRL
“Stirring, and heartbreaking in its examination of ingrained sociocultural sexism, and the toll it takes on entire families.” — Nick Schager, Variety“A Suitable Girl is an overwhelming testament to the power of patriarchy and the continued struggle of women to gain agency over their lives.” – Shubhodeep Pal, The Hindu
“Oscar worthy. It’s impossible to not be moved by ‘A Suitable Girl.’” — Clay Cane, BET.com“A fantastic film…It was like getting on a plane and experiencing another world.” — Susan Kolker, New York Times
“The film’s directors, Sarita Khurana and Smriti Mundhra, who are both Indian American women and won the festival’s award for new documentary director, are trying to overturn stereotypes about arranged marriage.” — Kavita Das, Washington Post
