Out In The Mountains : Arts & Entertainment

Women's Film Festival

Hammering it Out: Women in the Construction Zone

Hammering it Out is the story of a community-initiated lawsuit that resulted in hundreds of women getting trained to work on a billion-dollar freeway in Los Angeles in the 1980’s and 90’s. Many of the women went into union apprenticeships and became active union members. Women hammer, lay concrete, and tell the truth about training, childcare, homophobia, bathrooms, and other critical issues. Vivian Price’s film asks: Are women construction workers the Rosie the Riveters of the present, hired for a short time, then let go when equality is no longer enforceable?

March 2 at 8:15 pm, March 3 at 8:15 pm, and March 4 at 8:15 pm.

The Body of a Poet

This remarkable film by director Sonali Fernando is a tribute to one of the great visionaries of the Twentieth Century, Audre Lorde. An internationally admired Black woman poet and political activist, Lorde’s devoted readership accords her cult status. Writers like Alice Walker and June Jordan honor her as “the mother of Black feminism.”

Raised by Caribbean parents in 1930s New York, Audre Lorde came of age and came out as a lesbian in a pre-Stonewall world where lesbians were known as “gay girls” and were usually white.

Her electrifying, nightmarish and passionate writings earned her an international following and the accolade of Poet Laureate of New York State, where she worked at Hunter College as a Professor of Poetry in the years leading to her death.

Assured acting from a dedicated cast and a taut script comprising the work of several contemporary African American lesbian poets make The Body of a Poet one of the most refreshing, brave, and unusual short films of the year.

March 3 at 8:15 pm, March 10 at 6 pm, and March 11 at 1 pm.

Aimee and Jaguar

In 1943, while the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women. One of them, Lilly Wust (Juliane Kohler), married and the mother of four sons, enjoys the privileges of her stature as an exemplar of Nazi motherhood. For her, the affair will be the most decisive experience of her life. For the other woman, Felice Schragenheim (Maria Schrader), a Jewess and the member of the underground, their love fuels her with the hope that she will survive.

The film was nominated for a 1999 Golden Globe Award and was Germany’s submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Both actresses received Silver Bears at the 1999 Berlin International Film Festival for their portrayals of Aimee and Jaguar.

This film will show March 17 at 4:15 pm, and March 18 at 4:15 pm.

Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for youth and seniors.
Festival passes, five shows for $25, will also be available.
at the door. For the film schedule,
call Wild Root Arts at 802-254-9276.
For other information, call the
Women's Film Festival at 802-258-1425.