March is Women’s History Month and there will be several related film screenings on the Winona State campus over the next few weeks.
Jump at the Sun
Tuesday, March 1, 7 pm Somsen Auditorium
84 minutes
A biography of Zora Neale Hurston, author of Their Eyes Were Watching God. A discussion led by Dr. Gretchen Michlitsch will follow the film.
Red Moon: Menstruation, Culture & the Politics of Gender
Thursday, March 17, 7 pm, Science Lab Auditorium (SL120)
53 minutes
Red Moon provides a take on the absurd and frequently dangerous cultural stigmas and superstitions surrounding women’s menstruation. The film functions as both a myth-busting overview of the realities of menstruation, and a piercing cultural analysis of the ways in which struggles over meaning and power have played out through history on the terrain of women’s bodies.
Itty Bitty Titty Committee
Monday, March 21, 7:00 pm, Somsen Auditorium
87 minutes
From Jamie Babbit, director of But I’m a Cheerleader, this feature film tells the story of a young woman who falls in with a gang of feminist troublemakers.
It Doesn’t Define Us
Tuesday, March 22, 7:00 pm, Science Lab Auditorium (SL120)
80 minutes
It Doesn’t Define Us is a feature length documentary about gay rights and many of the issues the GLBT community is facing not only in the state of Minnesota but also nationwide. Filmmakers Bruce Meyers and Gordy Severson conducted over 40 interviews featuring FOX 9’s Robyne Robinson, KARE-11’s Jana Shortal, Minnesota State Senator Scott Dibble and well-known gay activist Mandy Carter.