Body of Truth (2020) by Evelyn Schels
To celebrate and commemorate March as Women’s Month, five films that touch on the challenges, struggles, and realities of women have been screening for free each Wednesday.
The Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD) of the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde has meticulously selected full-length films to explore and highlight the individuality and solidarity that create nuances in the different narratives of women.
Roma (2018) by Alfonso Cuarón
Roma (2018) by Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón, set in 1970s Mexico City, introduces Cleo, an indigenous Mixteco live-in housekeeper who works for a middle-class household with four children. After the patriarch runs away, she finds herself trying to support what’s left of the family, all while preparing for her own unexpected motherhood. The drama was on view March 2.
Rocks (2019) by Sarah Gavron
Rocks (2019), a coming-of-age piece by British filmmaker Sarah Gavron, follows the lively yet heartbreaking journey of a Black British teenage girl who struggles to take care of herself and her younger brother after they are abandoned by their depressive mother. Set in Hackney, London, it showcases the power of friendship, youth, and dreams amid the battles for survival. It was screened March 9.
Body of Truth (2020), directed by German screenwriter Evelyn Schels, studies the influence of violence, oppression, and war on art. It profiles contemporary Iranian visual artist Shirin Nesha, Serbian conceptual performance artist Marina Abramović, Israeli sculptor and video and installation artist Sigalit Landau, and German photographer Katharina Sieverding as they explore their histories for art. It will be screened March 16.
A Thousand Women (2018) reflects on art and activism. Under the direction of Brazilian screenwriter Rita Toledo, the documentary focuses on female artists Lena Chen (USA), Florencia Duran (Uruguay), Bia Ferreira (Brazil) and Ana Luisa Santos (Brazil) as they transform their experiences into meaningful representations of feminism today. It screens March 23.
The Flowering of the Crone – Leonora Carrington, Another Reality (2015) by Ally Acker
The Flowering of the Crone: Leonora Carrington, Another Reality (2015), directed by American filmmaker, poet, author, and historian Ally Acker, is considered the sole film on British-born artist Carrington. The motion picture covers her full oeuvre, with rare personal footage from the 1940s through the 21st Century. It contains a fanciful depiction of her famous 1939 short story The Debutante. It screens March 30.
Film screenings will be conducted via Zoom every 12 noon on the scheduled dates. All shows are free and open to the public.
Interested viewers for the remaining three films may register through https://forms.gle/3AUP8tbMVPFoaPfQ8. For more information, email [email protected].
