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News Release
February 27, 2007
Two Short Films Celebrate Women's History Month
The Boise State Women’s Center, TVTV and The Flicks Movie Theatres invite you to
celebrate Women’s History Month at the exclusive Boise screening of two
award-winning short films, “I Was a Teenage Feminist” and “Mohawk Girls.” The
screenings will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Boise State
University sociology professor Ginna Husting, Marty Durand of the Idaho Women’s
Network and Gloria Munoz of United Vision for Idaho.
The screenings are at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 4, at The Flicks, 646 Fulton St.
Tickets are $11 and are available at TVTV or at The Flicks. Visit
www.tvctvonline.org or call 343-1100
for more information.
“I Was a Teenage Feminist” explores why many young, independent, progressive
women today feel uncomfortable identifying with the “F-word.” Filmmaker Therese
Shechter takes us on a funny, moving journey into the heart of feminism. Armed
with a video camera and an irreverent sense of humor, Shechter talks with
feminist superstars, rowdy frat boys, liberated Cosmo girls and radical
cheerleaders in her quest to find out whether feminism can still be a source of
personal and political power.
“Mohawk Girls” is a deeply emotional yet unsentimental look into what it means
to grow up as a Native American at the beginning of the 21st century. Filmmaker
Tracey Deer intimately captures the lives of three exuberant and insightful
Mohawk teenagers as they return from school to their families in the Kahnawake
Native Reserve. The three teens are contending with the unwritten rules of their
close-knit community. To move away from the reserve means you risk losing your
credibility, or worse, your rights as a Mohawk. But to stay is to give up the
possibilities offered by the “outside world.” With insight, humor and
compassion, Deer takes us inside the lives of these three teenagers as they
tackle the same issues of identity, culture and family she herself faced a
decade earlier.
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Contact: Peter Lutze, Department of Communication, (208) 426-3086,
plutze@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208)
426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu
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