Running from October to February, Fighting Words includes screenings a DIY Independent Filmmaking workshop with Ingrid Veninger, a filmmaking dynamo who formed pUNK films with a “Nothing is Impossible” manifesto.
Ingrid will also premiere her new feature I am a good person/I am a bad person. Other films include Shooting Women, a documentary featuring interviews with camera women form around the world, performance artist Miranda July’s latest feature The Future, Margarethe Von Trotta’s Vision about 12th century Nun Hildegard von Bingen and the inspirational and visionary leader of the Medieval Age, Judy Chaikin’s The Girls in the Band, a poignant documentary about the untold stories of female jazz and big band instrumentalists.
Oct 5, 2012 / 7 pm – I Am A Good Person / I Am A Bad Person
Oct 11, 2012 / 7 pm – Shooting Women
Nov 9 – 11, 2012 / 7 pm – Who Cares
Nov 14, 2012 / 7 pm – The Future
Nov 23 & 29, 2012 / 7 pm – The Girls in the Band
Nov 30, 2012 / 7 pm – Montreal, Berlin and Back: The Films of Lysanne Thibodeau
Dec 6, 2012 / 7 pm – ! Women Art Revolution
Dec 12, 2012 / 7 pm – Vision: From the Life of Hildegard Bon Bingen
Jan 17 / 7 pm, Jan 18 & 19, 2013 / 9 pm – The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
Feb 21, 2013 / 7 pm – Bad Girl
Feb 28, 2013 / 7 pm – The Adventures of Prince Achmed w/ live score
We acknowledge the support and sponsorship from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in the presentation of this series