Strong Women: Docs, Shorts, and Episodics

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Strong Women: Docs, Shorts, and Episodics

Rx Early Detection: A Cancer Journey With Sandra Lee • The T • Bach Star Café Shakedown • Instructions on Parting


	Dear Programmers: We at The Film Collaborative have always been dedicated to films by, for, and about strong women; but our newest slate takes it to a new level. We’re offering all programmers an exciting array of content driven by women directors, women performers, and women’s stories of a nature that you probably have never seen on screen before. And we are very proud of it! Please email us at festivals@thefilmcollaborative.org for screeners. Enjoy!


	2018 \| USA \| 36 min. Director Susan Rockefeller Producers Susan Rockefeller, Beth Poague Co-Producer Jackie French Editor Jackie French Music Johann Sebastian Bach		SHORT Bach Star Café ABOUT THE SHORT FILM: Remember the good ol’ days, when women weren’t allowed to enter the male-intellectualist realm of the coffeehouse? This playful documentary follows a group of college students as they adapt and perform Bach’s Coffee Cantata, about a rebellious young woman who refuses to give up coffee no matter what punishments her father might throw her way! FESTIVAL TERRITORIES The World EXHIBITION FORMATS Digital File MORE INFO: bachstarcafe.com Email us for screeners or streaming links.


	2018 \| USA \| 38 min. Writer & Director Cathy Chermol Schrijver Producer Cathy Chermol Schrijver Executive Producers Sandra Lee, Sheila Nevins, Cathy Chermol Schrijver Editor Paula Heredia Cinematographer Cathy Chermol Schrijver Music Michael Bacon Cast Sandra Lee, Kimber Lee, Governor Andrew Cuomo		SHORT Rx: Early Detection A Cancer Journey With Sandra Lee ABOUT THE SHORT FILM: When Sandra Lee is stunned after her routine annual mammogram delivers a breast cancer diagnosis, she takes a courageous journey through diagnosis, treatment, and recovery as her experience becomes a call for early detection. FESTIVALS 2018: Sundance, Tribeca FESTIVAL TERRITORIES The World EXHIBITION FORMATS Digital File MORE INFO: IMDb Page Email us for screeners or streaming links.


	2017 \| USA \| Episodes 1-6, 43 min. Directors Deven Casey, Bea Cordelia, Daniel Kyri Producer Eugene Sun Park Cinematographer Christopher Rejano Cast Bea Cordelia, Daniel Kyri		EPISODIC the T ABOUT THE EPISODIC SERIES: Set across Chicago, the T follows Jo and Carter, a young trans woman and queer Black man, as they learn how to be best friends in the wake of their romantic relationship and Jo’s transition. FESTIVALS 2018: Frameline FESTIVAL TERRITORIES The World EXHIBITION FORMATS Digital File MORE INFO: thetwebseries.com Email us for screeners or streaming links.


	2018 \| USA \| 82 min. Writer & Director Leilah Weinraub Producers Pilar Wiley, Michael Hekmat, Drake Burnette, Riel Roch-Decter Co-Producer Sebastian Pardo Editor Matt Hollis Music Tim Dewit		FEATURE Shakedown ABOUT THE FEATURE FILM: ‘Shakedown’ was a series of parties founded by and for African American women in Los Angeles that featured go-go dancing and strip shows for the city’s lesbian underground scene. Inspired by transwoman Mahogany who, as the mother of the scene, presided over queer strip shows and balls for non-heterosexual audiences in the 1980s, butch Ronnie Ron created, produced and presented the new shows. In them, the largely female clientele from the ‘hood’ slipped dollar notes into lap dancers’ panties while celebrating lesbian sexuality to pulsating hip-hop beats. Showing the protagonists backstage and in interviews, this intimate chronicle reveals that ‘Shakedown’ was more than just a strip club; as one of the few spaces for lesbian subculture, the club brought together and galvanized a community of freaks and queers of color, and for that it suffered police reprisals. The film’s director is herself a member of this community; using exclusive archive material, posters and flyers, her film takes a personal look at female desire that is rarely presented on the big screen. —Berlinale FESTIVALS 2018: Berlinale Panorama (World Premiere) FESTIVAL TERRITORIES North America Only EXHIBITION FORMATS DCP, Blu-Ray, DVD MORE INFO: shakedown.film Email us for screeners or streaming links.


	2018 \| USA \| 95 min. Director Amy Jenkins Producers Amy Jenkins, Mary Kerr Editors Amy Jenkins, Bara Jichova Tyson Consulting Editor Laure Sullivan Sound Jim Dawson Music Noah Hoffeld		FEATURE Instructions on Parting ABOUT THE FEATURE FILM: As Director Amy Jenkins welcomes her first child into the world, she also must negotiate the cancer diagnoses and transits toward death of her mother, sister, and brother, all of whom fall ill within the same year. Assembled from Jenkins’ video journals and narrated through archived answering machine messages, this heartbreaking story evolves from a first-person point of view as Jenkins, a visual artist, turns her camera to interrogate loss. Weaving cinéma vérité family footage with breathtaking vignettes of nature unfolding, INSTRUCTIONS ON PARTING tells an elegiac story about transformation, grief, and the essential nature of the collective human journey. Jenkins’ vulnerability as she grapples with motherhood and the deaths of her loved ones leads us to a bold and daring acceptance of our own mortality and a reverence for the fleeting beauty of life. FESTIVALS 2018: Doc Fortnight Festival, The Museum of Modern Art (World Premiere) EXHIBITION FORMATS DCP, Blu-Ray, DVD MORE INFO: on-parting.com Email us for screeners or streaming links.

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