Women and Gender Studies
Varner Hall, Room 217
371 Varner Drive
Rochester,
MI
48309-4485
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Film Festival
Each spring, the OU Women and Gender Studies program presents a film festival featuring compelling and thought-provoking documentaries, panel discussions, refreshments and stimulating conversation. Free and open to the public, all are welcome to lean a critical and insightful eye to current topics of importance to the women and gender studies community.
**EVENT CANCELED**
The 36th Annual Women and Gender Studies Film Festival: March 2020
"KIKI (2016)"
About the Film
This year, we will present KIKI (2016), a look inside the world of new generation of LGBTQ youth-of-color who practice the performance-based artform of Ballroom. KIKI follows seven characters from the Kiki community over the course of four years, using their preparations and spectacular performances at events known as Kiki balls as a framing device while delving into their battles with homelessness, illness and prejudice as well as their gains towards political influence and the conquering of affirming gender-expressions. Join us for the screening and a post-film discussion.
Presentation
Join us at the 36th Annual Women and Gender Studies Film Festival on Saturday, March 21, 2020 from 12:00-3:00 PM in HHB 1050. The event is free and open to the public and free food will be provided.
How to Find Us
The Human Health Building is located in the northeast corner of OU’s campus at the intersection of Walton and Squirrel Roads. For interactive directions, visit oakland.edu/map.
Sponsors
The Women and Gender Studies Program would like to thank the following departments and colleges on campus for their generous support of the 2020 WGS Film Festival: The College of Arts and Sciences; Cinema Studies; English; Communication, Journalism and Public Relations; History; Philosophy; Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work & Criminal Justice; University Libraries; Management and Marketing; The Oakland Post; and WXOU Radio.
Planning
The Women and Gender Studies Program would like to thank the following individuals for their assistance in planning the WGS Film Festival and creating promotional materials: Erin Meyers (chairperson), Theresa Anasti, Bridget Kies, Alison Powell and Jennifer Thor.
Current and Previous Film Festival Topics
- 2019 - 2020 Challenging Femme Phobia: Breaking the Gender Binary in Queer Communities
- 2018 - 2019 Making Masculine & The Same Difference
- 2017 - 2018 She's Beautiful When She's Angry
- 2016 - 2017 STYLE BEYOND THE BINARY: Transgender Visibility and Recognition
- 2015 - 2016 GAME NOT OVER: Gender and Digital Culture
- 2014 - 2015 American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
- 2013 - 2014 Grrrls at the Mic: Power & Protest in Punk and Hip Hop
- 2012 - 2013 Bully
- 2011 - 2012 Miss Representation
- 2010 - 2011 From Hysteria to Disorder: Manufacturing Disorder of Female Sexual Desire
- 2009 - 2010 Women in War / Women on War
- 2008 - 2009 On Our Way to the White House? Women and Electoral Politics
- 2007 - 2008 Revolutionary Women in the Work Force
- 2006 - 2007 Women and Globalization: Merchants or Merchandise?
- 2005 - 2006 Why Can't I Look Like that Model?
- 2004 - 2005 Muslim Women, in their own words
- 2003 - 2004 Women and Sports
- 2002 - 2003 Are you a Woman? Or a Man?
- 2001 - 2002 Fast Talking Dames
- 2000 - 2001 Jane Austen Goes to Hollywood
- 1999 - 2000 All Dressed Up: Underpinnings of Feminism in Film and Fashion
- 1998 - 1999 Breaking Silences: Representations of Women in the Non-Western World
- 1997 - 1998 Journey to Community: Women, AIDS and Film
- 1996 - 1997 The Ties That Bind: Families in Film
- 1995 - 1996 Women and Work in Contemporary Film
- 1994 - 1995 Telling Women's Lives