November 5th 6:30PM
COMING UP SHORT: Young Women
Featuring...

GROWING UP FAST (Joanna Lipper)
This documentary follows a group of teen parents through their last
months of high school, as they share their personal stories and
discuss the difficult decisions, challenges and responsibilities
they face. While highlighting the difficulties of teen pregnancy and
parenthood, this film also shows the strength, courage, resilience,
spirit and self-awareness of these adolescents, and charts their
rise to meet the challenge of
supporting their families while simultaneously working to graduate
from high school with the help of tutoring and daycare. Filmmaker
will be available for Q&A after the screening.

WHY GET MARRIED? (Anne Stirling)
This documentary is evocative and thought-provoking, taking a look
at the institution of marriage, how it differs in Canada and the US,
and whether it is our nature to want to be in couples or in
marriage. The film evolved from a series of interviews spanning
three years and two widely flung and disparate settings. Singles,
gays, marrieds, divorced, never-marrieds, wedding planners and
marriage experts - no one was safe from the
provocative interrogator determined to find the answers to her
questions.


November 13th 6:30PM
COMING UP SHORT: Global Women
Featuring...

WHEN THE STORM CAME (Shilpi Gupta)
When the Storm Came is a short documentary profiling Kunnan
Pushpora, a village in Indian-Administered Kashmir. Through
evocative interviews, the film reconstructs the night of February
23, 1991, when villagers say they were victims of a mass rape at the
hands of Indian security forces. When the Storm Came tells the
intimate story of a few of the victims and depicts the impact the
rape continues to have on the community over a decade later. The
film culminates with a stark reminder of the
universality of rape as a 'weapon' in conflict across the globe,
persisting throughout time. Filmmaker will be available for Q&A
after the screening.

SADAA E ZAN (Renee Bergan)
Filmed in March 2002, Sadaa E Zan collects the voices of several
Afghan women living in Kabul, Afghanistan and Northern Pakistan. In
a land where 50% of women are widows and nearly everyone has lost a
family member, these brave women of all ages, recount their
struggles and victories from living under twenty three years of war.
From the Soviet invasion to the Civil War to the extremist Taliban,
women were always the first victims. With the Taliban now gone,
Afghanistan finally finds itself with the possibility of peace. But
will it last? This, they believe, is in the hands of the
international community. Finally, these women have a way to voice
their concerns.

These film screenings will be held at the Pioneer Theater (155 E.
3rd St at Avenue A in NYC). Tickets are $9 and everyone who attends
will receive a gift bag full of prizes from our sponsors worth over
$50. Space is limited. To buy tickets, go to:
November 5th: http://www.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=38405
November 13th: http://www.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=37528

Sponsored by:
Altar Magazine, Amy Peters' Studio, Angelic Soaps and Gifts,
Bitching and Moaning, Bitch Magazine, Botanical Earth, Chelsea Green
Publishing, Clamor Magazine, Daemon Records, Dam Stuhltrager
Gallery, Feed Your Head Books, Independent Music Video Festival,
Lantern Books, LES Girls Club - Sweet Things Bake Shop,
loveplusone.net, Omo Misha, Passion Power Press Inc, Reebert Butik,
Sarah Apple, SUNY Press, Sweet Candy Distro, The Luna Press, The
Progressive, Tuff Betty Bags, WHIRR, Younger Women's Task Force