All films shown on Saturday, March 16th, 2019 will be shown at:
Drexel URBN Annex Screening Room3401 Filbert Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
www.drexel.edu/westphal
215-895-2000
Admission: $10
Student Admission w/ID: $8
SHUTOUT! THE BATTLE AMERICAN WOMEN WAGE TO PLAY BASEBALL Saturday, March 16, 2019 at 12:00 PM
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY | 82 MIN | USA
Directed by Jon Leonoudakis
General Admission $10 | Student + Children $8 Buy Tickets Get All Access Badge
Why can’t American women play baseball? ‘Shutout!’ gives voice to American girls and women from age 9 to 90, sharing their experiences playing the game they love in the face of crippling gender discrimination, misogyny, and ignorance. Some of the most accomplished women to play the game, such as Ila Borders, Oz Sailors, and Lilly Jacobson are featured, along with experts such as political scientist Jennifer Ring, pioneering sportswriter Lisa Nehus Saxon, and author Jean Hastings Ardell.
THE QUIET REBEL (w/ Maintain Yourself short film) Saturday, March 16, 2019 at 2:00 PM
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY | 48 MIN | France
Directed by Carole Cassier
General Admission $10 | Student + Children $8 Buy Tickets Get All Access Badge
The Quiet Rebel, a documentary film by Carole Cassier, tells the extraordinary, controversial story of radical feminist Australian performance artist Casey Jenkins: her rise to internet fame–and shame.
Casey Jenkins did not expect to become an internet phenomenon in 2013 when she first performed Casting off my Womb. As a meditation on fertility, she knitted for 28 days with wool that she pulled out of her vagina in Darwin, Australia. A TV station featured a short clip of her performance. The clip soon went viral, totalling at 7.5 million views on YouTube, closely followed by a hurricane of negative, violent and sexist comments.
MAINTAIN YOURSELFDOC SHORT | 4 MIN | USA
Directed by Ellie LaCourt
Maintain Yourself is a stop-motion film in which the animator performs her grooming routine on a puppet version of herself. By presenting these body-modification rituals in a new context the film invites viewers to question their purpose.
THE LIGHTER SIDE Shorts Program Saturday, March 16, 2019 at 4:00 PM
Shorts Program | 76.5 MIN
General Admission $10 | Student + Children $8 Buy Tickets Get All Access Badge
WATERMELONNARRATIVE SHORT | 21 MIN | USA
Directed by Toryn Seabrooks
WATERMELON is a coming-of-age short film set in the early ’00s about a frumpy and uncoordinated 12-year-old named Clark who aspires to be an elite Lemon Girl Cheerleader. Despite the economic circumstances that get in her way, Clark comes up with a creative side hustle to earn her lemon glory.
POINT BLANK THERAPYNARRATIVE SHORT | 13.5 MIN | USA
Directed by Ceri Godinez
Two friends are kidnapped in the middle of a relationship-ending argument. As their semi-competent kidnapper drives them to his rendezvous point with his mother, the women are forced to work through their differences in order to take control of the situation.
GIRLS N’ BOYZENARRATIVE SHORT | 12 MIN | USA
Directed by Madeline Jordan
Two sisters struggle with jealousy and frustration when their favorite boy band shows up during the girls’ work shift , shattering their teenage dreams when the boys are not as dreamy as expected.
CALL ME DADDYNARRATIVE SHORT | 11.5 MIN | Canada
Directed by Amanda de Souza
A misguided mother goes to extreme lengths to ensure her gay son finds a ‘normal, upstanding’ boyfriend.
TURKEY’S DONENARRATIVE SHORT | 17.5 MIN | USA
Directed by Monique Impagliazzo and Jennifer Tini
Produced by Monique Impagliazzo, Jennifer Tini, and Krystal Tini
Written by Monique Impagliazzo, Jennifer Tini, Krystal Tini and Cheri Oteri
Executive Produced by Cheri Oteri
Peaches Bracco (Cheri Oteri) is a loving, loud-mouthed housewife who is excited to have her husband home for his first Thanksgiving after a 10-year stint in the slammer. Little does Dino know, he won’t have much to give thanks for in this holiday comedy, “Turkey’s Done.”
Monique Impagliazzo, Jennifer Tini, Krystal Tini and Cheri Oteri will be present for Q&A session.
MADE IN PHILADELPHIA Shorts Program Saturday, March 16, 2019 at 6:00 PM
Shorts Program | 76 MIN
General Admission $10 | Student + Children $8 Buy Tickets Get All Access Badge
JULYNARRATIVE SHORT | 1 MIN | USA
Directed by Amy Chen
A visual diary of summer.
ORCHIDNARRATIVE SHORT | 13.5 MIN | USA
Directed by Marit Mei-tsan Stafstrom
A cyborg woman risks everything to rescue her daughter – her clone – from a dystopian industrial facility. A metacinematic study in both sci-fi and the essay film, dealing with themes of identity, immigration, and the nature of cinema itself.
BEYOND YESTERDAYNARRATIVE SHORT | 5 MIN | USA
Directed by Pheng H. Tang
Cindy Lu, an Asian woman, devastated over a job loss, receives an unexpected visit from someone from her past.
THE NURSENARRATIVE SHORT | 13.5 MIN | USA
Directed by Stephen Schaffer
During the Civil War, an interracial nurse must help a Confederate soldier get back to camp before they are devoured by a horde of zombies.
AFRICAN ANIMAL’S LULLABYNARRATIVE SHORT | 7 MIN | USA
Directed by Jessica Dimuzio, VMD and Rodney Whittenberg
“African Animals’ Lullaby,” an indie, family, “slice-of-life” film, incorporates authentic sounds and photographs of East African animals, set to a poem written by the film’s co-director and award-winning children’s book author and conservation educator Jessica Dimuzio, VMD. The film is co-directed and edited by Emmy award-winning composer Rodney Whittenberg, and narrated by internationally renowned, Pew Fellowship in the Arts recipient, master storyteller Charlotte Blake Alston.
MAYO GIRLNARRATIVE SHORT | 11.5 MIN | USA
Directed by Jaccii Farris
She’s smart. She’s successful. She’s attractive.
So why is Sophie such a flop in the romance department? Because she’s also mastered the art of playing it safe. In fact, Sophie is as predictable as her lunchtime staple: plain chicken sandwich, hold the mayo. Every. Single. Time.
PARALYSISNARRATIVE SHORT | 4.5 MIN | USA
Directed by Melissa De Leon
Diana, a young mother, fears what comes in the night.
SPOON & MENARRATIVE SHORT | 7 MIN | USA
Directed by Koura Linda, Spaceship
A gentle and artistic look at a day in the life of a young girl with moderate myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME).
ME limits her ability to live life as freely as an able-bodied person. This film is an expression of the ramifications of a “normal” day of exertion for someone with ME.
FIVE COUPLESDOCUMENTARY SHORT | 15 MIN | USA
Directed by Haley Biggins
Interviews with 5 couples in love.
YOU GOT MA’AMEDNARRATIVE SHORT | 5.5 MIN | USA
Directed by Michael Kelberg
Calvin and Kate’s night out is cut short when she is called “Ma’am.” Calvin finds this funny, Kate not so much. Arriving home, sparks fly between husband and wife, Kate’s mom, and the pizza delivery girl.
DADDY ISSUES Saturday, March 16, 2019 at 9:00 PM
FEATURE NARRATIVE | 80 MIN | UK
Directed by Laura Holliday
General Admission $10 | Student + Children $8 Buy Tickets Get All Access Badge
20 something stand up comedian Henrietta, hasn’t been funny since her detached dad died. Distraught, in a quart life crisis, she leaves her messy London life behind for LA, to re-examine her past relationships with dysfunctional ex-lovers, and friends struggling with adulthood. Henri tries comedically and introspectively to find humour in her darkest moments.