The Moon Inside You: Q&A with Director Diana Fabianova by Skype
Saturday, March 13
6:30pm Hooker-Dunham Theater
Educated in Slovakia by a hippie mother and a psychologist father, Diana presents her first documentary, "The Moon Inside You." Diana, whose grandmother died of uterine cancer, spent four years traveling the globe, interviewing both men and women about the taboo of menstruation.
Quest for Honor: Q&A with Director Mary Ann Smothers Bruni
Saturday, March 13
19:00:00 Brattleboro Museum and Art Center
Mary Ann Sothers Bruni, just back from Iraq will be here for Q&A after the film. A photographer, this is her first film.
(Kurdish Iraq violence against women, women activists)
Kaziah: The Goat Woman: Q&A with Director Amy Duzinski Janes;
presentation of Kaziah’s portrait of Pvt. Kyle Gilbert, local fallen soldier.
Sunday, March 14
13:00:00 Brattleboro Museum and Art Center
Amy's passion for documentary filmmaking started at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where she came to realize that truth can often be stranger than fiction. She recently produced the award-winning documentary "As Seen Through These Eyes," with Parkchester Pictures, for the Sundance Channel. "Kaziah the Goat Woman" is her directorial debut.
Glass House: Q&A with Producer Melissa Hibbard - Cancelled
Thursday, March 18
Cancelled
Friday, March 19
CancelledMotherland: Q&A with Director Jennifer Steinman
Saturday, March 20
13:00:00 Latchis Theater
Jennifer Steinman, Co-Founder of the film production company, Smush Media, has over 14 years of experience in television and filmmaking. Motherland is her directorial debut and was inspired by her desire to address the complexities of the universal experience of grief and contribute to the healing efforts.
Orgasm Inc: Q&A with Director Liz Canner
Saturday, March 20
18:30:00 Latchis Theater
Orgasm Inc. is award-winning Vermont director Liz Canner’s first feature documentary. Canner was recently named one of the top ten independent filmmakers to watch in 2009 by The Independent Magazine and honored with a Visionary Award from Dartmouth College for this film.
Sin by Silence/Quest for Honor: Discussion with staff from the Women’s Crisis Center
Sunday, March 21
1:00 PM Latchis Theater
The Women’s Crisis Center offers free and confidential services including: shelter for women and children who have experienced domestic and/or sexual violence; a 24-hour crisis line (802-254-6954); emotional support; safety planning; advocacy; information and referrals
Cappella Clausura: Sacred Music by Women Composers
Sunday, March 28
4:30 pm First Baptist Church, 190 Main St., Brattleboro
In honor of Women's History Month, and in collaboration with WFF and "Visions" art show, Cappella Clausura will present a program benefiting the local Women's Crisis Center. Cappella Clausura is a women's vocal ensemble of music professionals from the Boston area. Their Brattleboro program includes works by contemporary composers Patricia Van Ness and Hilary Tann, as well as Hildegard von Bingen from the early 1100s, late Renaissance composers Sulpitia Cesis and Raphaella Aleotti, and Baroque composers Chiara Cozzolani (whose five-movement Messa Paschale is threaded throughout) and Orsina Vizzana. Some pieces will include accompaniment on portative organ, viola da gamba, and theorbo (a lute-like instrument).
Tickets: $18, including a $5 donation to the Women's Crisis Center. This event is supported in part by a New England States Touring grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts, as well as a $500 "challenge grant" from composer Patsy Rogers, a former Brattleboro-area resident and supporting member of Friends of Music.
There will be a preconcert lecture by composer Hilary Tann. For further information on the Tann presentation and the concert, call: 802-254-3600, or go to www.fomag.org.
The Cappella Clausura website is www.clausura.orghttp://www.clausura.org
