Women in Film: Abina and the Important Men
Trevor Getz and Liz Clark’s graphic novel about a young woman who fights for her freedom in the courts of Africa’s gold coast in the late 1800’s comes to life in an animated feature produced by the Documentary Film Institute at San Francisco State University. The novel won the James Harvey Robinson prize in 2014.
Abina and the Important Men by Soumyaa Behrens | US | 1 h | 2016
A graphic history of a woman fighting for freedom. Women in Film block is a collection of short animated films which are either directed by or about women in intricate stories about life.
Shorts films screening with this program
Ginevra by Tess Martin | The Netherlands | 4 mins | 2017
Dawn is breaking and the owls are stirring. A young woman has been murdered, but is this truly the end? This short film is based on an unfinished poem by Percy Shelley published in 1824.
Ferus by Heather Langley | US | 4 mins | 2016
Deep within a dark coniferous forest, a woman struggles to separate herself from her wild environment—in denial of the fact that she, too, is wild.
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