by Marian Larragy
Breaking Ground (dir. Michelle Deignan), tells the story of The London Irish Women’s Centre that emerged in the 1980s and lasted almost 30 years.
Remembering The London Irish Women’s Centre
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Culture Club: Watching HOW DARE YOU HAVE SUCH A RUBBISH WISH by Mania Akbari
By Maria Paradinas
How Dare You Have Such a Rubbish Wish has screened at a number of film festivals and at Barbican London, where Maria Paradinas hosted a ScreenTalk with filmmaker Mania Akbari. Subscribe to the Barbican’s ScreenTalk podcast for a recording of the discussion when it becomes available.
CULTURE CLUB: Watching BREAK MY FALL (REDUX) by Kanchi Wichmann
By Ros Murray
Club des Femmes are hosting a screening of the director’s cut of Break My Fall (Redux) at Rio Cinema, Sunday 26 February 2023, 3pm, with a live, in-person Q&A with writer/director Kanchi Wichmann in conversation with Sam McBean. Book your tickets now! Use promo code CDFXBMF2023 on the payment page to get £4 off your full-price ticket!
Welcome to Culture Club
At Club des Femmes HQ we’re sad that the current health crisis means we won’t all be able to meet in person for several months. We hope social distancing can keep everyone as well and as safe as possible. But social distance isn’t going to stop us. If there’s one thing feminism’s taught us it’s the importance of making community.
Culture Club: Watching A WILD PATIENCE HAS TAKEN ME HERE by Érica Sarmet
By B Ruby Rich
Club Des Femmes are screening A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here as part of our unmissable programme USE UR FINGERS: QUEER SHORTS FROM DIY PUNK TO DIGITAL at the 2023 London Short Film Festival, Saturday 28 Jan, 22.15pm, Rio Cinema. Book ur tickets!
Culture Club: Reading More on Chantal Akerman
For no reason we can think of, everyone is currently EXTREMELY EXCITED about Belgian-Jewish lesbian filmmaker Chantal Akerman, and about time too! We’ve been reading all about her (again), and wanted to share some of our faves here.
Culture Club: Making HUG ME PROPERLY
By Olivia Morrison
Hug Me Properly screens as part of @Disturbance at Ugly Duck, Bermondsey, 10-12 November 2022, which will also be live streamed.
Culture Club: Watching Maja Borg’s Films
This essay originally appeared in the booklet for the DVD release of MAN (2016). Maja and So are in conversation with Melanie Iredale at Folkestone Documentary Festival, Sunday 23 October 2022, 6pm.
Culture Club: Our Screen History with Screen Archive South East
By Ellie Turner-Kilburn
Screen Archive South East continues to accept submissions of LGBTQIA+ footage for preservation and to be made available for free community use both now and in the future. Check our site for more details about our 2022 Pride events!
Culture Club: Sarah Lasoye responds to MADCHEN IN UNIFORM (Leontine Sagan, 1931)
Club Des Femmes x Fringe! are hosting a screening of MADCHEN IN UNIFORM at Rio Cinema, Sunday 25 Sept, 3 pm. With an intro by CDF’s So Mayer + live drag performance from Georgeous Michael ?. Book your tickets!
Culture Club: Leah Purcell talks about her film THE DROVER’S WIFE for #ReclaimTheFrame
The Drover’s Wife is on general release in the UK from Fri 13 May via Modern Films. Find your local screening! Both subtitles and audio description are available.
Culture Club: Watching WORKING GIRLS by Lizzie Borden
By Sam McBean
Working Girls is currently streaming on the Criterion Channel(US), along with additional videos from the Bluray release (subscribers only, 14 day free subscription currently available), and on Criterion Bluray and DVD (US). We’re crossing our fingers for a UK Bluray release some time soon!