Film Fest
When
4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Who can attend
Price
AUGUST: The Glorias, available on YouTube, Amazon Prime, Apple+TV
This 2020 biographical drama about Gloria Steinem, directed and produced by Julie Taymor, follows the life of journalist and activist Gloria Steinem, nationally recognized leader of second-wave feminism in the US. She is played by four actors at different stages of her life. The film is based on Steinem’s book “My Life on the Road.”
SEPTEMBER: I’m Still Here, 2024, available on Netflix
97% on the Tomatometer, this film received critical acclaim for Fernanda Torres’ performance (she received a Golden Globe award and an Oscar nomination) as “a mother and activist coping with the forced disappearance of her husband” during the military dictatorship in Brazil.
OCTOBER: The Wedding Banquet, available on YouTube, Amazon Prime, Apple+TV
The Wedding Banquet is a 2025 “joyful comedy of errors about a chosen family navigating cultural identity, queerness, and family expectations.” (Rotten Tomatoes).