Film Screenings
Films by Nicaraguan Women
Wednesday February 25, 2009
$10-$20 sliding scale - 7:30pm
Join us for an evening of short films by the students of Cineastas de Granada followed by "De Niña a Madre" This compassionate documentary follows 3 Nicaraguan girls through their pregnancies and the births of their babies, then follows up with them 1 year later. 7:30pm $10-$20 sliding scale.
film link: http://www.camilafilms.com/realizaciones.en?idrealizaciones=11
Cineastas de Granada is a film and video production program for teenage girls from various barrios in Granada, Nicaragua, offering free courses in film and video production. The classes include writing, directing, cinematography, sound and editing. The mission of Cineastas de Granada is to help young Nicaraguan women gain access to the medium of filmmaking, to bring their stories out of the isolation of the personal realm into the collective life of Nicaragua and the world, while they learn technical skills for survival in the job market and build confidence in their abilities as artists and technicians.
Our goal is to arm girls with confidence and skill before they become adults and stuck in a "no way out" situation, either as victims of domestic abuse, teen pregnancy, or of the sex-tourism trade that has risen in their community.
