Femme Film Series

Presented in partnership with Femme Film

Jan. 9 | 7 p.m. | Winter's Bone
Feb. 13 | 7 p.m. | The Watermelon Woman
March 20 | 7 p.m. | Femme Film Shorts
Te Ata Theater

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Femme Film is a monthly program that screens movies made by femmes to the Oklahoma community for free. We use “femme” as an umbrella term used to describe individuals targeted by sexism and misogyny, including but not limited to woman, non-binary, trans and genderqueer individuals.

Femme Film was started in September 2020 by Paris Burris, a filmmaker and film programmer in her hometown of Oklahoma City. Along with running Femme Film, Paris is also a short film programmer for the Oscar-qualifying deadCenter Film Festival. She loves making independent films with her friends and is an unabashed cinephile who loves discovering and sharing underseen films.

Upcoming screenings

Jan. 9
Presented in partnership with Continuum

Winter's Bone
Debra Granik | 2010 | 99 minutes
This movie is rated R (for strong language, violence and drug use)

After discovering her father put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared, 17-year-old Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) must confront the local criminal underworld and the harsh Ozark wilderness in order to track down her father and save her family.

Feb. 13

The Watermelon Woman
Cheryl Dunye | 1996 | 85 minutes | NR (contains strong language and sexual content)

Cheryl (Cheryl Dunye), a young Black lesbian, works a day job in a video store while trying to make a film about a Black actress from the 1930s known for playing the stereotypical “mammy” roles relegated to Black actresses during that period.

March 20
Presented in partnership with Continuum

Femme Film Shorts
A collection of short films by local femme filmmakers. More info to come!

Past screenings

Sept. 12 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Oct. 26 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Dec. 5 | Bridget Jones's Diary