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WHMFS Screening of: BORN IN FLAMES

The Little Theatre 1

Film Series

This screening is a part of the Women's History Month Film Series. 

We are proud to screen a 35mm print preserved by  with restoration funding from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and The Film Foundation.

This 1983 documentary-style feminist science fiction film by Lizzie Borden that explores racism, classism, sexism and heterosexism in an alternative United States socialist democracy. The plot concerns two feminist groups in New York City, each voicing their concerns to the public by pirate radio. One group, led by an outspoken white lesbian, Isabel (Adele Bertei), operates "Radio Ragazza". The other group, led by a soft-spoken African-American, Honey (Honey), operates "Phoenix Radio." The local community is stimulated into action after a world-traveling political activist, Adelaide Norris (Jean Satterfield), is arrested upon arriving at a New York City airport, and suspiciously dies while in police custody.

This screening is presented with community partners  and . 

The film will be introduced by Barbara LeSavoy, Director of Gender and Women's Studies at the College of Brockport. A discussion will follow the screening with with:

• Born in Flames Director, Lizzie Borden
• Almudena Escobar Lopez, PhD student from the Visual and Cultural Studies Program at the 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳, Board member at Girls Rock! 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ and
• Shermeeka Mason, Science Fiction Author, Creator of Black Girl with Glasses (blog), and Programmer at WAYO 104.3 FM.