<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Hello friends—I’m so glad to report that the opening went well. A good number of interested/interesting people populated tonight’s opening Film Fest. Film maker Roberta Bennett was present, and answered questions. <div>And---lots of ideas were posted for ‘films-I-wish-someone-would-make’.</div><div><div><br></div><div>We exist!</div></div><div><br></div><div>Friday, Day 2 of the Film Fest, offers the short film, <i>Maestra</i>, by Catherine Murphy—this thirty minute documentary presents a waft of political-emotional energy in reporting how thousands of (mainly women)Cuban people in 1959 went out to the rural areas to teach reaching and writing. Alice Walkers reads the narration. </div><div><br></div><div>And, on Friiday, there will be the feature filmo<i>Health Care in All the Wrong Places—</i> which, though it seems to be about health care, is really about the capacities of metaphor.</div><div><br></div><div>See you there! </div><div><br></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">You are invited to the First Annual <i><b>Interdependent Film Festival: Women Make Movies</b></i><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img apple-inline="yes" id="D8B55E01-DBE1-4E02-9B04-E5768DF923A7" height="640" width="453" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:A2E7A648-67A7-4475-AE04-566622D3538B@hsd1.il.comcast.net."><br></div><br>This ground-breaking, three-day festival (<b>31 July - 2 August 2014</b>) presents experimental and documentary films by women filmmakers from the Champaign-Urbana area who explore the interconnections between art & immigration, language & health care, and ecofeminism & solidarity between people around the world. Besides great films, it also features gala opening and closing ceremonies, Q&A interdependency panels with filmmakers and community members, and food donated by local groups making a global difference in the south Central Illinois region.<br><br>Sponsored by the <a href="http://www.ucimc.org/">Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center</a> and the <a href="http://www.designingasociety.net/">School for Designing a Society</a>, you can see the film schedule <a href="http://www.designingasociety.net/sessions-and-events/upcoming-events/the-1st-annual-an-interdependent-film-festival-women-make-movies/">here</a> and below. Most events are 7:00pm with a noon matinee on 2 August.<br><br>Tickets and festival passes may be purchased <a href="http://interdependentfilmfestival.bpt.me">here </a>(seating will be limited; order early). Or you may donate to or help sponsor the event by contributing<a href="https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=dSURF_2hnhoJadzo4vmMoC4Fv4R6UTXQYEIhT8dt6Texw8ZJGC6RqLZTENq&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8d5402c249c5a2cfd4a145d37ec05e9a5e">here</a>. Tickets are $15 ($7 low-income), with special laminated festival passes for $35.<br><br>Food as well as critical discussions with community members and filmmakers also provided. Don't miss out on this unique summer event for Champaign-Urbana.<br><div><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="text-align: center;"><img apple-inline="yes" id="9962020D-14EA-4BFE-812C-49946AA1A325" height="622" width="480" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:19DC52B7-01E6-431F-B0B9-C74FBE482BFC@hsd1.il.comcast.net."><br></div><br></div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 4px;"><br></div></div><div><br></div></body></html>