Cinema’s First Nasty Women Feminist Shorts

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!

Run Time: 87 min. Format: DCP Rating: NR

Art-rock duo Parlor Walls will be performing a live score to Kino’s forthcoming release, Cinema’s First Nasty Women. The program features a series of feminist shorts from the early Twentieth century featuring feminist protest, anarchic slapstick destruction, and suggestive gender play. These rare and never-before-seen silent films were sourced from 13 international film archives and libraries, spotlighting an electrified parade of strong female leads.

Program:

1. Le bateau de Léontine (Léontine’s Boat) (France 1911), 5 min.

2. The New Air Fan : France 1911, 3.5min.

3. Rosalie et son phonographe (Rosalie and Her Phonograph) (France 1911), 4 min

4. Daisy Doodad’s Dial (UK 1914), 8.5 min.

5. La Greve Des Nourrices : France 1907 , 12min.

6. La peur des ombres (Fear of Shadows) (France 1911), 4 min.

7. Léa bambola (Lea as a Doll) (Italy 1913), 6 min

8. Madame Fait Du Sport : France 1908, 10min.

9. Mary Jane’s Mishap (UK 1903), 4 min.

10. Gavroche a Luna-Park : France 1912 , 5.5 min.

11. Zoé et la parapluie miraculeux (Zoé and the Miraculous Umbrella) (France 1913), 4 min.