Sudbury Indie Cinema Co-op, in association with Laurentian University's Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Association, presents an all-female adventure film festival May 23.
The films are selected from those presented at the Colorado-based No Man’s Land Film Festival.
“The films we’ve selected to screen in Sudbury depict a diversity of women engaged in a variety of sports and outdoor pursuits — it's something we just don’t see enough in film,” says Caitlin McAuliffe, one of the organizers, and a gender studies student at Laurentian.
Catch the moving stories of women pushing their limits and doing it their way in climbing, running, skiing, mountain biking, skate-boarding and even hula hooping.
The event also includes a panel of active, outdoorsy local women discussion to follow the screening and discuss the films.
The panel, moderated by Jennifer Johnson, chair of Laurentian's gender and women's studies department, includes:
- Beth Mairs: Founder of Wild Women Expeditions and BAM North Productions
- Stepfanie Johnston: Triathlete, and Indigenous Studies Student
- Jenny Martindale: Women’s Adventure Trip Manager and co-founder Sundog Outfitters
Doors to the event, which takes place at the McEwen School of Architecture, open at 6 p.m., with the film screening starting at 7 p.m.
Advance tickets cost $15, and can be purchased online through Event Brite. Tickets cost $20 at the door.
