Anthology Film Archives

CINENOVA PRESENTS: THE WORK WE SHARE

July 16 – July 20

UK feminist film and video distributor Cinenova presents “The Work We Share”: a series of newly digitized films from the Cinenova collection addressing representations of gender, race, sexuality, health, and community. The series comprises four programs of films produced between 1973 and 1994 by filmmakers from the UK, the U.S., Jamaica, Australia, and Italy, exploring feminist perspectives on political struggles and daily life through a range of formal techniques and critical approaches.

“The Work We Share” gathers a number of films which previously existed in precarious conditions – in some cases, with negatives having been lost or distribution prints representing the only existing copies. The series intends to acknowledge our interdependency: from organization to filmmakers, cultural workers, communities, and individuals. How can we acknowledge our interdependent relationships? How can we recognize our place in a network of communications, relationships and resources, particularly as an un-funded volunteer organization? What different strains of labor does our work rely on? How do we sustain this work mutually?

This series is part of a larger project which includes collaborations with organizations in the UK and response commissions by artists and writers, encouraging a dialogue between the films and exploring contemporary resonances. More information can be found here: www.cinenova.org/2022/02/23/the-work-we-share

Cinenova is a volunteer-run charity preserving and distributing the work of feminist film and video makers. Cinenova was founded in 1991 following the merger of two feminist film and video distributors, Circles and Cinema of Women, each formed in 1979. Cinenova currently distributes over 300 titles that include artists’ moving image, experimental film, narrative feature films, documentary and educational videos made from the 1910s to the early 2000s.

Selected screenings will be introduced by a member of the Cinenova Working Group!

All films (with the exception of A SONG OF CEYLON and A PRAYER BEFORE BIRTH) will be presented with captions created by worker collective Collective Text.

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