Born in Flames, 1983

Dir. Lizzie Borden

Programmed by Julie

Language: English
Runtime: 90 min
Format: DCP

Saturated in discourse, Lizzie Borden's breakthrough film is a raw commentary on the tension between the facade of a "liberated" post-socialist America and its inherent patriarchal ecology that is so unapologetically sexist it's still topical.

Directed, shot and edited by Borden in a guerrilla docu-fiction style, the collage of real surveillance footage, police brutality and news clips against a Black, queer-led Woman's Army and no-wave feminist soundtrack, tells a story that parallels both the struggle and beauty of what another world could look like. Provoking our collective imagining of what might happen if gender-based oppression is met with the transformative power of fire.

SHOWTIMES

Friday, March 13
6 pm & 8:30 pm

Saturday, March 14
6 pm & 8:30 pm

Sunday, March 15
3 pm

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