The 12th Annual Women of Color Film and Video FestivalDisrupting Borders: Seeing Silences and Imagining Trans-formationsApril 22-24, 2005 Media Arts Theatre, UC Santa Cruz Since 1991, the Research Cluster for the Study of Women of Color has screened over 300 films by women of color as well as hosted workshops and panel discussions with both established and up and coming filmmakers. This year’s film festival will continue this legacy by exploring the possibilities of seeing silences and imagin...

This year a record number of women filmmakers are making their mark in this prestigious American Festival. With many first time women feature and short filmmakers, Sundance has supported the growth of women in film. Sundance Film Festival now its 24th year in the past has not had such a balance of ratio’s, of course there are just more men making films than women too. But the openness to women filmmakers is still a struggle and the acknowledgement of Geoff Gilmore and Robert Redford at this...

This year, the Sundance Festival is presenting 57 films that are DIRECTED BY WOMEN. The works created by these talented women span all manner of genre and style, and truly offer viewpoints that are sorely needed today.Melissa Painter Steal MeAdrienne Weiss Love, LudlowAlice Wu Saving FaceMarion Lipschutz, Rose Rosenblatt The Education of Shelby KnoxHeather Rae TrudellEllen Perry The Fall of FujimoriEric Black, Frauke Sandig Frozen AngelsJessica Sanders After InnocenceHenry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam...