Cinema's First Nasty Women: Queens of Destruction - Eckerd College International Cinema Series

In this set of rarely-seen silent films about feminist protest, slapstick rebellion, and suggestive gender play, women organize labor strikes, bake (and weaponize) inedible desserts, explode out of chimneys, electrocute the police force, and assume a range of identities that gleefully dismantle traditional gender norms and sexual constraints. This screening includes new scores for silent films performed live by Eckerd College student musicians and an introduction and discussion afterward with Cinema’s First Nasty Women DVD set programmer Laura Horak (Associate Professor of Film Studies at Carleton University). Part of the Eckerd College International Cinema Series.