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PARADIGM SHIFT: NYC’S FEMINIST COMMUNITY PRESENTS

“It Was Rape”
A Screening and Discussion with
JENNIFER BAUMGARDNER, Filmmaker & Activist
and a panel of women featured in the film
Trailer

Thursday, April 25th
7:00-9:15 PM
The Feminist District
The Tank- 151 W. 46th St. (b/t 6th & 7th Ave) 8th Floor, NYC 10036
elevator access
Subway: N,R,Q to 49th St. or B,D,F,M to Rockefeller Center

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“If [It Was Rape] starts a conversation, it won’t be a quiet one, which is just what Ms. Baumgardner wants.”—Susan Dominus, New York Times

“It Was Rape” will change the way you think about this most
terrible—and most everyday—of crimes. It’s heartrending, brave, and
important.”—Katha Pollitt, “Subject to Debate” columnist, *The Nation*

Co-Sponsors

Beauty Cares, Blanche Cook– Author & Distinguished Professor at John Jay College, Bluestockings, Clare Coss– Playwright & Activist, Jamia Wilson– Feminist Media Activist, Man Question, Manhattan Young Democrats, Michael Kimmel– PhD & Author, Service Women’s Action Network, Soapbox Inc. Speakers Who Speak Out, The Feminist Press, The Women’s Mosaic, Women & Hollywood, Young Feminists and Allies of National Organization for Women

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Rape is wrong, illegal, reprehensible—and yet still tragically common. In this film, eight women tell their diverse personal stories of sexual assault, from a Midwestern teenager trying alcohol for the first time to a Native American woman gradually coming to terms with her abusive childhood. Gripping and emotional, this film is an opportunity to empathize with people—not just absorb faceless statistics—and to puncture the silence and denial that allow sexual assault to thrive. Ultimately, these stories shed light on how this epidemic affects us all.

It Was Rape began screening in December of 2012. This spring it will be part of film festivals, Take Back the Night events and anti-violence programming in Alabama, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Louisiana, Ohio, New York, and Arizona. To schedule a screening in your community or to purchase the film for institutional or advocacy use, please contact itwasrape@gmail.com.
Press: http://www.jenniferbaumgardner.net/press

Jennifer Baumgardner, Filmmaker & Activist
After five years as an editor at the feminist magazine, Ms., Fargo-native Jennifer Baumgardner began writing investigative pieces for Harper’s and The Nation, commentaries for NPR’s All Things Considered, and contributing to magazines such as Real Simple, Glamour, Redbook, Babble, Harper’s Bazaar, Teen Vogue, Marie Claire, and Elle.

Jennifer is the author of five books: Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics, Abortion and Life, F ‘em! Goo Goo, Gaga, and Some Thoughts on Balls, as well as the best-selling books about feminism written with Amy Richards—Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future (FSG, 2000) and Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism (FSG, 2005). In 2002, Jennifer and Amy founded Soapbox, Inc., a speakers’ bureau that also produces week-long Feminist Camps and Intensives, and seeks to connect people hungry for feminism with resources and with one another.

The Commonwealth Club of California honored her in their centennial year as a “Visionary for the 21st Century,” commenting that “in her role as author and activist, [Jennifer has] permanently changed the way people think about feminism…and will shape the next 100 years of politics and culture.” She created and produced the award-winning documentary “I Had an Abortion” in 2005. She directed and produced “It Was Rape,” and is thrilled that Paradigm Shift is supporting this event.

PARADIGM SHIFT: NYC’S FEMINIST COMMUNITY PRESENTS

MENTAL HEALTH CARE: A PAINFUL LEGACY AND TODAY’S CRISIS

Screening & Discussion with LUCY WINER

Filmmaker of “Kings Park: Stories from an American Mental Institution” and

STEPHANIE SCHROEDER, Activist & Author “Beautiful Wreck: Sex, Lies, and Suicide”

Trailer

Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 6:30-9:15 PM

The Feminist District- The Tank- 151 W. 46th St. (b/t 6th & 7th Ave) 8th Floor, NYC 10036, elevator access. Subway: N,R,Q to 49th St. or B,D,F,M to Rockefeller Center

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“An extraordinarily powerful film…poignant and insightful”

– Stewart Nusbaumer, Filmmaker Magazine

“A tour de force.  I have not seen anything as well made, as sensitive, nor as thoughtful.”

– Howard H. Goldman, MD PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine

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Wildlight Productions, Inc Presents a film by Lucy Winer & Karen Eaton

www.kingsparkmovie.com

Sponsors who generously donated: Institute for Expressive Analysis, Wildlight Productions, Clare Coss, Dr. Lynn Somerstein, Creative Evolution, Critical Therapy Center

Director Lucy Winer’s personal exploration of America’s mental health care system shines a powerful light on where we’ve been, where we are now, and where we’re headed.

In 1967, as a teenager, Winer was committed to Long Island’s Kings Park State Hospital. Forty years later, she returns to the now-shuttered institution to face the traumas of her past. In the process, Winer goes beyond her own experience to reveal the stories of other former residents, employees, and the hospital itself, crafting a vivid record of how mental health care has changed – and faltered – in the decades since her treatment. Deftly balancing the personal and the public, Winer allows the viewer to experience the decrepit yet still foreboding buildings where she was locked away, and to share in the troubling memories of others, as a way to convey how we as a society deal with mental illness. As a result, Kings Park becomes a powerful tool – cathartic for anyone touched by similar experiences, but also an opportunity for viewers to explore and debate our current system of treatment.

LUCY WINER, Producer/Director, has been directing and producing award winning documentaries for over 30 years. Committed throughout her career to issues of social concern, her directing credits include Greetings from Washington D.C., an impressionistic look at the First National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights; Rate It X, a critically-acclaimed documentary feature about sexism in America; Silent Pioneers, the first of its kind documentary about lesbian and gay seniors; Positive: Life with HIV, a ground-breaking, four-part public television series; and Golden Threads, an ITVS-funded documentary about the unforgettable, ninety-three-year-old activist and organizer, Christine Burton. Winer’s work has been distributed theatrically in this country and overseas, and broadcast nationally on PBS and cable. Her work has been called “intriguing, often hair-raising” by the New York Times; “warm, witty and genuinely touching” by the L.A. Times.  Her awards include “Outstanding Film of the Year” from the London Film Festival, a Golden Plaque from the Chicago International Film Festival, a CINE Golden Eagle and an Emmy nomination for “Outstanding Picture.”

STEPHANIE SCHROEDER, AUTHOR & ACTIVIST

www.beautifulwreck.com

beautifulwreck1.wordpress.com

www.stephanieschroeder.com

Beautiful Wreak: Sex, Lies & Suicide: “Brave and relentless, a courage to do it all that astounds one.  Always with a sense of humor, a jauntiness that says to hell with ordinary opinion.”

-Kate Millett, author of Sexual Politics

Twenty-five year old Stephanie Schroeder arrived in New York City in 1990 with edgy good looks, attitude to burn and undiagnosed bipolar disorder. Her unflinching memoir chronicles her trajectory through the worlds of queer political activism, corporate America, intimate partner violence, unwilling parenthood, erotic discovery, 9/11…and three attempted suicides. Repeatedly falling through the cracks of the U.S. healthcare system, Schroeder became her own advocate, found help and began a healthier life. Readers will find both entertainment and inspiration in the rollercoaster twists and turns.

Stephanie Schroeder is a queer feminist writer and activist based in Brooklyn, New York.

Her work has been anthologized in the classic anthology, That’s Revolting: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation, Up All Night: Adventures in Lesbian Sex, Hot & Bothered: Short, Short Fiction on Lesbian Desire, volumes 3 & 4 and other erotic anthologies.  Schroeder is currently a Contributing Editor at Curve Magazine and a cultural blogger at Curvemag.com.  An independent mental illness awareness activist and advocate for social and economic justice, Schroeder is also a keen cultural observer, and her appetite for odd juxtapositions and interesting contradictions informs all of her work.  A mental health consumer who graduated from Hunter College with a BA in communications and holds a JD from New York Law School, Schroeder has a special interest in creativity and mental illness and therapeutic jurisprudence.

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Paradigm Shift NYC is the New York City metro-area’s critically acclaimed and largest feminist community group and event series. We’ve produced over 40 sold out lectures, discussions, screenings, and performances featuring leaders in feminist thought, that range from artists and academics to filmmakers and policy activists. Paradigm Shift NYC events challenge and inspire attendees to contribute to the feminist movement by providing a unique and welcoming platform for expression and coalition building. In early 2011, Berkeley College commissioned Paradigm Shift to produce a four-part webinar series on domestic violence, LGBTQ community building, and creating sexual empowerment. We have partnerships with over 130 progressive organizations. TimeOut New York named Paradigm Shift “Critics’ Pick” on 12 occasions, an unprecedented honor among progressive organizations.  Meredith Villano, Co-Founder and Director, was honored by Feminist Press “40 Under 40: The Future of Feminism”.

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