Resist! Film Series: Libertarias

By · February 10, 2017
Calendar
When:
February 16, 2017 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
2017-02-16T18:30:00-05:00
2017-02-16T20:30:00-05:00
Where:
Unnameable Books
600 Vanderbilt Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11238
USA
Contact:
Event website
Screenings and Theater
Anarchist Arts Fascism Women's Rights

Join us for our third installment of the Resist! Film Series, a monthly showcase of films and documentaries that focus on intersectionality, historical and contemporary activist movements, and radical resistance.

About the film, Libertarias:

In 1936, Maria, a young nun is recruited by Pilar, a militant feminist, into an anarchist militia following the onset of the Spanish Civil War. Guided by the older woman, Maria is exposed to the realities of war and revolution, and comes to question her former, sheltered life.

While fully immersed in the overall enthusiasm of revolutionary Spain, Pilar and friends find themselves fighting against deep gender inequality which complicates their efforts in the war against Francisco Franco’s Nationalist/Fascist/Catholic forces. They encounter resistance even within their own Mujeres Libres organization as one woman tries to persuade them to stay and work in defense factories, while men try to convince them to go work as cooks, not front-line soldiers.

check out the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NLfEnfKBmw