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QUEENS OF DESTRUCTION

QUEENS OF DESTRUCTION

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Sunday, February 23rd
Chaos reigns supreme in this program of rarely-seen silent films! The "queens of destruction" 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. These 11 short films will screen with new, original music from Cinema's First Nasty Women, a 4-disc DVD/Blu-ray set featuring 99 feminist silent films that Manohla Dargis describes as a "mind-expanding endeavor" and a "triumph of scholarship" (New York Times).
Le bateau de Léontine

Léontine’s Boat, France, 1911

DCP, EYE Filmmuseum, 5 min.

Music composed and performed by Meg Morley.

Tilly's Party

U.K., 1911

DCP, British Film Institute, 7 min.

Music composed and performed by Gonca Feride Varol.

Laughing Gas

U.S., 1907

DCP, Library of Congress, 7 min.

Music composed by Terri Lynn Carrington and Edmar Colon. 

Mary Jane's Mishap

U.K., 1903

DCP, British Film Institute, 4 min.

Music composed and performed by Dreamland Faces.

La fureur de Mme Plumette

Madame Plumette’s Fury, France, 1912

DCP, EYE Filmmuseum, 6 min.

Music composed and performed by Elizabeth-Jane Baldry.

Rosalie et son phonographe

Rosalie and Her Phonograph, France, 1911

DCP, EYE Filmmuseum, 4 min.

Music composed and performed by Renée T. Coulombe.

Léontine s'envole

Léontine Gets Carried Away, France, 1911

DCP, Gaumont-Pathé Archives, 6 min.

Music composed and performed by Meg Morley.

Cunégonde femme crampon

France, 1912

DCP, EYE Filmmuseum, 9 min.

Music composed and performed by Amy Denio.

Rosalie emménage

Rosalie Moves In, France, 1911

DCP, EYE Filmmuseum, 6 min.

Music composed and performed by Liz Magnes.

Léontine garde la maison

Léontine Keeps House, France, 1912

DCP, Gaumont-Pathé Archives, 9 min.

Music composed and performed by Meg Morley.

Rowdy Ann

U.S. 1919

DCP, Library of Congress, 24 min.

Music composed and performed by Meg Morley.


Total runtime: 85 min.