DODO SERIES: WE MEAN WOMEN!

DODO Series: WE MEAN WOMEN!
DOC + TALK | THU: 5 APRIL | 20:00 uur | Tickets: € 5 (students € 4)
 
FILM: BAD WEATHER
by Giovanni Giommi
GER - UK |2011 | 82 min
 
Banishanta Island, a tiny strip of land 100 metres long and only ten metres wide in the Bay of Bengal, is inhabited by a community of female sex workers. Razia, Khadija and Shephalie, three of the 65 women left living there, are in a battle for their rights, their homes, the future of their families, and even their quest for true love.
Nominee for best feature-length award, IDFA 2011
 
TALK: The screening will be followed by a talk moderated by Naima Azough with Marieke Ridder-Wiskerke.
 
Marieke Ridder-Wiskerke has more than 8 years (inter)national experience in the field of sex work. Together with a team she works in the Netherlands to serve the municipal health services (GGD) and various social work organisations. At the moment she runs projects with local partners in Vietnam, Uganda, Kenya, Egypt, Macedonia and she is technical advisor for the UNFPA (the United Nations Population Fund). 
 
Language: English
Reservations (requested): info@nutshuis.nl
 
DODO Series: WE MEAN WOMEN!
To mark this year's International Women's Day, Het Nutshuis is dedicating the March & April series of DODO evenings to women and the community. These 4 very different contemporary stories feature women living in particular social colonies. A provincial town, a prison, an island, a village. In search of a better life, these ordinary girls take action and make choices that determine not only their own present, but almost imperceptibly, their sisters' future.
A special highlight of the programme is the Movies that Matter Festival evening, March 22nd.
 
DODO: WE MEAN WOMEN is a series of  docs + talks moderated by Naima Azough. During the discussions following the screenings, Naima will be joined by artists, activists for women's rights and filmmakers.
                                         
The dodo (Raphus Cucullatus) stood about a metre tall, weighing about 20 kilos, living on fruit and nesting on the ground. DODO is the documentary film programme in Het Nutshuis. We screen on Thursday.