Celebrate International Women's Day with Radical Women and the Freedom
Socialist Party at a Gala Movie Night
THE HOURS
Sunday, 2 March, 7.15 pm
Upstairs, Westgarth Theatre, 89 High Street, Northcote
Based on a Pulitzer-prize winning novel by Michael Cunningham, the film
employs as its foundation and inspiration Virginia Woolf's own classic
novel, "Mrs Dalloway," with its central character, Clarissa. Set during
a single day, yet spanning three different eras, the film focuses in the
parallel lives of three women. Nicole Kidman -- wearing a prosthetic
nose -- is virtually unrecognisable as English author Virginia Woolf,
whose battle with mental illness eventually led to her tragic suicide in
1941. Opening at the moment of her suicide, the film regresses to 1923,
and Woolf's life and work as she crafted her most memorable character --
Clarissa Dalloway. In 1950s Californian suburbia, another woman, Laura
Brown (played by Julianne Moore), struggles with alienation and
depression. Trapped by a clinging young son and an adoring husband, who
she does not love, the desperate woman tries to prepare for her
husband's birthday but can=B9t stop reading "Mrs Dalloway." Finally, in
modern day Manhattan, Clarissa Vaughan (played by Meryl Streep), a
lesbian who lives with her lover and daughter, struggles to prepare a
party for her ex-husband, who is dying of AIDS. Beautifully overlapping
editing sews the women's interwoven stories seamlessly together.
This special evening will kick off a four month long $75,000
international fund drive for our two feisty socialist feminist
publications -- the "Freedom Socialist" newspaper and the Australian
"Freedom Socialist Bulletin." So get the International Women's Day
season off to a great start by enjoying a fun night out and helping two
publications which the founder of this day of socialist feminist action,
Clara Zetkin, would enthusiastically support!
Screening followed by a wine and cheese supper in the ornate upstairs foyer.
Tickets are $20 solidarity price, $15 regular or $12 concession.
For tickets send a cheque, payable to FSP, PO Box 266 West Brunswick Vic
3055.
For more information call Alison on 9386-5065 or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can't make it? We'd welcome your donation to help us reach our $7,500
local goal!
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