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Tuesday,
March 4, 2008
8:30 a.m.
– 9:20 a.m.
Coffee and reception to welcome the keynote speaker.
Plant Display by the AGricultural Sciences Program at Palo Alto
College.
9:25 a.m.
– 10:40 a.m.
Keynote Address:
Women and Plants: A Fruitful
Topic.
Professor Ann B. Shteir, Women's Studies & Humanities,
York University, Toronto, Canada.
Introduced by: Celita DeArmond,
San Antonio College, Library Department
10:50 a.m.
-- 12:05 p.m.
FILM: Eternal
Seed
Indian women's
struggles to use the traditional farming practices instead of chemically
based agriculture is depicted. The film celebrates the scientific
basis of women's native traditions and the evolving meanings of healthy
land use. 1996. 43 minutes.
Introduced by:
Robert Gomez, San Antonio College, History Department
12:15
p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Looking at the Overlooked: Women, Science and Still-Life
Painting in 17th Century Europe.
Debra Schafter, Associate Professor, San Antonio College,
Visual Arts Department and Technology Department
Introduced
by Marleen Hoover, San Antonio College, Visual Arts and Technology
Department
1:40 p.m.
- 2:55 p.m.
FILM: The Vagina Monologues
The Vagina
Monologues is a one-woman play created and performed by Eve Ensler for
HBO, 2002. 76 minutes.
Introduced
by: Carol Ann Britt, San Antonio College, English Department
Caution: This film contains
adult content.
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 5, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.
FILM:
Amazon Sisters
The vision and strength of women
surviving in the hotly contested Amazon rainforests is portrayed.
This film depicts the plight of the human inhabitants, showing
women at the frontline of the struggle to save their environment and
rebuild after the effects of inappropriate development. 1992.
60 minutes.
Introduced by: Eileen Oliver, San Antonio College,
Library Department
10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.
FILM: Killing Us Softly
Killing Us Softly discusses the manner in which
women continue to be portrayed by advertising and the effects this
has on their images of themselves. 2000. 34 minutes.
FILM: Wet Dreams and
False Images
A Sundance award-winning documentary uses
humor to raise serious concerns about the marketplace of commercial illusion
and unrealizable standards of physical perfection. 2004. 12 minutes.
Introduced by: Celita DeArmond, San Antonio College,
Library Depattment
11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
Women's Field Army: Women Teaching
Women About Cancer Since 1930.
Dr. Kirsten Gardner, UTSA History
Introduced by: Celita DeArmond, San Antonio College,
Library Department
THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2008
8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring: the Classic
that Launched the Environmental Movement.
Robyn
McGilloway, San Antonio College, Biology
Introduced by:
Thomas Clarkin, San Antonio College, History Department
9:25 a.m.
- 10:40 a.m.
FILM: Rachel's Daughters: Searching for the
Causes of Breast Cancer
The documentary follows a group of
women who are on a personal mission to unearth the causes of breast
cancer. Seeing themselves as spiritual heirs to Rachel Carson, they
focus on issues including chemical contamination, radiation, and electormagnetic
exposure. 1997. 107 minutes.
Introduced by:
Thomas Clarkin, San Antonio College, History Department
11:00 a.m.
– 12:05 p.m.
Don't Take No for an Answer
Lynn Cuny, Founder/Director,
Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation, Inc.
Introduced by:
Debra Schafter, San Antonio College, Visual Arts and Technology
Department
12:15 p.m.
- 1:30 p.m.
FILM: Love, Women, and Flowers
The film explores
hazardous labor conditions that endanger the 90,000 women who work
in Colombia's flower industry. According to a 2007 report, approximately
60 percent of all flowers sold in the U.S. come from Colombia, where
the use of pesticides and fungicides has drastic helath and environmental
consequences. 1998. 58 minutes.
Introduced by:
Carol Ann Britt, San Antonio College, English Department
1:40 p.m.
- 2:55 p.m.
Artist Talk: Of Women Born
Justine Kurland, artist and photographer
Introduced by:
Marleen Hoover, San Antonio College, Visual Arts and Technology
Department
FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2008
9:00 a.m.
- 9:50 a.m.
They All Want Magic: Curanderismo in San Antonio
Dr. Elizabeth de la Portilla, UTSA, Bicultural-Bilingual Studies
Introduced by Thomas Clarkin, San Antonio College, History Department
10:00 a.m.
- 10:50 a.m.
FILM:
Troubled Harvest
Troubled Harvest is an award
winning documentary that examines the lives of women migrant workers from
Mexico and Central America as they work in grape, strawberry and cherry harvests
in Califormia and the Pacific northwest. 1990. 30 minutes.
Introduced by:
Norma Cruz-Gonzales, San Antonio College, English Department
11:00 a.m.
- 11:50 a.m.
FILM: My Left Breast
My Left Breast
is an inspiring and witty documentary about Newfoundland filmmaker Gerry
Rogers and her ordeal with breast cancer. 2000. 57 min.
Introduced by:
Robert Gomez, San Antonio College, History Department
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