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LEWISTON — Lunafest, an annual fundraising film festival dedicated to promoting awareness about women’s issues, highlighting women filmmakers, and bringing women together in their communities, will be shown at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, at The Public Theater, 31 Maple St.
LA Women Rising, a collaborative of four agencies working together to end violence against women, is again sponsoring the event — the second annual showing. This year’s event will conclude with a discussion of the films led by Emily Kane, professor of sociology and gender studies at Bates College.
The unique film festival highlights women as leaders in society, illustrated through nine short films by female filmmakers. The films range from animation to fictional drama and cover topics such as women’s health, war, motherhood, cultural diversity and breaking barriers.
Proceeds from Lunafest will benefit the participating agencies of LA Women Rising with a donation returned to Lunafest for Chicken & Egg Pictures, a nonprofit that provides support to female filmmakers.
The agencies have continued partnering to raise awareness about violence against women, believing they can make more of a difference together than alone. Their efforts have two goals — to build an ongoing network of support and advocacy around the issue of violence against women and girls and to lead people to action steps going forward that will promote long-term change.
Tickets may be purchased at www.lunafest.org/screenings/lewiston-me-051618 or at any of the sponsoring local agencies:
The Center for Wisdom’s Women: www.wisdomswomen.org * Safe Voices: www.safevoices.org * Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Services: www.sapars.org * YWCA: www.ywcamaine.org
For more information, call 207-513-3922.
