FridayFLICS@ ArtRage!
All films begin at 8pm. $5 suggested donation.

FridayFLICS @ ArtRage Celebrates Women’s History Month!

Life and times of Rosie the Riveter” (1980) Directed by Connie Field

A compelling yet engaging documentary based on interviews with six women who worked on assembly lines during WWII in jobs usually reserved for men. An insightful look at the spark that ignited the women’s liberation movement nearly three decades before its official ‘birth.

“Classic…an essential film in the annals of feminist history” -KarenCooper, Film Forum
“The best film on working women I have seen” -Molly Haskell, Ms Magazine
“Superb-a remarkable display of the manipulative power of propoganda” -Boston Sunday Globe
Selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1996

FridayFLICS@ ArtRage!
All films begin at 8pm. $5 suggested donation.

FridayFLICS @ ArtRage celebrates Women’s History Month

“Antonia’s Line” (1996)

Directed by Marleen Gorris

A Dutch matron founds and, for several generations, watches over a suppportive, matriarchal community where feminism and liberalism flourish.

Oscar: Best Foregin language Film
Toronto Film Festival: Most Popular Film
Nederlands Film Festival Golden Calf Award

“Harsh and gentle, sensual and intellectual, wise-ass and heartfelt — it’s a full package” -filmcritic.com

“Here is female empowerment as you’ve never seen it on screen before, with the narrative daring to make no compromises at all.” -Sacramento Bee

“A wonderfully eccentric film about the high value of feminine friendship, independence, intuition, and solidarity” – Spirituality and Practice

“Thematically rich…challenges different philosophies about death…And it gently advances the director’s feminist agenda, illustrating that women can thrive (not just survive) without men” – reelreviews.com

Colombia is synonymous with drug trafficking, with the country earning an enormous amount of money every year by shipping its illegal wares to the USA. But the American government has been engaged in a lengthy battle to stop the Colombian drug barons from trading with their country…or have they? A 20-year war on drugs in Colombia has been paid for by U.S. taxpayers. Still more and more drugs and narco-dollars are entering the U.S. every year. Is it a mere failure by Washington or is it a smokescreen to secure Colombia’s oil and natural resources?

Filmmakers Gerard Ungerman and Audrey Brohey take a look at the government’s efforts to quash trading with Colombia, and find some surprisingly lax activities taking place. Commentators such as Noam Chomsky and Senator Paul Wellstone are brought into the picture to explain why this might be occurring, with a particular focus on the lucrative oil resources that Colombia houses. A fascinating mixture of facts, figures, and speculation, PLAN COLOMBIA: CASHING IN ON THE DRUG WAR FAILURE offers plenty of shocking revelations as the film unfolds.

Narrated by  Ed Asner and Dolores Huertes

FREE TO THE PUBLIC

About the Exhibit

May has been designated Mental Health Month. One in four families will have a member with mental illness! In keeping with the mission of ArtRage to exhibit art of social importance, and in collaboration with NAMI Syracuse (National Alliance on Mental Illness), we proudly present an exhibit of art by and about survivors of schizophrenia. Jamie Campbell, featured in the photo essay of NOTHING TO HIDE, is a young woman with schizophrenia. “When I first got sick,” she says, “almost all of my friends gave up on me. One friend even called me a ‘schizoid’. For me, losing my friends is the saddest example of the stigma of mental illness.” Mike Campbell, Jamie’s Dad says, “Living with mental illness is a struggle and a real test of your faith, but getting through it proves that the human spirit can survive.”

The exhibit features  work of mixed media from three sources including the art of Amber Christian Osterhout, a Syracuse native, painter and family member dealing with mental illness in her family. Her series of richly colored paintings titled Gaining Insight give us a glimpse into a world as frightening for family as it is for those afflicted. Also on display is a photo essay from Family Diversity Projects offering photographic portraits by co-founder Gigi Kaeser and compelling stories from interviews conducted by Jean Beard and co-founder Peggy Gillespie of family members who demonstrate strength, courage and accomplishment in the face of adversity and stigma. Also featured is artwork from courageous local artists, Zachary Penfield, Wayne Turner, Barb Higgens, James P. McCampbell and Fred Hickey who are currently consumers of the mental health system. Films and presentations will accompany this exhibit throughout the month featuring psychologists Bill Cross and Shelia LeGacy and artist Amber Christian Osterhout.

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