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What Can YOU Do to Support AAUW-Illinois' WITASWAN Project?
Frequently Asked Questions about WITASWAN
See a partial list of movies directed by and/or written by women (Acrobat PDF file)
WOMEN IN THE AUDIENCE SUPPORTING WOMEN ARTISTS NOW!
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FRAULEIN screening: July 23 at 6:30 pm. Read about current WITASWAN events in Jan's blog The Hot Pink Pen. |
Chicks for Flicks by Chicks
Film critic Jan Lisa Hutttner and her grassroots group want to close Hollywood's gender gap.
Read Deanna Isaacs' article in The Chicago Reader
May 18, 2007
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Read the WITASWAN brochure (Acrobat PDF file) If you don't have the Acrobat reader, download it free here. |
An informal alliance of women who have pledged themselves to helping women filmmakers break through the Celluloid Ceiling that restricts opportunities for women in Hollywood & beyond.
WITASWAN members have all made a commitment to see at least one film every month either directed &/or written by a woman, either in a theater or on DVD/VHS. No one measures us. No one checks up on us.
This is a VOLUNTARY commitment made on the honor system.
Does it matter?
YES!
Follow this link for more information about WITASWAN,
including the story about how we got our name:
Send your WITASWAN questions to:
What Can YOU Do to Support AAUW-Illinois' WITASWAN Project?
• Make your own personal commitment to try to see at least one film every month either directed and/or written by a woman filmmaker (either in the theater, on TV/cable, &/or on DVD/VHS). Convince other members of your branch to do likewise. Here's a list of movies directed and/or written by a woman.
• Explain the importance of the WITASWAN concept to all your other female friends, relatives, and organizational buddies, wherever they may live. Tell the men you know too.
• Take your WITASWAN list to your favorite rental source (Blockbusters, Hollywood Video, etc). Urge them to obtain copies of the films they don't already have, & maybe even put them in a special WITASWAN section of the store, so other women can find them easily.
• Try to convince someone at your local college/university to co-sponsor a women filmmakers program with your Branch. We can provide you with a recommended list of films (based on an annual theme selected by the AAUW Illinois Board) & lend you preview copies of each recommended film when needed.
REMEMBER THE GOLDEN RULE OF AMERICAN BUSINESS:
“THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT.”
LADIES, IN THIS CASE, WE ARE THE CUSTOMERS!!!
Frequently Asked Questions about WITASWAN
Click here to read a printable pdf file with answers to WITASWAN FAQs.
If you don't have the Acrobat reader, download it free here.