Past Screenings and Events

Walter Reed Army Medical Center
FRI, Dec 11, 2009
Sponsored by the Deployment Health Clinical Center and the Department of Social Work with support from the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine

Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue, NW
Washington, DC.

1- 4:30 pm
Screening and panel discussion.
Panelists include Shannon Morgan, Maj. Kate Guttormsen, filmmakers, and Col. Jeff Yarvis from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md.

Sarah Lawrence College
MON, Nov 30, 2009
Titsworth Lecture Hall
7 pm - 10 pm
Sarah Lawrence College
1 Mead Way
Bronxville, NY
www.slc.edu

Story Leads to Action: 92YTribeca
THURS, Nov 19, 2009
Sponsored by Chicken & Egg Pictures, this event will focus on both the public and below-the-radar use of LIONESS over the past year --from its festival premiere at Full Frame and Tribeca to helping to usher in new legislation aimed at recognizing the needs of of women veterans.
92Y Tribeca
200 Hudson Street
New York CIty
8 pm

University of Iowa
Iowa Memorial Union
Second Floor Ballroom
121 Iowa Memorial Union
Iowa City, IA 52242-1317

5pm screening with discussion to follow
Free and open to the public

Screening sponsored by the UI Veterans Associations, the UI Office of equal Opportunity and Diversity and the UI Women's Resource and Action Center.

Pasadena City College
TUES, Nov 10, 2009
Crevelling Lounge
Room CC201, 2nd Floor
CC Building
Pasadena, CA

7pm screening with discussion to follow
Free and open to the public

Greater Cincinnati Women's Post 644 of American Legion
SUN, Nov 7 and TUES, Nov 10, 2009
The Greater Cincinnati Women's Post 644 of The American Legion is hosting four free screenings at the Cincinnati Museum Center's historic Newsreel Theater. Women veterans who have served in Iraq will be on hand to talk to the public and discuss women's roles in the current conflicts.

Cincinnati Museum Center
Newsreel Theater
1301 Western Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio

Nov. 7 - 10:30 am and 1:30 pm
Nov. 10 Veteran's Day - 10:30 am and 1:30 pm
All screenings are free and open to the public.

Alaska screenings with Shannon Morgan
SAT-SUN-MON, Nov 6-9, 2009
At the invitation of BrigGen Deborah McManus of the Alaska Air National Guard, Shannon Morgan will travel to Fairbanks, Anchorage, Kenai and Wasilla with the film and speak to servicemembers and veterans about her experiences in honor of Veteran's Day.
During the week of November 7-10th, Alaska Air National Guard BrigGen Deborah McManus and Shannon Morgan will screen LIONESS and speak at multiple venues around Alaska to educate women veterans about their medical and other benefits from the VA. This celebration of womens' military service is open to all women in the Air Guard, Army Guard and local Alaska women veterans and is in honor of Veterans Day. Presented by the Alaska Air National Guard.

Alaska tour schedule for LIONESS:

SAT, Nov. 7th

168th Ops Theater
Eielson Air Force Base
9-11 am

Fairbanks Armory
202 Wien Ave
Fairbanks, AK
1-4 pm

SUN, Nov. 8th

Kincaid Elementary School
4900 Raspberry Road
Anchorage, AK
1-4pm

MON, Nov. 9th

Kenai American Legion Post 20
902 Cook Avenue
Kenai, AK
10-2pm

Z. J. Loussac Public Library
3600 Denali Street
Anchorage, AK
5-8pm

TUES, Nov. 10th
Anchorage Armory
49000 Davis Hw
Rooms 201-203
Fort Richardson, AK
9-11:00am

Tanaina Elementary School
2250 Lucille St
Wasilla, AK
1:30-2:30pm

Curtis Menard Sports Complex
1001 S. Mack Drive
Wasilla, AK
6:30-8pm

IFP Industry Connect: New Outreach Strategies for Social Issue Documentaries
MON, Oct 26, 2009
IFP and The Fledgling Fund present a panel and discussion about the outreach work we have done with LIONESS. Joining the filmmakers will be Sheila Leddy, Executive Director, The Fledgling Fund; Joy Ilem, Assistant National Legislative Director, Disabled American Veterans; and Julie Cloutier, Publicist, Sunshine Sachs & Associates. The panel will be moderated by Barbara Abrash, Director of Public Programs at NYU's Center for Media, Culture, and History, and Fledgling Fund board member.

Panel will be followed by presentation of new IFP/Fledgling Fund grant for documentary outreach

The New School
Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building
66 West 12th Street, 5th floor
New York, NY

Friends of Pittsboro Memorial Library
FRI , Sept 25, 2009
Senior Center Building
365 Highway 87 North
Pittsboro, NC 27312

7pm screening followed by q&a with filmmaker Daria Sommers.

OIF/OEF Evolving paradigms II: A journey home, making connections; overcoming barriers, transforming lives.
THURS, Sept 24, 2009
Screening and panel discussion
8:15 - 10 am
Las Vegas Hilton
Conference registration required.
Sponsored by the VA, Veteran Health Administration and the Women Veterans Health Strategic Healthcare Group

12th Annual Force Health Protection Conference
WED, Aug 19, 2009
Albuquerque Convention Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Screening, filmmaker presentation and discussion with Lionesses for the Deployment Health Clinical Center Conference track. Sponsored by the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine.

Vietnam Veterans of America
July 31, 209
VVA Women Veterans Committee
National Convention
Louisville, KY
Filmmaker presentation
Conference registration required.

National Association of State Women Veteran Coordinators
WED, June 3, 2009
10th Annual Training Conference
Radisson Hotel
Manchester, New Hampshire
12 noon
Conference registration required.

Encore broadcast on Independent Lens
TUES, June 2, 2009
Lioness will be rebroadcast on Independent Lens. Check your local PBS station listings.

Defense Department Advisory Committee on Women in the Services
WED, May 27, 2009
Screening of LIONESS at DACOWITS meeting
Doubletree Hotel Crystal City-National Airport
300 Army Navy Drive
Arlington, VA
8:30 am Welcome followed by screening and discussion of women in combat
Meeting is open to public, subject to availability of space
For further information, contact MSgt Robert Bowling: 703 697 2122

Women Veteran Network (WOVEN)
FRI, May 22, 2009
Screening followed by panel discussion in honor of Memorial Day
Hosted by Celia Szelwach, founder and director, WOVEN
American Legion Kirby Stewart Post 24
2000 75th Street
Bradenton, Florida
5:00 pm
www.womenveteransnetwork.org

First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York
THURS, May 21, 2009
12 West 12th Street
Manhattan
6:30 pm
Free and open to the public

GI Film Festival
SUN, May 17, 2009
Carnegie Institution of Washington
1530 P Street NW
Washington, DC
5:30 pm
Tickets available at
http://www.gifilmfestival.com/

Festival de Zine Pobre
SUN, May 10th, 2009
Screening and discussion
Zaragoza, Spain

Santa Cruz Film Festival
SAT, MAY 9th, 2009
2:30 pm
Regal Cinemas Riverfront Stadium Twin
155 South River Street
Santa Cruz
http://www.santacruzfilmfestival.org/

War Stories: Artists, Filmmakers, and Scholars Consider the U.S. Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
TUES, APR 15th, 2009
A panel discussion moderated by Liza Johnson
'62 Center
Williamstown, MA
7 pm
http://62center.williams.edu/62center/

Images Cinema
MON, APR 14th, 2009
Williamstown, MA
7 pm

Inver Hills Community College
WED, APR 8th, 2009
2500 East 80th Street
Inner Grove Heights, MN
Presented by the IHCC Student Democrats

Michigan Theater
TUES, APR 7th, 2009
603 East Liberty Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan
5:45 pm
Free
Sponsored by the Center for International and Comparative Studies, Institute for the Humanities, and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender
University of Michigan
http://www.ii.umich.edu/cics
http://www.michtheater.org/press_detail20090316.php

Cinema Paradiso
SAT APR 4 - WED APR 8th, 2009
506 SE 6th Street
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Screening times:
April 4 5:00 PM
April 5 3:00 PM
April 6 8:00 PM
April 7 6:00 PM
April 8 8:00 PM

http://www.fliff.com/cinemaparadiso.asp

First Division Museum
WED APRIL 1, 2009
Wheaton, IL
6:30 pm
Doors open at 5:45 pm
Free admission and free parking
www.firstdivisionmuseum.org

Capitol Hill
TUES, MARCH 31, 2009
Screening and panel discussion with Shannon Morgan, Ranie Ruthig, Anastasia Breslow, and Rebecca Nava
11:45 - 1:00 pm
Room 334, Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC

This event is presented by our partners Independent Television Service (ITVS), Disabled American Veterans (DAV), and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA).

Followed by a press conference convened by Sen. Patty Murray, Sen. Blanche Lincoln, and Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin on Women Veterans bill.
Senate Visitors Center
2:45 pm

Center for Women's and Gender Studies, UT Austin
THURS MARCH 26, 2009
The Center for Women's and Gender Studies 2009 Spring Film Series will present Lioness at:

Women and their Work Art Gallery
1710 Lavaca Street
Austin, TX 78701
7:00 PM
Panel discussion to follow
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cwgs/

MITRE
THURS MARCH 26, 2009
Presented by the Diversity Discussion Group of MITRE, a federally funded research company.
202 Burlington Road
Bedford, MA

Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs
THURS MARCH 26, 2009
30 W. Mifflin, 2nd Floor
Madison, WI
12:00 pm

Salt Lake Film Center
WEDNESDAY MARCH 25, 2009
Sorenson Unity Center
Co-sponsored by ITVS Community Cinema and KUED7
7:00 pm
Free and open to the public

Library of Congress
WED MARCH 24, 2009
Mary Pickford Theater
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, DC
Free screening and panel discussion with military and veteran experts
Sponsored by the Veterans History Project at the LOC http://www.loc.gov/vets/

VA Salt Lake City Veteran Health Care System
FRI MARCH 20, 2009
Presented by the OEF/OIF Program and the Women Veterans Clinic
in recognition of National Women's History Month.
8:30-10:30 a.m. & 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Building 9 - Auditorium
George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
500 Foothill Drive
Salt Lake City, Utah

The Cultural Center, Charlestown, West VA
WED MARCH 18, 2008
Presented by the West Virginia Women's Commission in collaboration with the West Virginia Division of Culture and History
Screening and Panel Discussion
5:30 pm
The Cultural Center
State Capitol Complex
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Charleston, West Virginia

US Embassy, Kathmandu, Nepal
WED MARCH 18, 2009
Presented as part of the Embassy's cultural exchange program in honor of Women's History Month.
Embassy of the United States of America
Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal

Pittsburgh VA Health Care System
FRIDAY MARCH 12, 2009
10:30 am - 12:30
Women Veteran Health Care conference

Cinema Paradiso
TUESDAY MARCH 10, 2009
Co-sponsored by Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 23
506 SE 6th Street
Fort Lauderdale, FL
7 pm

Women Veterans: Citizen-soldiers in changing times
THURSDAY MARCH 5TH, 2009
Brooklyn Historical Society
Panel discussion on women veterans who served in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan discuss their military experiences and the expanding role of women in U.S. Armed Forces.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibit In Our Own Words: Portraits of Brooklyn Vietnam Veterans.
Brooklyn Historical Society
128 Pierrepont St
Brooklyn, NY
http://www.brooklynhistory.org/exhibitions/in_our_words.html

University of Houston
WEDNESDAY MARCH 4TH, 2009
4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
University Center, Atlantic Room
Sponsored by The Bush Cares Project, Women's Resource Center, and Student Veterans of America

University of Florida, Gainesville
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2009
University Auditorium
7 pm Panel discussion to follow screening
Free and open to the public
Sponsored by the VISN 8 Women's Health Conference and the NF/SG VA Health System

Can Documentaries Influence Public Opinion?
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 5, 2009
New York Women in Film and Television panel discussion
NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute
20 Cooper Square (between Astor Place and 4th Ave), 7th floor
6:30 pm
http://www.nywift.org/article.aspx?id=1479

University of Michigan Ann Arbor
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2009
Palmer Commons
100 Washtenaw Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI
7:00 - 9:00 pm
http://www.vets.umich.edu

Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, New York University
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2009
6 pm
http://journalism.nyu.edu/

Marines Corps Base Camp Lejeune
TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2009
Russell Marine and Family Service Center
Camp Lejeune, NC
6 pm

Fordham University
TUESDAY DECEMBER 9, 2008
Screening at 6 pm
Rose Hill Campus, Bronx
Sponsored by New York City Army ROTC at Fordham University
http://www.nycrotc.org

Festival Internaciónal de Cine, Paz y Derechos Humanos
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2008
Valencia, Spain
http://fundacionporlajusticia.blogspot.com/

Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2008
New York, NY
4 pm
http://www.amnh.org/programs/mead/2008/films/lioness

National broadcast on Independent Lens/PBS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2008
check local listings
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/lioness/

Asheville Film Festival
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2008
Fine Arts Theater 4 pm
www.ashevillefilmfestival.com

Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2008
Czech Republic
http://www.dokument-festival.cz

Independent Lens' Community Cinema screenings of Lioness
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2008
Check Independent Lens website for list of screenings by city:
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/lioness/getinvolved.html

Visual Arts Center of Richmond
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27,2008
Richmond, VA
Screening and panel discussion
"When Janey Comes Marching Home Again"
http://www.visarts.org/

NYU Center for Media, Culture and History
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2008
New York, NY
Screening and discussion with filmmakers
4-6 pm, Cantor Film Center, 36 East 8th Street
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/media/

The Piestewa Memorial Committee and VFW Post 9400
MONDAY AUGUST 25, 2008
Screening and discussion with filmmakers
804 E. Purdue
Phoenix, AZ

CalVet Women Veterans Conference
California Department of Veterans Affairs
FRIDAY AUGUST 8, 2008
Sacramento, CA
http://www.cdva.ca.gov/

National Summit on Women Veterans' Issues
SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2008
Washington, DC
http://www1.va.gov/womenvet/page.cfm?pg=70

Little Rock Film Festival
SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2008
Little Rock, Arkansas
http://www.littlerockfilmfestival.org/

Clinton School of Public Service
FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2008
Little Rock, Arkansas
http://clintonschoolblog.com/cblog/?p=505

Independent Film Festival of Boston
TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2008
Somerville, Massachusetts
http://www.iffboston.org/

Tribeca Film Festival
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2008
Through May 4th, 2008
New York, New York
http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org/

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2008
Durham, North Carolina
Winner: Filmmaker Award, Center for Documentary Studies
http://www.fullframefest.org/

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2008
Through March 19, 2008
London, England
http://www.hrw.org/iff/2008/london/