Bringing woman filmmakers from archive to screen. Curation and research to rewrite the story of cinema. Archive Activists.
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A second round for the overlooked women of Mexican action cinema..
Read Camilla’s crucial historical context for our SHE PACKS A PUNCH season and about the few ways audiences could witness female wrestlers in action. Screening as part of #ArtOfAction.
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Dare you to find a more perfectly compiled playlist - we're running with the feinist surfer / Mexican Cult Cinema / Lucha libre to celebrate SHE PACKS A PUNCH part of @FAN_BiggerPict Art of Action, courtesy of @IW_Archives
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We had such a wonderful time at the inaugural @tapecollective x Invisible Women retreat at @SmygeLighthouse last week! Read about our adventures in more detail over on our insta
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Clad in a cape, cowl, and bikini - no I'm not talking about my halloween costume - I'm talking about #ArtofAction The Batwoman, screening 24 Nov 🦇
You're in for a thrilling, camp, 1960s action-packed treat. Presented by @IW_Archives @tapecollective
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Next up in our CineMasters: Anita Loos season with @IW_Archives is SAN FRANCISCO 🌆
This epic genre blender weaves romance, musical and disaster movie tropes into a spectacular story set against the backdrop of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
🎟️bit.ly/GFT_SanFrancisco
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Screening as part of 'She Packs a Punch' and presented by @IW_Archives and @tapecollective !!
Explore the camp and curious world of 1960s Mexican pulp cinema, featuring action, spectacle and lucha libre, with two recently restored films from director René Cardona – THE PANTHER WOMAN (21st Nov) and THE BAT WOMAN (27th Nov)! 🎟️ tinyurl.com/ycxuuv54
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Explore the camp and curious world of 1960s Mexican pulp cinema, featuring action, spectacle and lucha libre, with two recently restored films from director René Cardona – THE PANTHER WOMAN (21st Nov) and THE BAT WOMAN (27th Nov)! 🎟️ tinyurl.com/ycxuuv54
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Ahead of our screening of She Packs a Punch at 81 Great Jct St this Friday 25th at 6.30pm, find out more about the feminist history of luchadora films and about the restoration work of Viviana García Besné in this informative essay by @IW_Archives
invisible-women.co.uk/post/s…
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'SHE PACKS A PUNCH!' is a Mexican pulp cinema double-bill presented by @IW_Archives in collab with @CinemaAttic
25 October, 6.30 pm
The Puppet Theatre, Edinburgh
cinemaattic.com/event/art-of…
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The Panther Women are serving pulp thrills and high-energy action tonight at 6.20pm.
Screening as part of #ArtofAction and presented by @IW_Archives and @tapecollective
queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-…
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Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell head a stacked all-female cast in THE WOMAN — an absorbing ensemble drama exploring rivalries and betrayals amongst a group of well-heeled Manhattan women.
Screening as part of CineMasters: Anita Loos.
🎟️bit.ly/GFT_TheWoman
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In Glasgow this Sunday? Don’t miss MILISUTHANDO at @glasgowfilm In this cinematic essay Milisuthando Bongela, artist-turned-filmmaker, weaves together film, photography & poetry reflecting on love, friendship & belonging in a racially divided South Africa
glasgowfilm.org/movie/milisu…
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🎥 Followed by recorded Q&A w/ Milisuthando hosted by @InuaEllams. Screening as part of @tapecollective’s SNAPSHOT season, exploring Black Girlhood in cinema.
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Who was she? 🎭 We’re unmasking the hidden history behind luchadora films!
With our programme She Packs a Punch, presented with @tapecollective, we go on a wild journey through the camp + curious world of Mexican 1960’s pulp cinema, spotlighting its unsung action heroines...
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Read all about how these feminist icons fought their way from obscurity to cult classic status on the IW blog
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Fierce female wrestlers Loreta Venus and The Golden Rubi find themselves caught in a whirlwind of dark magic in #ThePantherWomen
Delightfully blending gothic horror with the world of lucha libre, you'd be a fool not to tap in.
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THE BAT WOMAN takes you on a rollicking ride through 1960s Mexican pulp cinema, where lucha libre meets superheroes meets The Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Screening as part of She Packs a Punch from @IW_Archives and @tapecollective
🗓️Sat 19 Oct
🎟️bit.ly/GFT_BatWoman
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Featuring:
- Action Pioneers of Early Cinema 🚂
- Essentials: Action Through the Ages 🏹
- Women in Modern Action w/ Film Girls Galore 🏍️
- She Packs a Punch w/ @iw_archives + @tapecollective 🥊
- Disability in Action 🦾
And more!
Full programme: bit.ly/48h9wXh
ALT Promotional image for "Art of Action" season featuring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze skydiving, clasping hands in mid-air.
ALT Promotional image for "Art of Action" season featuring Charlize Theron performing a dynamic jump kick against two opponents in a stairwell.
ALT Promotional image for "Art of Action" season featuring Harold Lloyd dangling from the arm of a large clock, over a bustling street.
ALT Promotional image for "Art of Action" season featuring Michelle Yeoh in an action pose within an office setting, papers flying around.
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Belfast, get ready! The Panther Women are coming to the @QFTBelfast this Sunday! 🐾
Don't miss this 1967 Mexican b-movie, where wrestlers Loretta Venus & Golden Rubí take on a glamorous, satanic cult of werepanthers in a thrilling mix of lucha libre and gothic horror
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📆 Sunday, 20 October at 6.20pm
Screening with HOH subtitles and recorded intro
🎟️ via @qftbelfast
Presented by @tapecollective & @IW_Archives as part of Art of Action, a UK wide film season supported by National Lottery and @BFI Film Audience Network.
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