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Gender Adventures: Silent Film Fest with guest speakers Laura Horak and Maggie Hennefeld

  • Cactus Theater 1812 Buddy Holly Ave Lubbock, TX, 79401 (map)

Discover the early role of women in film in this special event!

Gender Adventures: Silent Film Festival featuring guest speakers Laura Horak and Maggie Hennefeld
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Doors: 6:30 pm; event begins at 7:00 pm

Laura Horak is Professor of Film Studies at Carleton University and Maggie Hennefeld is Professor of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. They are experts in women in early film history and are co-curators of Cinema's First Nasty Womena collection of silent films featuring comediennes, action stars, and stories that challenge gender norms and stereotypes. They will host a screening and discussion of Gender Adventuresa program of films from 1910-1926, from the Old West to the (now not so) distant future, where women take center stage. 

General admission tickets: $7