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ms. films

About Me


Ms. Films is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering women and girls through access to media and mediamaking.
Ms. Films activities include the festival in February (3 days of screenings, workshops, panels, and projects with women filmmakers), as well as various screenings, workshops, and fundraiser events throughout the year.
Our artists are
documentarians, animators, cut-and-pasters, teachers, writers, researchers, programmers, and more.
The rest of the year, we bring programs to film festivals and venues, conferences, and more.

e n l i s t
volunteer to help!

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

volunteers, businesses willing to advertise, sponsor or donate, documentarians, animators, cut-and-pasters, teachers, writers, researchers, programmers, people who love movies or want to learn to love them, people who love durham, artists of any kind...

My Blog

Ms. Films is here! Come out for our show tonight!

Ms. Films Festival 2006 starts tonight!  3 days of great films, workshops, filmmakers, and wonderful visiting artists.   Come out for our opening night reception at Joe & Jo's. the even...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:56:00 GMT

Ms. Films Festival - this week!!

The 5th Annual Ms. Films Festival (theme: Activism Through Media) is coming up this week! Our opening reception is Thursday night at Joe & Jo's with some great bands - Wigg Report, Charles Latham,...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:38:00 GMT

benefits!

The Ms. Films benefit show is set for Saturday Feb. 11 at the Duke Coffeehouse - Cantwell, Gomez, and Jordan and Eyes to Space are confirmed so far and it will be a great show! Plus Trailer Park Fest...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jan 2006 08:12:00 GMT

ms films volunteer meet 'n' greet!

the ms. films festival is a 3 day event in february and includes screenings, workshops, panels, and projects with women filmmakers. this is our 5th year and it promises to be nothing short of amazin...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jan 2006 19:58:00 GMT

calender/timeline

Putting together a timeline has been taking a long time, ironically. This is still in progress but at least there's some stuff on it: http://my.calendars.net/ms_films/Some of the dates/deadlines are e...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:10:00 GMT

trailer park!

Hey kids!! It is now official! Trailer Park Fest, a fundraiser for Ms. Films, will happen Feb. 4 at the Broad St. Cafe. yep folks, that is all movie trailers. more details to come but wanted to let yo...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:09:00 GMT

benefit show

hey all! The Duke Coffeehouse has been confirmed as our venue for Saturday Feb. 11! Eyes to Space has confirmed and we're waiting to hear back from the other bands. rock on!
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:09:00 GMT