a celebration of the 20th anniversary of Women Direct a film, video, and digital media series of new work by women Featured filmmaker award-winning director of Fire and Earth Inaugural James B. Pendleton artist in residence (more) Featured scholar Sharon Willis -- director, University of Rochester Film Studies Center, author of High Contrast: Race and Gender in Contemporary Hollywood Film Screenings with visiting artists Los Angeles-based artist Sharon Lockhart plus New York artists Leah Gilliam, Branda Miller, Peggy Ahwesh, Mel Friedling, Marilyn Rivchin, Mara Alper, and Ann Curran Presentations by scholars Rebecca Schneider, Scott MacDonald, Tim Murray, Aida Hozic, Chandra Mohanty, Zillah Eisenstein, Priya Jaikumar, Gina Marchetti, Sharon Mazzarella, and Jill Swenson Roundtables including Girls around the World, Installing Feminism, and Feminism across Borders Master classes Deepa Mehta on The Canvas of Cinema, The Literature of Film, and Directing the Feature Film author and physician Abraham Verghese on From the Page to the Screen others on Writing as a Feminist Critic and Interviewing, Feminism, and the Avant-Garde Open to any interested students; advance sign-up required (see Barbara Terrell, 357 Park Hall
	PROGRAMMERS Ithaca College faculty Patricia R. Zimmermann (cinema and photography), Barbara Adams (writing), and Christina Lane (James B. Pendleton fellow in cinema and photography) MAJOR FUNDING provided by the James B. Pendleton Endowment of the Roy H. Park School of Communications. Additional funding is provided by the Ithaca College Office of the President, Office of the Provost, Departments of Cinema and Photography, Television-Radio, Writing, and Health Services Administration, as well as the Electronic Arts Program of the Experimental Television Center (funded by the New York State Council on the Arts) and the Media Alliance. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC All events will be held on the Ithaca College campus except Fire and Earth, which will be screened at Cinemapolis in downtown Ithaca with the cooperation of 7th Art Corporation of Ithaca. Free tickets for these two films (limited seating) are available from Barbara Terrell, 357 Park Hall, at 607-274-3896 or bterrell@ithaca.edu. Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodation should contact the Office of Affirmative Action at 607-274-3909 (voice), 607-274-1767 (TDD), or bleblanc@ithaca.edu as much in advance of the event as possible.
	A. Ozolins, Ithaca College Office of Publications, 28. Mar. 2001