40^th Anniversary Presentation/Deeper Viewing/First Thursday
Born in Flames
Directed by Lizzie Borden

TICKETS

$12 | Free for Speed members | Free for UofL students/faculty

“By turns humorous, satirical and deadly earnest…a still-potent artifact of political commitment.”–LA Weekly

Lizzie Borden’s vision and radical spirit rocked the foundations of the early Indie film world when it first was released in 1983. This provocative, thrilling classic is a fantasy of female rebellion set in America ten years after a social democratic cultural revolution.

When Adelaide Norris, the Black radical founder of the Woman’s Army, is mysteriously killed, a diverse coalition of women – across all lines of race, class, and sexual preference – emerges to take over the airwaves to blow the system apart. 1983, U.S., video, 80 minutes.

CINEMA+ Followed by a post-screening discussion with Dr. Karl Swinehart, Associate Professor Comparative Humanities and Director of Graduate Studies, UofL and Dr. Jennifer Sichel, Assistant Professor, Hite Institute of Art and Design, UofL.