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cinema > Tell It Like A Woman @ The Avalon Theatre (FREE EVENT)

 

 

March 21, 2023  |  5pm

 

Join us at the Avalon Theatre for a movie screening of Tell it Like A Woman with an introduction by Chiara Tilesi, one of the film producers.

Tell It Like A Woman is a feature film comprised of 7 short stories the common denominator of which is the representation of female protagonists. Each of these different women faces a particular challenge in their life with extreme determination and courage that makes them stronger and more self-aware. Some of these touching and empowering stories, which take place all over the world, are inspired by true events while others are narrative fiction.

The film was nominated for Best Original Song at the 2023 Academy Awards for the song “Applause” written by Diane Warren and performed by Sofia Carson.

 

Directed by: please see individual titles below
United States 2023, 113 minutes

Film in English and Italian (with English subtitles)

 

LOCATION
The Avalon Theatre
5612 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20015

 

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UNSPOKEN

Directed by Maria Sole Tognazzi

Diana, the “struggling to balance professional/personal life” type Veterinarian, treats a dog with deep cuts during her shift at the clinic. While the treatment is happening, Diana notices unnatural bruising on the dog owner, Greta, whose every moment is scrutinized by her seemingly charming husband Karl, who never leaves her side. Something feels off to Diana and she acts on that instinct during a moment when the veterinary staff is able to separate the couple. She discovers that Greta has been constantly abused by her partner and cut the dog’s paw in order to have a chance to get out of the house and escape. Diana is able to help Greta and as a result realizes that the line between professional and personal is sometimes blurry, and that’s OK when it means making a difference in someone’s life.

 

LAGONEGRO

Directed by Lucía Puenzo

Ana, a habitually busy architect, travels back to her childhood home in Lagonegro to identify her younger sister’s body. Upon arrival, Ana discovers her sister Sara not only left the house to her but also her 7-year-old daughter Lena. Not having the time or desire to raise a child, Ana tries to find an alternate home for Lena, even attempting to hire Bestabe, Lena’s nanny, to raise her. Bestabe refuses. Ana makes up her mind to let the court decide Lena’s fate. After learning of Ana’s decision, Lena writes a goodbye note and runs away. Ana goes on a hectic search trying to find Lena and during that pivotal time realizes that Lena’s not so different from herself – just a scared girl trying to find a place in the world – and decides that her busy lifestyle can wait as she silences her phone and gives Lena her undivided attention, which includes making plans to permanently make Lena a part of her life.

 

ELBOWS DEEP

Directed by Catherine Hardwicke

Medical Director of Homeless Health Care in Los Angeles, Dr. Susan Partovi, and Nurse Practitioner Tamika King arrive at an upscale Los Angeles hotel that has been transformed into temporary housing for the homeless during the 2020 COVID pandemic. Their mission is to check up on Kenny, a homeless girl struggling with mental illness, who had an infected arm treated the week before. Kenny, on the edge of another psychotic break, makes it difficult for Dr. Partovi to check up on her arm. As Dr. Partovi removes layer upon layer of clothing – “protection from the street” as Kenny calls them – to uncover the arm, she is also seemingly removing layers of fear. Through this, Dr. Partovi and Nurse Practitioner Tamika form a connection and grow in compassion for the vulnerable population of Los Angeles.

Elbows Deep is inspired by a true story told by Dr. Susan Partovi.

 

SHARING A RIDE

Directed by Leena Yadav

The story of the beginning of an unlikely friendship. In a night, Divya, a woman who considers herself as progressive, deals with her own prejudices and judgments. She shares a cab with a young trans woman in glittering clothes. The following day she sees the trans woman in uniform. A cop’s uniform. Divya is impressed. Trying to overcome her prejudices, Divya later follows the trans woman, again decked in shiny clothes, to “Glitteratti-Transgender Modeling Agency.” One night, Divya notices the trans woman waiting for a cab. Divya stops her car, offering her a ride. The woman comes closer, a look of recognition from a few nights ago. She hesitates in taking the offer, but Divya insists, and asks the trans woman if she would like to get a chai. She finally agrees and that becomes the start of an unlikely friendship.

 

PEPCY & KIM

Directed by Taraji P. Henson

Based on the true story of Top Ten CNN Hero Kim Carter. Kim Carter, also known as ‘Pepcy,’ is a striking black woman in a correctional institution. She switches between Kim and Pepcy depending on which personality dominates her. As she reflects on the life she lived before with her seven-month-old daughter, she must also try and manage her drug addictions, PTSD, and split personality. Pepcy wins a lottery to finish out her sentence in rehab, where she will be able to focus on her mental health and deal with her past of assault and trauma. Kim, who was sexually assaulted multiple times, deals with her drug addiction. Kim is transported, in a van, out of prison, where inevitably Pepcy returns to convince Kim to stab the driver. Kim doesn’t stab the driver and is escorted into her new mental health facility, leaving Pepcy behind, locked in the van. Kim completes her time in rehab, becomes certified in accounting, and reunites with her daughter. She becomes the founder of the Time For Change Foundation.

 

A WEEK OF MY LIFE

Directed by Mipo Oh

Story Yuki works endlessly to provide for her two children Towa & Aya. In her efforts to keep their lives on track, Yuki loses herself in her routine: wake up, cook, clean, send kids to school, work, pick kids up, cook, clean, sleep. Her exhausting life becomes her routine, while her children feel neglected and long for her attention. When Yuki receives a gift by surprise, she realizes that the true gift is truly the present.

 

ARIA

Directed by Silvia Carobbio

Aria is the story of a soul setting free from gender stereotypes and helping other souls to do the same.

In a tiny, dark cell is a small black creature, Aria. Looking up at the ceiling of the cell are bright pink shadows projecting a loop of women performing mechanical movements, combing their hair, ironing, putting on lipstick, etc. Aria is copying every movement she’s forced to look at. Aria has no defined features, only large eyes that expose the sadness she feels towards her existence. There is a pink glass behind Aria, in her prison cell, that suddenly breaks, allowing in a small crack of a golden light that overlaps the pink shadows. Aria is fascinated by this new light but is forced to continue the movements.

While putting on lipstick, Aria resists, breaking the tie to her arm. She does the same thing with her legs and is free from the bind, dissolving the pink shadow. Aria pushes on the glass wall and it opens into a circular zoetrope. Rotating around her are rectangular squares of blue and pink. Aria spots a scene very similar to her own in a pink square, but the creature doesn’t notice her. She finds a blue square of male mechanics in a loop, from showing off muscles, riding motorcycles, carrying a bride. The creature, Sake, looks at Aria and breaks out of his square. Sake examines Aria, they float up into the air towards the top of a lighthouse. Aria turns the light and the beam from it bounces off the glass walls of all the prison cells, shattering them. All of the creatures start transforming into vivid colored beings, free from their stereotypes. Finally happy and whole, the creatures levitate toward the moon, filling the night sky with color as they dance. Together it becomes pure white.

 


CHIARA TILESI

Chiara Tilesi is an Italian Social Impact Producer and Director based in Los Angeles. Her work has always focused on creating social change in the world through film, media, and art. She is the Founder of We Do It Together (WDIT), a 501(c)3 nonprofit film production company dedicated to the empowerment of women and minorities. In 2018 she founded Frequency Production, a film production company producing media focused on creating positive impact.

Among her remarkable credits is the film “Tell It Like A Woman”, 2023 Academy Award® nominee for Best Original Song, which is composed of seven segments directed by a diverse and internationally renowned group of women filmmakers. It features  Margherita Buy, Cara Delevingne, Jacqueline Fernandez, Marcia Gay Harden, Jennifer Hudson, Eva Longoria, Pauletta Washington, and Anne Watanabe. Chiara is the music video producer of the “Tell It Like A Woman” theme song, “Applause”, 2023 Academy Award® nominee for Best Original Song, written by Diane Warren and performed by Sofia Carson.

Additional projects include: All the Invisible Children, Teach Me Again, Giving Back Generation, (Seasons 1 – 3), One Of Us (Seasons 1 – 2), Be The Subject, Not The Object, The Longevity Revolution.

In 2019, she was nominated as a Cultural Leader at the World Economic Forum, where she was also invited to be an Official Speaker at their Annual Meeting held in Davos, Switzerland. At the Betazone, Chiara presented her inspirational speech “The Female Icon” on the disruption of the paradigm and how women’s narratives can change. Chiara is a public speaker who held several talks in different global institutions like TED X WOMEN and the United Nations.

 

  • Organizzato da: IIC Washington