Reel Women in Film: The Divine Order
CANCELLED | Texas Spirit Theater | NR | 96 min. | Comedy, Drama
This event is cancelled, but an online program on this topic is available.
March 27, 2020 7:00pm - 9:00pmJoin the Bullock Museum for a screening and conversation about the film The Divine Order.
In 1971, a young housewife organizes the women of her town to petition for the right to vote in Switzerland.
Event Details
Petra Biondina Volpe wrote and directed this narrative of the Swiss women's suffrage tale. The Divine Order disarms the heavy nature of the subject matter by adding humor as a storytelling device. Additionally, it encapsulates the decade of the 1970s in a well researched and less stylized manner than other period peices, which makes the costume design by Linda Harper stand out.
This screening is part of Reel Women in Film, a film series that highlights the filmic works of women in front of or behind the camera. In its second season, focus will be on ideas of empowerment seen through the lens of fashion and activism. Additionally, we will look at those within the field of filmmaking that are in the periphery, the costume designers. This evening's program is shown in conjunction with our Sister Suffragists exhibition, celebrating the suffrage centennial along with our Fashion Forward exhibition, which explores how the fashion innovations of yesterday impact our closets today. This program includes a film screening and video chat Q&A with Petra Volpe, writer and director of The Divine Order and Shelby Hadden, writer, director and co-producer of Tightly Wound. Prior to the feature film is Shelby Hadden's short film, Tightly Wound. Come early and explore the 2nd floor Sister Suffragists exhibit, and enjoy complimentary coffee and treats from 6:00pm until 7:00pm. Quantities are limited. Seating for film begins at 6:30 p.m
Please note: Entrance for this screening will be at the IMAX Lobby doors.
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Rating: NR
Suggested age: 18+
Director | Writer: Petra Biondina Volpe
Costume Designer: Linda Harper
Runtime: 96 min.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release year: 2017
Screenwriter and director Petra Volpe studied at the Film Academy Konrad Wolf in Potsdam Babelsberg, Germany. She wrote and directed several award winning short films and three prime time Television movies. Volpe’s feature film debut Dreamland opened in Swiss cinemas after a successful festival career in spring 2014 and was nominated for four Swiss Film awards. Her screenplay for Heidi launched the most successful Swiss film of all time, with more than 5 million viewers worldwide. Her second feature film, The Divine Order, was the Swiss entry for the Academy Awards 2017, it recorded more than 350,000 viewers in Switzerland and was sold in over 30 countries. The film had its international premiere at the Tribeca Filmfestival 2017 and won three awards: The Nora Ephron Prize, Prize for Best Actress in an International film and the Audience Award. Petra Volpe lives in New York and Berlin.
Shelby Hadden is a writer, producer, and documentary filmmaker. Her films have screened at festivals around the world, including Annecy International Animated Film Festival, DOC NYC, New Orleans Film Festival, and Nashville Film Festival. Her latest work has focused on raising awareness of pelvic floor dysfunction and chronic pelvic pain — from publishing essays in BUST Magazine and Refinery29 to producing her award-winning short animated film, “Tightly Wound,” which was acquired by Condé Nast. Shelby is currently a lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin and Texas State University, as well as a producer at Blue Suitcase Productions. Most recently, her short film "Her & Me" was selected as a Vimeo Staff Pick, she was an associate producer on 2019 Sundance feature SISTER AIMEE, and a co-producer on the New York Times Op Doc, "To Be Queen".
A woman recounts her experience living with chronic pelvic pain - how health professionals have failed her, men have rejected her, and shame, anger and hatred have plagued her body in Tightly Wound.
Shelby Hadden is a writer, producer, and documentary filmmaker. Her films have screened at festivals around the world, including Annecy International Animated Film Festival, DOC NYC, New Orleans Film Festival, and Nashville Film Festival. Her latest work has focused on raising awareness of pelvic floor dysfunction and chronic pelvic pain — from publishing essays in BUST Magazine and Refinery29 to producing her award-winning short animated film, “Tightly Wound,” which was acquired by Condé Nast. Shelby is currently a lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin and Texas State University, as well as a producer at Blue Suitcase Productions. Most recently, her short film "Her & Me" was selected as a Vimeo Staff Pick, she was an associate producer on 2019 Sundance feature SISTER AIMEE, and a co-producer on the New York Times Op Doc, "To Be Queen".
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