PARIS INTERNATIONAL
LESBIAN & FEMINIST FILM FESTIVAL
Quand les lesbiennes se font du cinéma
The Festival will host an exhibition of posters, banners and tracts retracing 30 years of struggle for lesbian rights. The debate will highlight the importance of past struggles in the progress of lesbian rights today.
The debate will explore recent actions taken by women sex workers, and how these could be linked to the more general context of feminist and lesbian struggles.
In the context of recent refusals of subsidies, the debate will look at the relationship between lesbian associations and various levels of French government.
The debate will explore the positive and negative aspects of being a single lesbian in today's society, as well as various social initiatives that have been taken by single lesbians.
Jules Falquet, the author of Izta, will lead a debate on the Mexican women's movement. She will be accompanied by the musician, Ochy Curiel. The film, Les filles de Zapata, will be screened during the debate.