Content about Movies

“Our Stories, Our Voices,” is part of the Old Lesbian Oral History Project (OLOHP) produced by the Women of Puget Sound Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (PSOLOC).  The film is designed to develop a cost- effective outreach to better the lives of older lesbians, particularly those who are isolated, invisible and vulnerable.  Narrated by Founder Arden Eversmeyer with dramatic readings of 40 excerpts taken directly from some of the Herstories,  the film aims to increase  the self esteem and community engagement of older lesbians, improve their mental and physi

Vashon Film Society wraps up summer with a celluloid bow and presents its tenth annual Outdoor Movie Night at the historic Vashon Theatre on Saturday, August 27.  

VFS will screen the 1971 classic family  musical “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” the magical original film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s children’s novel. The free screening outside under the stars next to the Vashon Theatre hopes to provide “a world of pure imagination” for all audience members.

From the opening shot of Krisha, this month’s First Friday Art Film offering from the Vashon Film Society, the viewer gets the feeling of being dragged by a locomotive that’s about to go off the tracks. Krisha arrives at her sister’s home for Thanksgiving with part of her dress caught in the car door. The camera follows her as she makes her way to the front porch with reckless determination, where she nervously prepares to see the family she abandoned years earlier.

The Vashon Land Trust will present a free showing of the movie “Return of the River” the story of the Elwha River dam removal and habitat restoration near Port Angeles, Washington. The movie will play at the Vashon Theater on March 22nd from 5:30 – 8:00 PM following a Board of Directors vote & brief presentation of Vashon Land Trust’s conservation work in 2015. Vashon Theater & Island GreenTech are sponsoring the event.

Vashon Film Society presents “She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry,” a bracing documentary about the rise of the women’s movement in the mid-sixties into the seventies, on Friday, October 2. The 9:30 film will kick off the fall season for VFS which programs First Friday screenings at the Vashon Theatre to coincide with the monthly Gallery Cruise.

Limited Partnership uncovers the often untold history of the activism that has led us to a historical point, as the Supreme Court imminently is set to rule on same-sex marriage. The film chronicles the 40-year love story between Filipino American Richard Adams and his Australian husband, Tony Sullivan. In 1975, thanks to a courageous county clerk in Boulder, Colorado, Richard and Tony were one of the first same-sex couples to be legally married in the world. Richard immediately filed for a green card for Tony based on their marriage.

Filmmaker John Jeffcoat’s Vashon Island Screening
Big In Japan
Friday, April 3rd, 8pm

Woman’s Way Red Lodge brings another documentary to the big screen as part of its Women’s Film Series.  Tuesday, March 24th, 6 PM at the Vashon Theatre, “Daughters of the Niger Delta” will show everyday life in the Delta, filmed and told by the women who live there.

Following the screening Islander Kirsten Gagnaire, founder and director of the Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA), will speak about her experiences working in the Delta, answer questions about the challenges faced there and what we can do to help.

Community Cinema Vashon, presented by the Independent Television Service (ITVS), Independent Lens, and Voice of Vashon (www.voiceofvashon.org) is excited to offer a screening of American Denial, a film by Llewellyn Smith, Christine Herbes-Sommers, and Kelly Thomson.

“Dear White People,” a satirical crowd-funded gem about race relations at a fictional Ivy League college, will screen at the Vashon Theatre this Friday, February 6 at 9:30 pm.

The feature, a breakout hit at the Sundance Film Festival, is presented by Vashon Film Society as part of its First Friday Art Film series. Written and directed by Justin Simien, “Dear White People” addresses a campus culture war which escalates when the school’s humor magazine throws a Halloween party awash in racial stereotypes.

A Path Appears:Breaking the Cycle of Poverty goes to the USA, Colombia, and Haiti to reveal the incredible adversity faced every day by millions of women and girls, while also presenting glimpses of hope and change. From the team that brought you the groundbreaking Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.

When the beautiful dancer Nikiya and the warrior Solor meet in secret, they swear eternal mutual fidelity. However, the High Brahmin, who is also in love with Nikiya, overhears them. He rushes to reveal their secret to the Rajah, who has decided that Solor will marry his beloved daughter Gamzatti.