Morris Library

March 13, 2025

SIU Carbondale hosts Women’s Film Festival, March 17-18

by Pete Rosenbery

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paulette Curkin Pride Resource Center and the Women’s Resource Center are hosting the SIU Women’s Film Festival, Monday and Tuesday, March 17-18.

The free film screenings and discussions in Morris Library’s John C. Guyon Auditorium are open to the public. A discussion panel will follow each of the films. The festival is part of the university’s Women’s History Month celebration.

The film festival is open to all students, staff, faculty, alumni and community members.

The film schedule, along with presenters, is:

Monday, March 17

  • 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. — “Desert Hearts” (1985). Presenters are Paulette Curkin, Kathleen Gallivan and Deb Endres.

After the first film, SIU’s commemoration of Holi, a Hindu festival that welcomes spring, will take place in Guyon Auditorium and on the library’s front lawn. The festival will then continue at 3 p.m.

  • 3-5:30 p.m. — “Alma’s Rainbow” (1994). Presenters are Mackenzie Gaines and Dina Timmons.
  • 6-8 p.m. — “Chicana/A Crushing Love” (1979/2009). The presenter is Michelle Soto.

Tuesday, March 18

  • 1-1:30 p.m. — “Microhabitat” (2017). The presenters are Qiyu Chen and Casey Tilley.
  • 3:30-5 p.m. — A Collection of Short Films by Heather O'Brien-Takahashi, assistant professor, cinema.
  • 5:30-7:30 p.m. — “Framing Agnes” (2022). The presenters are Angela Nuzum, Juniper Oxford, Jennifer Hines and Heather O’Malley.

The university’s LGTBQ Resource Center was renamed in fall 2024 to honor Curkin, an SIU professional who helped found the center in 2007 and served as its inaugural coordinator. Curkin retired from SIU in 2008 after 21 years of service.

Organizers recommend people check out films on websites that give content warnings, such as DoesTheDogDie.com.

As with all exhibitions and theatrical events, the artwork represents the viewpoints of its creators, not SIU. SIU complies with the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.

For more information, contact Juniper Oxford, program coordinator, Paulette Curkin Pride Resource Center, at 618-453-5627 or lgbtq@siu.edu.