Event time:
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 - 5:00pm
Event description:
Please join us for a panel conversation with three renowned film critics and curators, all Yale alumnae, discussing the past, present, and future of cinema, writing, and gender and sexual politics in historical moments of crisis. Panelists: B. Ruby Rich (former Editor-in-Chief at Film Quarterly), YC ‘71; Patricia White (Swarthmore College, Camera Obscura), YC ‘86; Lisa Kennedy (freelance critic, Variety and The New York Times), YC ‘84 Moderator: Oksana Chefranova (Yale Film and Media Studies) Followed by an advance screening of the 2025 Sundance hit SORRY, BABY (dir. Eva Victor) at 7pm There will be a 30-minute intermission for refreshments between the panel and screening. Sponsored by the Yale Poynter Fellowship in Journalism; Whitney Humanities Center; Yale Film and Media Studies; Yale American Studies; Yale Dean of Humanities Fund; and Traphagen Alumni Speakers Series, Yale College Office of Student Affairs.
Advance Screening: SORRY, BABY (2025)
2025 | Directed by Eva Victor | United States | 104 minutes | English Eva Victor’s debut as a writer, director, and lead actor, SORRY, BABY is an intimate drama exploring trauma and healing. The film centers on Agnes, a college professor haunted by the memory of a sexual assault. Told through a non-linear narrative, the film juxtaposes Agnes’s present-day experiences with her past. Winner of Screenwriting Award at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and named the best reviewed film at Sundance 2025 in Indiewire’s critics survey. This screening will follow FEMINIST FILM NOW: A Conversation with Film Critics B. Ruby Rich, Lisa Kennedy, and Patricia White at 5pm also in HQ L02. There will be a 30-minute intermission for refreshments between the panel and screening. Hosted by Yale Poynter Fellowship in Journalism; Whitney Humanities Center; Yale Film and Media Studies; Yale American Studies; Yale Dean of Humanities Fund; and Traphagen Alumni Speakers Series, Yale College Office of Student Affairs
Free admission. No registration required.