Reel Representation

About the Series

FilmScene, Iowa City's nonprofit cinema, has a long tradition of programming featuring women, and non-binary artists. This series champions those underrepresented perspectives in the industry.

Now in its third year, FilmScene’s “Reel Representation” has evolved from “Women’s March” to become a year-round program that celebrates local, national and international female and gender-non binary artists. “Reel Representation” showcases new releases and film series from, special events with, and dialogues about this underrepresented perspective in the industry.

ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL

ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL

Sun, Mar 23 12:30pm 3:30pm 6:30pm Mon, Mar 24 3:30pm 6:30pm Tue, Mar 25 3:30pm 6:30pm Wed, Mar 26 3:30pm 6:30pm Thu, Mar 27 3:30pm 6:30pm

As funeral proceedings for an uncle begin around them, Shula and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family.

NIGHTSHIFT

NIGHTSHIFT

Mon, Mar 24 7:00pm

This potent snapshot of London’s early-‘80s art scene is a masterwork of surreal cinema that follows a hotel clerk who plays silent witness to a nocturnal constellation of guests ranging from punk rockers to old-world gentry. As the hours drift d...

FUNGI: WEB OF LIFE 3D

FUNGI: WEB OF LIFE 3D

Tue, Mar 25 open Caption 7:00pm

Narrated by Bjork, this documentary explores the extraordinary abilities of fungi while following British biologist Merlin Sheldrake as he seeks a rare blue mushroom in Tasmania's ancient Tarkine rainforest.

THE TUBA THIEVES

THE TUBA THIEVES

Fri, Mar 28 open Caption open Caption 6:30pm

What is the role of sound and what does it mean to listen? Hard of hearing filmmaker Alison O’Daniel uses a series of tuba thefts in Los Angeles high schools as a jumping-off point to explore these questions.

HEARTS OF GLASS

HEARTS OF GLASS

Sat, Mar 29 open Caption open Caption 1:00pm

Cutting-edge food production meets social good in an ambitious experiment to supply year-round produce to a mountain town, while providing meaningful, inclusive employment for community members with disabilities.

I SAW THE TV GLOW

I SAW THE TV GLOW

Sun, Mar 30 4:00pm

Two teenagers bond over their love of a supernatural TV show, but it is mysteriously cancelled.

FREAKY TALES

FREAKY TALES

Fri, Apr 4 12:00am Wed, Apr 9 7:00pm

Freaky Tales is an unashamed middle finger to racist Nazi scumbags wrapped in a nostalgic ode to Oakland, California in 1987.

TROUBLE EVERY DAY

TROUBLE EVERY DAY

Wed, Apr 30 10:00pm

I love you so much I could just eat you...

Past Films in this Series

ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL

ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL

Sat, Mar 22

NIGHTSHIFT

NIGHTSHIFT

Sat, Mar 22

MURDERCISE

MURDERCISE

Wed, Mar 19

THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM

THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM

Wed, Feb 19

THE COLORS WITHIN

THE COLORS WITHIN

Wed, Feb 5

GRAFTED

GRAFTED

Wed, Jan 22

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