This will be a provocative yet fun exploration of the relationship between Feminism and political activism. There are many different forms of activism, we all protest in some way, from subversion to making spy planes, from poster put ups to running a bookshop or putting on a grass roots feminist festival. Lady speakers will be Lousie Clarke, key mover and shaker in Bristol?s Anti War Movement, and Ladyfest Bristol organisers talking about the part activism played in putting on this festival. Others invited are The Greenleaf Bookshop (with a bookstall), Kate Rich (With BIT) Technology / art activist, and Kyra and Pru from Bristol Indymedia. Also happening will be IH's very own poster project, making posters about our own independent heroines.

Carry Greenham Home (Beeban Kidron/Amanda Richardson /1984 / UK / 66 min)
This film records the events at the Women's Peace Camp at Greenham Common between December 1982 and the summer of 1983.
My Feminism (Laurie Colbert/Dominique Cardona / 1997 /Canada / 55min)
An award-winning documentary featuring key feminist exponents Gloria Steinem, bell hooks, Urvashi Vaid, Judy Rebick, Mary Becker, Urvashi Butalia, Ailbhe Smyth who got together with the filmmakers to dissect the F-word and paint an engaging, accessible and powerfully persuading picture of global feminism that plays the media at its own game.
Mc Libel
Filmed over three years, McLibel: Two Worlds Collide follows Helen Steel and Dave Morris as the anonymous campaigners turn into unlikely global heroes. Struggling to defend themselves in the longest trial in English history, they face infiltration by spies, secret meetings with corporate executives, 40,000
pages of background reading and a visit from Ronald McDonald.

Looking at women's health issues with particular reference to Cancer and Mental Health. Cancer because
our mothers have suffered from it. One woman in 9 in the UK will get breast cancer - that's the highest
rate in the world. Mental Health because the facts are that by 2020, depression will be the greatest cause of disability for women in the UK. Pat Pilkington (M.B.E) co- founder of the Bristol Cancer Centre will be here to talk about the pivotal work they do with a holistic approach toward cancer care.
http://www.bristolcancercentre

Full Support (Jen Speed / 2002 / USA / 9 min 16)
Face Value (Jo Spence / 1981 / UK / 19 min)
The Body Of A Poet (Sonali Fernando / 1995 / UK / 30 min)
Group (Marilyn Freeman/Anne De Marcken / 2002 / USA /106 min)
An adventure in consciousness and compassion, GROUP traces the evolution of nine women from their first meeting through twenty-one weeks of group therapy. Stereotypes are turned on end in this ultra-modern probe into the American female psyche. Shot with an innovative approach, six unhidden and unexplained cameras capture this fast and funny, deep and bumpy ride as each woman tries to find a little
more...happiness. Moving performances by Sleater Kinney's Carrie Brownstein and Ladyfest founder Nomy Lamm as well as an evocative indie-rock soundtrack heighten the film's originality.
http://www.groupthemovie.com
The Colours of Hysteria
Presentation/Seminar led by artist, cultural theorist and Nuisance.org.uk e-zine editor Melanie Absolon. A
presentation on the mechanics of colour as hysterical symptom as represented in Film, Literature and Art.
Discussing works such as Hitchcock's Marnie, Gilmore Perkin's short story 'The Yellow Wallpaper' and 20th Century abstract painting. http://www.nusiance.org.uk

LADYSCREEN + LADYTREATS

An open screening of independent lady-made films. In collaboration with The Cube's regular Bluescreen
events we?ve hunted high and low for the films we're going to show tonight through the feminista super highway. Guest Compere is Annabelle Other of The Bristol Art Library who will bring along her documentary.

Send us your film! details below....>>

Slitch (UK Premiere) (Dianne Belino / 2000 / US / 23 mins)
16 mm colour mastered on to DVD and release with soundtrack by The Continental Op
through Drag City. Slitch is the cross between a slut and a bitch, and the protagonist is called such by two Marys scornful of her teenage lust for the surfer who lives next door (Will Oldham). With thanks to Dianne Bellino and Drag City. http://www.dragcity.com
SkellaHellavision (Martha Colburn / 8 min)
"In erotic found footage, I was able to X-ray The 'Fleshy Fondlings' through imagining what is behind the flesh and scratching it frame by frame and creating 'SKELEVISION'. Frightfull female treck into the depths of the after life. Call the post mortem police? (Colburn)

Films and discussion about sex and sexuality.

Presentation by the Before Stonewall Project The Before Stonewall Project aims to gather video interviews to document the lives, and pre-gay rights experiences, of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people over the age of 55.
Some Ground to Stand On (Joyce Warshow / 1998 / USA / 35 min)
This compelling and beautifully made documentary tells the life story of Blue Lunden, a lesbian / feminist peace activist who found herself run out of New Orleans during the 1950's for wearing men's clothes.

Sex Worker Perspectives from Around the World: San Francisco Sex Worker Film and Video Festival curated by Carol Leigh aka Scarlot Harlot:
Tales of the Night Fairies (Shohini Ghosh / 2003 /India / 74 min)
Five sex workers - four women and one man - along with the filmmaker/narrator embark on a journey of storytelling, exploring the power of collective organising and resistance while reflecting upon contemporary debates around sexwork.
Hot and Bothered (Becky Goldberg / 2002 / USA / 40 min)
A rare and empowering look into the pornography industry and feminist community to see how they intertwine within the politics and poetics of female sexuality. www.feministpornography.com

plus shorts:

Swallow (Ariel Lightningchild, 2002) An exploration of issues often marginalized amongst the celebration of some of the sex workers movement,such as race, class and mental illness.
A Woman’s Place is in the Kitchen (Pam Dore'& Sprinkle Magic, 1999) A horny housewife enjoys a cake-baking frenzy while her husband is at work.

'Riot Grrrl is not dead. She simply grew up to be a Riot Lady.'

Riot Grrrl Retrospective:
Don't Need You (Kerri Koch / 2001 / USA / 40 min)
Don't Need You follows the movers and shakers of Riot Grrrl and the monumental events of this movement from its inception in 1990 to the present. Including footage of Bratmobile, Bikini Kill, and Heavens to Betsy, and interviews with Allison Wolfe and Kathleen Hanna.
The Works of Sadie Benning (Sadie Benning / 1989-90 /USA / 50min)
Formerly of Le Tigre, Sadie Benning is a lesbian videomaker who began making videos when she was 15 years old using a Fisher Price Pixelvision toy camera. Her work emerges from a place half-innocent and half-adult with all the honesty, humour, and desperation of a personality just coming into self-awareness, trapped and uneasy.

PLUS!
-music videos from Kill Rock Stars including Sleater Kinney, Frumpies, Julie Ruin
-shorts by Miranda July and Sadie Shaw
-LIVE electro jam soundtrack to a Jennifer Daydreamer comic; performers will include Verity from Electrelane and Jessica from Mooz.

Ladyfest Picnic: 12 PM. Bring your own Picnic in The Cube garden with DJS. (FREE TO ALL )

Beginners fiction Creative writing workshop 1 PM with Hannah Godfrey MA (published in several magazines and anthologies, experienced workshop leader), Max 15 people, priority to Ladyfest ticket holders. Email Hannah to sign up: gooodcheew@yahoo.com

Jimmy Mean's Wild KINGdom: Drag King workshop 5pm, priority to Ladyfest ticketholders.
Discover your inner drag king with Bristol's smoothest dude, Mr Jimmy Mean. Bring an outfit and plenty of attitude.

Kaffe Matthews
(7- 8pm / £4 on door / free to Ladyfest ticketholders)
Kaffe Matthews bends, cracks and floats sounds made from a small theremin, a room, and its feedback,
revealing a pared down aesthetic and delicate precision. Tonight is a first time performance with
projection from a month in the west Australian desert. Kaffe Matthews is one of the most active artists on
the new electronic music scene, whose surprisingly rare approach exploiting digital gadgets and live
performance has resulted in some unique works which transgress any boundary between sound and image.

Adventures in the Gender Trade (Susan Marenco / 1993 /USA / 40 min)
This documentary explores the notion of gender through the life and work of trans-sexual lesbian playwright, Kate Bornstein. Poets, performance artists and transsexuals question the usefulness of society's rigid gender system with humour and intelligence.
Venus Boyz (Gabrielle Baur / 2001 / Switzerland/USA/Germany / 102 min) - tbc
We meet Mildred who works in an office during the day and in the evening mesmerises her fans as the sexy Dréd; the most famous Drag King of Germany, Bridge Markland, who is constantly on the lookout for
provocation; and Drag King pioneer Diane Torr who was one of the initiators of the King movement and has been giving performances and workshops for over two decades.

Olympia 2000- Ladyfest is born...Bristol 2003 and all around the world, Ladyfest is happening, spreading,
evolving...and we love it!

Actionettes Dance Workshop 12pm
Looking to express the inner glitter of your soul? Want to wear go-go boots and pretend you're Nancy Sinatra? Or just up for prancing around to good music and having fun? Let all girl amateur dance
troupe The Actionettes gently guide you in the ways of synchronised '60s dance to a sound track of retro girl-group soul and pop. www.actionettes.com or email deliadansette@hotmail.com

Screenings:
Compilation of videos from previous Ladyfests, followed by a panel discussion featuring previous
organisers from London, Hamburg and Olympia talking about how and why they organised Ladyfests and what Ladyfest means to them.
Who Needs Her and Her Noise? Presentation and video screening. Her Noise is a sound art exhibition
featuring female artists working at the intersection of sound and the visual arts. The exhibition will be
accompanied by a catalogue, CD compilation and an online archive to launch in late 2004. Anne Hilde
Neset and Lina Dzuverovic Russell, Curators of the Her Noise project (www.hernoise.com) screen segments of interviews including with Kevin Blechdom, Chicks On Speed, Erase Errata, Kim Gordon, Marina Rosenfeld, Kaffe Matthews, People Like Us, Peaches and Lydia Lunch.