Film Lovers (and health care professionals) have a super interesting event to attend together.

Part I, Location:  Regal 701 7th Street Northwest Washington, DC 20001:  Purchase the ticket yourself at the Eventbrite site (below)

Part II.  Location: Taffer's Tavern, 700  6th Street Northwest, Floor G.  (Register for Part II on this Cornell Club page)

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Part I, Location:  Regal 701 7th Street Northwest Washington, DC 20001:  Get yourself a ticket for $14 and attend the 4 short documentaries portion of the DC Film Festival-- the WOMEN FILMING DOCUMENTARY SHORTS SERIES. Purchase the ticket yourself at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-filming-documentary-shorts-series-tickets-817797302747 

View the films at Regal Gallery Place, 701 7th Street Northwest Washington, DC 20001. on  Sunday, February 25 · 2:45 - 4:45pm. 

Part II.  Location: Taffer's Tavern, 700  6th Street Northwest, Floor G.  We immediately follow up the docuseries viewing with a 5pm discussion of the films over a beverage. First six to register join the hostess's table for that discussion. We'll raise a toast to Cornell affiliated director of "1000 Cuts" (whether or not she pops by.)  No registration fee for Cornell Club of Washington members; just pay your own tab at the Tavern. Registrants should ask for the "Cornell" table when you arrive.

The Cornell Club of Washington and Ivy Social need have you register ONLY for Part II.

Questions about Part II? Contact your event hostess Maggie, Cornell '86 at librarianms@gmail.com.  Questions on the Film Festival? View more at the Event Brite link above.

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Fourteen dollars covers the day's 4 documentaries that follow:

1001cuts (USA/2023/24.35 mins) directed by Sarah M Temkin

The daughters of Title IX discover that pervasive stereotypes and gender-based discrimination persist within the high-stakes professional world of surgery - a workplace designed for and and still controlled by men.

Lengua de diamante (USA/2023/13.09 mins) directed by Victoria Barbarito

The past, present, and future life of Elsa Riveros, Colombia’s First Lady of Rock. Long after her iconic career as a fierce 80s rock singer, Elsa now seeks to reinvent herself as a political painter in northern Virginia, where she raises her son.

That is the Silence (USA/2023/14.56mins)directed by Inna Ivanovskaya

You must once in a while uproot yourself from the daily routine to better see what doesn’t serve you anymore - not to run away from but to get closer to yourself.

The Test (USA/2023/15.43 mins)directed by Claudia Myers, Laura Waters Hinson

A Ghanaian maintenance worker at a Virginia retirement community dreams of becoming an American citizen to provide a better life for his family. He enlists the help of two elderly residents to prepare for the biggest test of his life: the US Citizenship exam.