3/4 International Women's Day Film Celebration

Double Feature Film Showing: "With Babies and Banners" and "You Have Struck a Rock!" — San Francisco

Thursday, March 4, 7:30 p.m.
ATA (Artists' Television Access)
992 Valencia St (at 21st St)

$5 donation

A.N.S.W.E.R. Film Series Double Feature — an International Women's Day Celebration with a report on the origins of Women's Day

With Babies and Banners — The victory of the Great General Motors Sit-Down Strike in Flint, Michigan, in 1937 was the key to the success of the CIO's drive for industrial unionism. The now classic With Babies And Banners presents the untold story of the women — the working women, wives, mothers and sisters — who became the backbone of the strike. Forty years later, nine of these women reunite and dramatically show the relevance of their experience for working men and women today. 45m, 1978.

You Have Struck a Rock! — This film commemorates the special contribution of South African women to the success of the anti-apartheid struggle. It recovers the remarkable "women's campaigns" of the 1950s against the hated pass system. This massive, non-violent civil disobedience movement was only finally crushed by the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre and the banning of anti-apartheid organizations. Lilian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph, Dora Tamana and other leaders recall this struggle and their imprisonment and banning. Yet they remain undaunted, demonstrating the South African proverb: "When you have touched a woman, you have struck a rock." 28m, 1981.