Nasty Women Short Film Program & A Comedy in Six Unnatural Acts (1979)

Watch out for women and queers creating havoc on the screen. Protagonists of different ages and social classes give way to their frustration by destroying the dishes, dominating their partners or simply causing chaos in public with their unexpected rebellious behavior. A selection of films from the Cinema’s First Nasty Women DVD collection, consisting of films made between 1903-1913, is shown alongside Jan Oxenberg’s A COMEDY IN SIX UNNATURAL ACTS that appropriates different Hollywood genres to deconstruct and exaggerate stereotypes of lesbian relationships. A stomping dyke then leads us into one of film history’s greatest finales. The low budget film produced within the lesbian community in Los Angeles transfers the collective joy of its making. (fe)

Program: 
ROSALIE ET LÉONTINE VONT AU THÉÂTRE Rosalie and Léontine Go to the Theater Romeo Bosetti France 1911 DCP English intertitles 4 min.
MARY JANE'S MISHAP G.A. Smith GB 1903 DCP English intertitles 4 min. 
CUNÉGONDE FEMME COCHÈRE Cunégonde the Coachwoman France 1913 DCP English intertitles 6 min. 
PATOUILLARD A UNE FEMME JALOUSE Patouillard Has a Jealous Wife​​​​​ Romeo Bosetti France 1912 DCP English intertitles 6 min. 
LA FUREUR DE MME PLUMETTE Madame Plumette’s Fury France 1912 DCP English intertitles 6 min. 
MANNEKÄNGEN The Mannequin Fragment Mauritz Stiller Sweden 1913 DCP English intertitles 3 min. 
LAUGHING GAS Edwin S. Porter USA 1907 DCP English intertitles 7 min. 
A COMEDY IN SIX UNNATURAL ACTS Jan Oxenberg USA 1976 DCP OV 26 min.