When: Wednesday, 4th July at 7.00pm
Where: The Sugar Club, map here
The Film: An Encounter with Simone Weil
Facebook Event: here

The Irish Feminist Network invites you to the Irish premiere of the award winning film 'An Encounter with Simone Weil'. 

The film tells the story of French philosopher, activist, and mystic, Simone Weil (1909-1943) - a woman Albert Camus described as 'the only great spirit of our time.' On her quest to understand Simone Weil, filmmaker Julia Haslett confronts profound questions of moral responsibility both within her own family and the larger world. From the battlefields of the Spanish Civil War to anti-war protests in Washington DC, from intimate exchanges between the filmmaker and her older brother who struggles with depression to captivating interviews with people who knew Simone Weil, the film takes us on an unforgettable journey into the heart of what it means to be a compassionate human being.

Weil asked us this question: How do we respond to human suffering? The filmmaker, in turn, wants to know: How do we remain engaged without ultimately destroying ourselves as Weil did when she died from self-starvation at age 34?

Drawing on current news and observational footage, Haslett's narration draws provocative comparisons between Weil’s insight and the world today. The result is a deeply moving film that not only challenges us to think and to feel, but encourages us to initiate important political, psychological, and interfaith dialogue.

The screening will be followed by a live Skype Q and A session with the filmmaker, Julia Haslett.
Further details and trailer are available from here:
http://www.linestreet.net/

Tickets costing 7 Euro and 4 Euro for students/unwaged, are available from here:
http://entertainment.ticketsolve.com/shows/873482545/events


Any questions? Email us at irishfeministnetwork@gmail.com

You are invited to the third IFN Discussion Group!
Date: Tuesday, 19th June
Topic: LGBTQ Rights
Guest: Moninne Griffith, Director of Marriage Equality.
Location:  the Exchange, (Exhange Street Upper, Temple Bar) an arts collective whose website can be found here: http://exchangedublin.ie/
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm (Facebook RSVP)

To facilitate discussion, we'll have these ground rules:

-Everyone has the right to contribute to the discussion
-Refrain from personal attacks, criticise the idea and not the person
-Everyone is welcome to attend regardless of age, gender, race, sexual orientation, transgender status, religious belief, disability, membership of the travelling community, marital status or family status.

When: Wednesday, 6th June at 7.30pm
Where: The Sugar Club, map here
The Film: The Price of Sex
Facebook Event: here

The Irish Feminist Network and the Immigrant Council of Ireland invite you to the Irish premiere of the award-winning movie 'The Price of Sex', to be followed by a post-screening panel discussion on sex trafficking. 

'The Price of Sex' is a feature-length documentary about young Eastern European women who've been drawn into a netherworld of sex trafficking and abuse. Intimate, harrowing and revealing, it is a story told by the young women who were supposed to be silenced by shame, fear and violence. Photojournalist Mimi Chakarova, who grew up in Bulgaria, takes us on a personal investigative journey, exposing the shadowy world of sex trafficking from Eastern Europe to the Middle East and Western Europe. Filming undercover and gaining extraordinary access, Chakarova illuminates how even though some women escape to tell their stories, sex trafficking thrives.

Film screening will be followed by a discussion with the following panelists:

Paul Maguire, reporter of the recent Prime Time programme 'Profiting from Prostitution'
Linda Latham, Co-ordinator of the Women's Health Project, HSE
Denise Charlton, CEO of the Immigrant Council of Ireland
Una Mullaly, journalist and broadcaster
Chair: Keelin Shanley, reporter/presenter with Prime Time and the Consumer Show

Trailer and further details available from here: http://priceofsex.org/


Tickets available from here: http://entertainment.ticketsolve.com/shows/873481653/events

We look forward to seeing you there!

Any questions? Email us at: irishfeministnetwork@gmail.com

You are invited to the second IFN Discussion Group!
Date: Tuesday, 15th May 
Topic: Prostitution and Sex Trafficking
Guest: Sarah Benson, the CEO of Ruhama (which is part of the Turn Off the Red Light Campaign) will introduce the topic.
Location:  the Exchange, (Exhange Street Upper, Temple Bar) an arts collective whose website can be found here: http://exchangedublin.ie/
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm

To facilitate discussion, we'll have these ground rules:

-Everyone has the right to contribute to the discussion
-Refrain from personal attacks, criticise the idea and not the person
-Everyone is welcome to attend regardless of age, gender, race, sexual orientation, transgender status, religious belief, disability, membership of the travelling community, marital status or family status.

Disclaimer: While we understand that this is a divisive topic within feminism, the Irish Feminist Network supports the Turn Off the Red Light Campaign. As such, we will be aiming to discuss this campaign and how to contribute to its success.

When: Tuesday, 5th of June, 7pm - 9pm
Where: Accent's Coffee Shop - Downstairs
How to find us: We'll have the book displayed upright on the table.
The Book: 'The Hunger Games' by Suzanne Collins
Facebook Event: RSVP IFN June Bookclub - The Hunger Games

About: The Hunger Games is the 1st book in the bestselling young adult trilogy. You can even see the film in the cinema right now! It was suggested that we compare book and movie on the night so by all means check out either/both.

Set in a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying reality TV show is taking place. Twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live event called The Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed. When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdee steps forward to take her younger sister's place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence. But Katniss has been close to death before. For her, survival is second nature.http://www.thehungergames.co.uk/

Here's a video comparing book and movie by the always awesome Feminist Frequency (SPOILERS ALERT!): 

And a homegrown review on the Independent.


Hope to see you there!