Screening Schedule
Venus Priests and Superwomen premieres on January 27th at 7:00 p.m.
at the Columbus Theater 270 Broadway, Providence
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ALEXIA KOSMIDER - PRODUCER / DIRECTOR

In 2004, Alexia started Shifting Visions Education Film Project, a nonprofit film company dedicated to examining subjects that are often neglected by larger film companies. The film company’s first project, In the Shadow of the Crow: The legacies of the Narragansetts, examines the smoke shop incident where on July 14, 2003, Rhode Island State Troopers stormed the Narragansett Tribe’s newly erected smoke shop and a violent confrontation ensued where many tribal members were injured. In an effort to understand the Tribe’s struggle for sovereignty, the film documents the heated political debate surrounding the Narragansett’s recent attempt to build a casino in Rhode Island, which presently has been arrested by the state. By interviewing many different Narragansett tribal members, including Sachem Chief Matthew Thomas, the film informs viewers about the Narragansetts’ struggle to maintain their cultural presence in New England. The film premiered at RISD and has been screened at many different colleges and universities as well as at the Woodstock Video and Film Festival (2006) and the American Anthropological Association Visual Film Festival (December 2005).

JANE BERARD: RESEARCH CONSULTANT
Jane teaches Women’s Studies, Women’s Literature and Film Studies at the University of Rhode Island and is the author of Dickens and Landscape Discourse which is scheduled for publication from Peter Lang Press in October, 2006.

ZOE LEWIS : ORIGINAL SCORE
Originally from England, Zoe now resides in Provincetown, Massachusetts. She plays jazz, jump jive, latin grooves, swing, international funk originals on a variety of instruments. She was Co-Winner of the Colorado Rocky Mountain Folks Festival Troubadour award in 2003, New Folk Winner 2002 at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas and 2001 Falconridge Folk Festival Audience Favorite. Her recent works include Small is Tremendous (2005 Cd) Fishbone, Wishbone, Funnybone (CD 2001) Full of Faraway (CD 1996)

MICHAEL STEVENSON: Consultant / Video Editing / Motion Graphics / Website
Michael provides video editing and motion graphics consultation, as well as serving as Shifting Visions Film's' webmaster. He has worked professionally in television, internet and print media.

:: Shifting Visions Films Projects ::

In the Shadow of the Crow:
The Legacies of the Narragansetts
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Rolling with the Riveters:
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