The UMKC Women’s Center and Her Art Project will host an event to commemorate Women’s History Month, entitled “CineWomen:  A Refreshing Showcase of Women in Film.” The event will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 14 at the Screenland Crossroads.

An opening reception at 6 p.m. will be followed by a discussion with female filmmakers and professors beginning at 6:30 p.m.  The evening will include a screening of short films written or directed by women film students from the Kansas City metro area.

UMKC Communications Studies students whose films were selected to be featured are:  Elizabeth Leech for Life is Animated, Julia Barnett for DENIAL, and Jenny Brinkman for Counterproductive.

The showcase is planned by UMKC film student Morgan Christensen, who also works in the Women’s Center.  Co-sponsors of CineWomen are the UMKC Department of Communication Studies, Kansas City Women in Film & Television, Paris of the Plains International Student Film Festival, Avila University and the KU Department of Film & Media Studies.

No reservations are required. For more information, email the UMKC Women’s Center, visit the Women’s Center or Her Art.