{"id":5242,"date":"2023-02-16T11:05:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T16:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/filmstudies\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=5242"},"modified":"2025-04-21T10:22:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T14:22:25","slug":"ottawa-premiere-of-cinemas-first-nasty-women-march-18","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/filmstudies\/event\/ottawa-premiere-of-cinemas-first-nasty-women-march-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Horak Presents the Ottawa Premiere of Cinema\u2019s First Nasty Woman at the Mayfair Theater"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                        <\/div>\n    \n<p><strong>Ottawa Premiere of Cinema\u2019s First Nasty Women: March 18<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The International Film Festival of Ottawa presents CINEMA&#8217;S FIRST NASTY WOMEN: GENDER ADVENTURES<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 7PM<br>\nMayfair Theater, 1074 Bank Street, Ottawa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Ho-Chunk actress performing spectacular stunts, a cross-dressing girl spy, and a <em>Brokeback Mountain<\/em> story made in 1911!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not to mention a gun-toting ranch owner in leopard-print chaps and a topsy-turvy wedding set \u201c100 years from now\u2013when men have become more like women and women more like men\u201d!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out this selection of films from CINEMA&#8217;S FIRST NASTY WOMEN, a collection of 99 rarely seen silent films about feminist protest, anarchic slapstick destruction, and suggestive gender play that the New York Times calls &#8220;a triumph&#8221;!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Films include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Red Girl and the Child <\/strong>(1910, 17 min.), from Museum of Modern Art &#8211; 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