Women Behind the Lens: Battle of the Sexes
Searching the Psyche Through Cinema
Tuesday, January 8, 2019 - 09:01
This annual screening-and-discussion series continues in February with more psychological studies of films helmed by female directors.
As the women’s top-ranked tennis player, Billie Jean King, and ex-men’s champion and serial hustler Bobby Riggs prepared to play in their made-for-TV extravaganza in 1973, each fought more personal and complex battles. Directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton. The post-screening discussion is led by psychoanalyst Mari Hayes and film critic Lonita Cook.
Presented in partnership with the Greater Kansas City and Topeka Psychoanalytic Center.
As the women’s top-ranked tennis player, Billie Jean King, and ex-men’s champion and serial hustler Bobby Riggs prepared to play in their made-for-TV extravaganza in 1973, each fought more personal and complex battles. Directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton. The post-screening discussion is led by psychoanalyst Mari Hayes and film critic Lonita Cook.
Presented in partnership with the Greater Kansas City and Topeka Psychoanalytic Center.
| January 20 | Lady Bird (2017, R) |
| February 3 | An Education (2009, PG-13) |
| February 17 | Battle of the Sexes (2017, PG-13) |
| March 3 | The Bling Ring (2013, R) |