The Bechdel Test Film Club
Lora: You're aiming high.
Steve: Why not? It doesn't cost anymore. Don't you believe in chasing rainbows?
- Imitation of Life
The Bechdel Test Film Club's founder Lucy Smee writes:
I started a monthly film club recently (first one was in June) and it's going to be every month on the last Wednesday of the month, the next one being 31 July at 7.30pm. It's free entry and upstairs in the Gallery at The Amersham Arms. I'd be very grateful if you could bring it to the attention of your readers.
The name of the club is The Bechdel Test Film Club. We screen films that pass the test:
1. It has to have at least two [named] women in it
2. Who talk to each other
3. About something besides a man
Here's the Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/BechdelTestFilmClub
People can like it to keep up to date with future events and suggestions for films and so on.
And here's the Facebook event page for July's event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/150136791845504/
We're showing Imitation of Life next, so if anyone's planning to come, bring some tissues.
Films that also pass that test include: Aliens, Step Up Revolution and Sharknado. Exciting times lie ahead.