FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For information call: Clifford Laube at (845) 486-7745
The Franklin D. Roosevelt
Presidential Library and Museum
presents a film screening and
discussion (with the filmmakers) of
the animated documentary short film
THE GIRL WITH THE RIVET GUN
Monday, October 17, 2022 at 6:00 p.m.
[in-person*] Henry A. Wallace Center
at the FDR Library and Home
[*local health metrics permitting]
HYDE PARK, NY -- The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum will present a film screening and discussion of THE GIRL WITH THE RIVET GUN -- an animated documentary short film exploring the personal stories of women who went to work to help win World War II. Library Education Director Jeffrey Urbin will lead the discussion with filmmakers Anne de Mare and Kirsten Kelly, producer Elizabeth Hemmerdinger, and animator Danielle Ash. The program begins at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, October 17, 2022, and will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home. This is a free, in-person* public event, but registration is required. Visit CLICK HERE to register. [*local health metrics permitting]
Synopsis:
THE GIRL WITH THE RIVET GUN moves viewers beyond the iconic “We Can Do It” poster girl to the millions of real-life women who shook the foundations of the American workplace -- forever changing not only their own lives, but the very perception of what women can do. This film is an unconventional animated documentary short based on the adventures of three real-life “Rosie the Riveters” -- Esther Horne, Susan Taylor King and Mildred Crow Sargent. From vastly different backgrounds, these three women came of age in an America united by war but struggling with divisions of gender, economics and race. Built entirely by women filmmakers, THE GIRL WITH THE RIVET GUN serves as an entry point to a rich, layered, and adventurous rewriting of history as herstory, inspiring conversations about working women everywhere.
Please contact Cliff Laube at (845) 486-7745 with questions about the event.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Presidential Library and Museum
Designed by Franklin Roosevelt and dedicated on June 30, 1941, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum is the nation's first presidential library and the only one used by a sitting president. Administered by the National Archives and Records Administration since 1941, the Library preserves and makes accessible to the American people the records of FDR's presidency. The Roosevelt Library's mission is to foster a deeper understanding of the lives and times of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and their continuing impact on contemporary life. This work is carried out through the Library's archives and research room, museum collections and exhibitions, innovative educational programs, and engaging public programming. For more information about the Library or its programs call (800) 337-8474 or visit fdrlibrary.org.
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