Fem Flicks is a free film series that explores how gender identities intersect with race/ethnicity, disability, sexuality, etc. A post discussion follows the film and is led by a member of UNT’s faculty or Denton community member. Fem Flicks is a collaboration between the Multicultural Center, the Media Library, and the Women’s and Gender Studies Program designed to provide information and educational opportunities about diversity and inclusion to the UNT community.

This semester Fem Flicks will be held in a Hybrid offering. There will be an opportunity to join in-person or virtually. The film will be presented online and in-person and the discussion will follow.

February 7th

Sista in the Brotherhood

2020

20 minutes

Sista in the Brotherhood is a 20-minute, narrative, short film about a Black tradeswoman who faces discrimination on a new job site and who must choose between making a stand or keeping her job.

The story follows an apprentice carpenter (sidony o'neal) who struggles to prove herself on her first day at a new job site. An outlier in a white, male-dominated workforce, she’s forced to navigate the crew’s reactions to her. When tensions arise, she receives inspiration from a surprising source to help her decide to either make a stand or risk never being recognized as the skilled worker she has become. Sista has won multiple awards after screening at over 30 festivals around the country and now is being used as a training tool to help educate about the experience of working-class women. In particular, the film addresses of retention, workplace culture, microaggressions, sexism, and racism.