From residencies to readings, exhibitions to activism, concerts to Q&A sessions, the VCFA calendar has events to keep you entertained and inspired.
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As part of its fall 2021 residency, the MFA in Film program will present a public screening of A THOUSAND GIRLS LIKE ME, directed by visiting filmmaker Sahra Mani, on Monday, October 25. In the film, Khatera, a 23-year-old Afghan woman, is a victim of sexual abuse from her father. She tells her story publicly […]
As part of its fall 2021 residency, the MFA in Film program will present a public screening of DID YOU WONDER WHO FIRED THE GUN?, directed by visiting filmmaker Travis Wilkerson, on Tuesday, October 26. When Wilkerson tries to investigate the 1946 murder of an African-American man by his white-supremacist grandfather, he meets great resistance, […]
As part of its fall 2021 residency, the MFA in Film program will present a public screening of ANGELS ARE MADE OF LIGHT, directed by visiting filmmaker James Longley, on Wednesday, October 27. A stirring and beautiful documentary from Academy Award-nominated director James Longley (IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS), ANGELS ARE MADE OF LIGHT traces the lives […]
As part of its fall 2021 residency, the MFA in Film program will present a public screening of HAM ON RYE, directed by visiting filmmaker Tyler Taormina, on Thursday, October 28. In the film, a bizarre rite of passage at the local deli determines the fate of a generation of teenagers, leading some to escape […]