ARCHIVE - Selected Video clips
The Oldest Mother on the Block
The Oldest Mother on the Block (2006) is an hour long film that follows three older women as they struggle to achieve a pregnancy and later, as they cope with the unique problems of being an older mom. Filmmaker, Cat Ashworth includes herself and her voice as she examines the issues surrounding assisted reproductive technology using donor eggs. These women are all pushing the boundaries of their biological clocks; they are struggling with pregnancy and small children when many of their peers are becoming grandmothers.......... and they are redefining the image of motherhood.
Selected Screenings:
- Ohio Independent Film Festival 2006, winner-Best Documentary
- Atlanta Film Festival 2007
- Rochester High Falls Film Festival 2008
House of Peace
House of Peace (30 minutes, 1999) tells the story of the 1687 attack by the French against the Seneca town of Ganondagan. It explains the political and economic factors that lead to the attack as well as the Seneca Nations response to the invasion. House of Peace documents the building of a new longhouse in 1998, and explains the importance of the longhouse as both a place to live and as a symbol of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy. Although House of Peace tells the story of a past event and way of life, at also shows the present day vibrant Seneca culture.
Selected Screenings:
- Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, 2000 Native American Film and Video Festival
- George Eastman House, Rochester, NY, 2002, 43rd Rochester International Film Festival
- First People’s Festival, 2000, National Film Board of Canada, Montreal Canada
- Ganondagan State Historic Site, Visitor Center, Victor, NY
The Glass Wall
The Glass Wall (1991) , by Cat Ashworth, examines the act of "looking", specifically how Westerners look at Third World people and the power relationships implied in "the gaze". The Glass Wall questions the act of looking through a video camera at another culture and illustrates how the act of looking creates separation, desire, and the objectification of "the other". The Glass Wall was shot in India using a small format camera. The Glass Wall is a visual search for a new way of looking, a way of looking that is not based on power and control...a way of looking based on equality
Selected Screenings:
- 1999: The Screening Room, WXXI series of independent films, PBS broadcast
- 1993: Free Speech TV, National Programming Service, Boulder, CO,
- 1991: GAVA Film Festival, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
- 1991: Video Spectrum, Channel L Working Group, New York, NY
- 1991: IV-TV, Channel 29, Seattle, WA
- 1990: Visual Studies Workshop, Smart Art Café, Rochester, NY
- 1990: Pyramid Art Center, Rochester, NY, The Body Electric
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