WOMEN’S STORIES THROUGH DOCUMENTARY CINEMA
Emotional, weird, too sensitive, too much… Women who don’t follow normative scripts often pay a price for not conforming.
MARCH THROUGH THE FRAME is a four-week programme of documentaries where these women are centred as narrators in their own right. Drawing on personal and community archives, each Tuesday we celebrate the joy and strength in our collective refusals and journeys of self-discovery.
Kicking off the series is OMEGA RISING WOMEN OF THE RASTAFARI. This ground-breaking documentary was the first film to explore and challenge myths and stereotypes about the Rastafarian movement. It continues to be one of the most important visual archives of Rastafari women’s relationship to the movement and its development.
A self-taught camerawoman, D. Elmina “Sister D” Davis was a Rastafarian herself and a radical cultural worker. Poetry, mythology, archive footage, interviews, music and dance are skilfully folded into her film’s narrative, revealing the journey to higher consciousness for Jamaican and British Rastafarian women. Interviewees include reggae solo artist, Judy Mowatt, and a member of Bob Marley’s backing trio, The I Three.
English subtitles included. Duration 52 minutes.
Naiset, jotka eivät taivu yhteiskunnan normeihin, ajautuvat usein patriarkaatin, rasismin, ableismin ja heteronormatiivisuuden vuoksi yhteiskunnan marginaaleihin. March Through The Frame on neljän viikon mittainen dokumenttiohjelmisto, joka todistaa näitä tarinoita ja asettaa naiset keskiöön omien kertomustensa tekijöinä.
Olipa kyse punkin keinoin kapinoivista lesboista Isossa-Britanniassa, performanssitaiteilijan kiivaasta kritiikistä Japanin konservatiivista kulttuuria kohtaan, suorapuheisista naisista Jamaikan rastafari-liikkeen muovaajina tai argentiinalaisen elokuvantekijän voimakkaasta kuulonalenemaa käsittelevästä teoksesta, jokainen tarina todistaa feminististä ajatusta siitä, että henkilökohtainen on poliittista.
Suurinta osaa näistä dokumenteista ei ole aiemmin esitetty Suomessa. Kaikissa elokuvissa on englanninkieliset tekstitykset.
Ohjelmiston on kuratoinut kulttuurituottaja Adalmiina Erkkola, jota kiinnostaa elokuvan poliittinen potentiaali. Hän juontaa myös No Man’s Land -radio-ohjelmaa IDA Helsingissä.
","sv":"Dokumentärserien March Through the Frame, som visas på Caisa, lyfter fram kvinnornas berättelser.
Kvinnor som inte fogar sig efter samhällets normer drivs ofta ut i dess marginaler på grund av patriarkatet, rasism, funkofobi och heteronormativitet. March Through The Frame är fyra veckor av dokumentärer som vittnar om dessa berättelser och ställer kvinnorna i centrum för deras egna berättelser.
Oavsett om det handlar om lesbiska i Storbritannien som revolterar genom punken, en performancekonstnärs häftiga kritik mot den konservativa japanska kulturen, frispråkiga kvinnor som formar den jamaicanska rastafarirörelsen eller ett verk om en argentinsk filmskapares kraftiga hörselnedsättning, vittnar varje berättelse om den feministiska tanken att det personliga är politiskt.
De flesta av dessa dokumentärer har aldrig tidigare visats i Finland. Alla filmer har engelsk textning.
Kurator för programmet är kulturproducenten Adalmiina Erkkola, som är intresserad av filmens politiska potential. Hon leder också radioprogrammet No Man’s Land på IDA Helsinki.
Kino Caisa: Filmer i serien March Through the Frame
3 mars 2026 kl. 19 – Omega Rising: Women of the Rastafari
10 mars 2026 kl. 19 – Eat the Kimono
17 mars 2026 kl. 19 – Rebel Dykes
24 mars 2026 klo 19 – 8 Stories About My Hearing Loss
WOMEN’S STORIES THROUGH DOCUMENTARY CINEMA
Emotional, weird, too sensitive, too much… Women who don’t follow normative scripts often pay a price for not conforming.
MARCH THROUGH THE FRAME is a four-week programme of documentaries where these women are centred as narrators in their own right. Drawing on personal and community archives, each Tuesday we celebrate the joy and strength in our collective refusals and journeys of self-discovery.
Kicking off the series is OMEGA RISING WOMEN OF THE RASTAFARI. This ground-breaking documentary was the first film to explore and challenge myths and stereotypes about the Rastafarian movement. It continues to be one of the most important visual archives of Rastafari women’s relationship to the movement and its development.
A self-taught camerawoman, D. Elmina “Sister D” Davis was a Rastafarian herself and a radical cultural worker. Poetry, mythology, archive footage, interviews, music and dance are skilfully folded into her film’s narrative, revealing the journey to higher consciousness for Jamaican and British Rastafarian women. Interviewees include reggae solo artist, Judy Mowatt, and a member of Bob Marley’s backing trio, The I Three.
English subtitles included. Duration 52 minutes.
The programme is curated by Adalmiina Erkkola, a cultural producer interested in the political potential of film. They also host the No Man’s Land radio show at IDA Helsinki.
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