My So-Called Selfish Life
r. Therese Shechter
SAD / 2021. / dokumentarni / 78′
Film I to mi je neki život (bez djece) bavi se temom koja je toliko duboko utkana u naše društvo da je uzimamo zdravo za gotovo kao dio prirodnog poretka stvari: majčinstvo. Bespogovorno pretpostavljamo da sve žene žele djecu, čime impliciramo da je nezamislivo da neke žene odluče da ipak neće postati majke. Zabavan, provokativan i vrlo aktualan, film preispituje kulturalne narative koji oblikuju naše živote te potiče raspravu o tome tko ima kontrolu nad ženskim tijelima i životima. Središnja poruka filma je da ne postoji ispravan način bivanja ženom i da se ženina vrijednost u društvu ne bi trebala svoditi na njenu mogućnost rađanja.
Film je nastao uz podršku Kanadskog vijeća za umjetnost i gotovo 700 pojedinačnih donatora i donatorica na Kickstarteru.
Nakon filma će se održati virtualni Q&A s redateljicom na engleskom jeziku.
Therese Shechter je nagrađivana filmašica, aktivistkinja i osnivačica produkcijske kuće Trixie Films. U svom radu spaja humor, aktivizam i osobna iskustva kako bi dekonstruirala mitove o ženskosti. Njen prvi dokumentarni film, Bila sam tinejdžerka feministkinja (I Was A Teenage Feminist), bavi se pitanjem što znači biti feministkinja u 21. stoljeću, a njen drugi film, Kako izgubiti nevinost (How To Lose Your Virginity), istražuje mitove i mizoginiju vezane uz ideju djevičanstva.
My So-Called Selfish Life is a documentary feature film that explores a subject so deeply embedded in the fabric of our society that we take it for granted as part of the natural order of things: motherhood. As a society, it’s assumed that all women want children, suggesting that it’s inconceivable, so to speak, that a woman might make the choice not to become a mother. Entertaining, thought-provoking, and extremely timely, this film questions the cultural narratives that shape our identities, and sparks a debate about who’s really in control of women’s bodies and lives. My So-Called Selfish Life’s core message is that there’s no one right way to be a woman, and a woman’s value in society should not lie in her ability to reproduce.
The film was created with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and nearly 700 individual donors through a Kickstarter campaign.
After the screening, there will be a virtual Q&A with the director in English.
Therese Shechter is an award-winning filmmaker, public speaker, and the founder of the production company Trixie Films. Her work fuses humor, activism, and personal storytelling to disturb what’s considered most sacred about womanhood. Her first documentary, I Was A Teenage Feminist, asks what it means to be a feminist in the 21st century, and her second feature, How To Lose Your Virginity, investigates the myths and misogyny around our so-called ‘precious gift’.
