ANNE OF THE INDIES
Schedule
Wed Feb 02 2022 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm
Location
The Carolina Theatre of Durham | Durham, NC
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Tickets are $8.00All MovieDiva screenings are included with the purchase of a Retro All-Season Pass ($100)
Captain Anne Providence, very loosely based Anne Bonney, a real-life pirate, lets down her guard to fall in love with a French captive. Disobeying the warnings of her adoptive father, Blackbeard, Anne’s judgment falters and her bloodthirsty inclinations wither under the pressure of patriarchal expectations. The gender politics are convoluted, and the twists and turns of the plot unpredictable. There is a lot of discussion about “acting like a man” and “acting like a woman” but the characters in this film cannot be easily boxed in. For the first half of the film, Anne is a standard pirate, ruthless, brave, canny. When she spares her captive, Pierre, from walking the plank, her attraction to him presages her downfall. Still, “There’s something delicious about watching a woman become so completely unhinged on-screen.” (Laura Sook Duncome in Pirate Women).
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Where is it happening?
The Carolina Theatre of Durham, 309 W Morgan St, Durham, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
