FILM SCREENING: DAMNED IF YOU DON’T

Join us for a screening of Su Friedrich‘s beautiful and subversive tale Damned If You Don’t (1987, 42 minutes). Combining personal narratives with footage from the 1947 British drama Black Narcissus and excerpts from the visions of Sister Benedetta Carlini and her condemnation for lesbiannism in 17th century Tuscany, the film masterfully blends narrative styles and symbolic structures in striking and sensual chiaroscuro scenes, meticulously shot and edited by Friedrich in black and white 16mm film.

The screening will be preceded by an introduction and followed by a conversation facilitated by artist and filmmaker Helena Gouveia Monteiro.

Host or Publisher Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane