Works By Women
TITLES: Kate Chopin's "Story Of An Hour"  >  The Thistle Hotel


"Votes For Women" screen shot
American Film Festival
Finalist, 1982

Hemisfilm International Film Festival
Silver, 1982
"Votes For Women"
A Film By Marita Giovanni Simpson & Martha Wheelock
Narrated By Elizabeth Ashley

24 Minutes / $30 Institution or $12 Home Use / Order DVD Securely
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Suitable for High School through Adult.

"A sensitive, sensuous, startling portrayal of a woman's awakening. Faithful to the spirit of Chopin's 19th Century short story, with added material from Chopin's journals. An intriguing film."
- EFLA Journal



Kate Chopin's "The Thistle Hotel" screen shot
Directed by Martha Wheelock
Produced & Written by Marita Giovanni Simpson
Starring Blake Lindsley, Chad Morgan & Kara Zediger

Suitable For Audiences Age 16 And Up.
Use In Women's Studies, Gay And Lesbian Studies, English Literature Classes.

26 Minutes / $25 Institution or $10 Home Use / Order DVD Securely

"A lovely short film about two free-spirited women in early 20th century San Francisco." - Margaret Cruikshank, Women's Studies, University of Maine - Author, The Gay and Lesbian Liberation Movement
The Thistle Hotel explores the awakening of a stifled woman who feels "old" and resigned about a missed opportunity to follow her heart. When a younger woman moves into the hotel and the two share the opera and an open communication, the older woman is renewed and discovers that "youth is not dead."
The Thistle Hotel is based on the short story "Leves Amores" by Katherine Mansfield, the brilliant New Zealand writer, and weaves actual events from the life of Katherine Mansfield with this 1907 story. When Mansfield was 17 years old, she felt strong attractions to women and sorted these feelings out by writing stories. Her family dealt with the matter in other ways. [ Order DVD Securely ]


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