#ShePersisted
Zine Collection
Ahead of our Nevertheless She Persisted film season, guest editor Claire Marie Healy invites three agenda-setting zines to weigh in on the documentaries, celebrating women everyone should know about.
Choose from the three editions below and discover the incredible stories of Shirley Chisholm as gal-dem look back at the first black woman to run for US presidential candidate; transgender New Zealand MP Georgina Beyer with Cause & Effect; and Malalai Joya as OOMK reflect on legacy of the activist and MP who ran in the first parliamentary elections in Afghanistan in nearly thirty years.
'She had appeared to violate the rule.
She was warned.
She was given an explanation.
Nevertheless, she persisted'
About Nevertheless She Persisted
A century after the 1918 Representation of the People Act, which first gave (some) women the right to vote in the UK, these films look at women’s rebellious and often dangerous efforts to gain equality, as captured in selected cinematic journeys from around the world.
This season features the incredible stories of Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman to run for US presidential candidate; transgender New Zealand MP Georgina Beyer, and the fearless Malalai Joya, who ran in the first parliamentary elections in Afghanistan in nearly thirty years.
Nevertheless She Persisted: Suffrage, cinema and beyond is screening from 18–24 April in the Barbican Cinema
Illustrations by Alexandra Bowman.
Part of The Art of Change, our 2018 season exploring how the arts respond to, reflect and potentially effect change in the social and political landscape.
