Film Screening and Conversation in Honor of Women's History Month
Join the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater for an intimate, inspiring evening celebrating the life and work of internationally acclaimed photographer Joan Roth. The program will begin with a screening of A Feminist Lens: The Art & Activism of Photographer Joan Roth—a documentary tracing five decades of Roth’s pioneering photography—and then continue with a conversation featuring Joan Roth and Melanie Roth Gorelick (Executive Producer/Writer).
A companion exhibition of Joan Roth’s photography will be displayed in the Simon Family JCC’s Leon Family Gallery, January 26 – March 27.
Moderated by Laura Gross.
Free and open to the community; registration is required.
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About Joan Roth:
Joan Roth is an internationally acclaimed photographer, photojournalist, ethnographer, and portraitist. For over five decades she used her camera to affect change for women who wouldn’t otherwise be seen. Her work includes homeless women in New York City, the U.S. Women’s Movement from the 1970s to today, and the diverse lives of Jewish women around the world.
She is most well known for her seminal work on Jews in Ethiopia and publication of Jewish Women: A World of Tradition and Change, a topic which she continues to work on to the present day. She has made a distinct impact on the lives of women cementing her place in a line of photographers who have used film to create art with a conscience.
“Joan Roth has looked at the Jewish world as if women mattered and therefore as if everyone mattered… We see into its intimacy through her eyes.”
—Gloria Steinem
About the film
An intimate portrait of internationally acclaimed photographer Joan Roth, this film focuses on five decades of Roth’s pioneering photography, in which she used her camera to advocate for homeless women in New York City, documented leaders in the U.S. Women’s Movement from the 1970s through today, and illuminated the diverse lives of Jewish women around the world.
Thanks to the generous support of the Bartel Family, in honor of their parents and grandparents, Alan & Dolores Bartel, the following accessibility accommodations are available for UJFT's programs (depending on the program location). Accommodations must be requested at least a week prior to the event.
- Interpreting services for Deaf or non-English speakers
- Assisted listening services to amplify sounds
- Preferential seating near a presenter to aid in comprehension
- Sensory fidget tools
- Noise-reducing headphones
- Stand-assist devices
- Audio recording of written materials for the visually impaired
This event is funded in part by the citizens of Virginia Beach through a grant from the City of Virginia Beach Arts and Humanities Commission.