Tradition and Transgression: Female Voices in Male Spaces

A Women's History Month Special Event

Join us for an inspiring 90-minute programme celebrating female empowerment through documentary film and conversation.

Award-winning filmmaker Charysse Tia Harper presents a short documentary and a teaser exploring women who challenge gender barriers in traditionally male-dominated professions, such as mining, plumbing and bullfighting.

Programme:

• Screening: The Jill of the Trade (22 min) - A documentary profiling women in male-dominated professions. Trailer
• In-Conversation: Meet a woman breaking barriers in her field (25 min) - Past guests include a firefighter, professional wrestler, men's football coach and architect working in Saudi Arabia
• Exclusive Preview: Las Matadoras teaser (7 min) - Harper's new documentary on female bullfighters in Spain, Mexico, and Peru. Teaser
• Q&A with filmmaker Charysse Tia Harper (25 min)

Total runtime: 90 minutes

About the filmmaker

Charysse Tia Harper is a dual United States-Trinidad & Tobago citizen based in London. Through her company Xplore the World (founded 2010), she creates documentaries exploring cultural identity and gender barriers. Her work includes the award-winning The Other Side of Carnival and Panomundo series. The Jill of the Trade won Best Documentary at Conch Shell International Film Festival (2021). Charysse is currently in pre-production for Las Matadoras.