Sarah Nicholson’s 2-tape collection depicts moments from the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festivals, 1994 & 1995. The 1995 tapes also records the adventures of Sarah and her then partner with a pair of Australian women they met singing in the Cultural Heritage Choir & invited to travel with them back to Maine where the four shared
Shirley Lasseter was born in Miami, Florida, in 1950 and graduated Cum Laude from the University of Florida in psychology. She founded the Cinema Program and served as Cinema Program Director at the Hippodrome Theatre, Gainesville, Florida, for over 30 years. Passionate about film and the environment, Lasseter creates videos that chronicle our changing world.
Rare footage of an early Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival that particularly focuses on members of the Aradia Collective & also catches up with collective members at home in Grand Rapids and at play on the shores of Lake Michigan.
Outtakes from Jere Van Syoc’s home movies as well as footage of her Aradia and Thomas Jefferson College projects & hijinks.
Loraine Sumner’s career as a coach & referee began well before the passage of Title IX and before she graduated from high school and spanned almost 40 years. She played and coached AAU softball, bowling, Lacrosse, field hockey, basketball, taught physical education, and directed several summer camps. She was also a single lesbian mother.
Sumner often traveled with friends, teammates , and her daughter to away games or on vacation after she gave up coaching — a story in itself — she worked as a travel agent for a number of years. These clips are highlights of early trips with teammates and her daughter.
Highlights of Loraine Sumner’s career as coach, player, and referee interspersed team members hanging out with Sumner and her daughter.
Loraine Sumner’s super 8 and 8mm collection includes footage of her teams & their games; family events; and travels with friends and lovers. She edited the footage herself into six categories: Sports, Family, Camps, Schools, Travel. and Debbie (her daughter’s name). Her edits involved many splices and the compilations fell apart during a drug
Referee & coach Loraine Sumner’s 8mm bird’s eye view of life before & after Title IX. Fast pitches, shot puts, camping trips, life as a lesbian mother, family weddings, and lots of horsing around. Includes minor footage of Hall of Famer Joan Joyce. Drugstore-jumbled 8mm footage.
“Chicken & Dumplings: A Home Documentary” is at once a home movie record of a group of friends in Idledale, CO, making & enjoying a meal on Valentine’s Day 1989 and a spoof on the tv shows “French Chef” and the “Andy Griffith Show.” As one of its creators, Meg Fremaux explains, it’s “about chicken