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Film Premiere: Venus, Priests, and Superwomen

When Providence College cancelled the campus production of the Vagina Monologues last year, administrators probably didn't anticipate the campus-wide protests and the angry nests of controversy that would spring up among both students and faculty. The public perception of Monologues as titillating or as feminist touting misses a seething undercurrent that connects this show to deeper issues -- like sexual assault. Arguably, these undercurrents have given the show its phenomenal traction; they also make it still, a target for suppression.

The documentary film "Venus, Priests, and Superwomen" directed by Alexia Kosmider catches the chaotic aftermath of Providence College president Rev. Brian J. Shanley’s decision to ban the Monologues from campus -- the noisy protesters, counter-protesters, and a debate that shook what one student calls an apathetic Catholic campus out of its silence.

Ticket sales of the film screening benefit the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence

When: January 27th at 7:00 p. m.
Where: Columbus Theater, 270 Broadway, Providence, R. I.
Tickets: $7 tickets at the door