Downtown Huntsville Library
A Woman in the World: An International Film Series
Monday, March 31, 2025 5:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
March 31: Mustang (Turkey, 2015)
Five orphaned sisters find themselves forbidden to leave their house by their extended family when they are caught socializing with boys, creating a private world of their own while their relatives arrange marriages for them. Mustang was critically acclaimed, nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar and winning several Césars (the French Academy Awards), including Best First Film and Best Original Screenplay.
A Woman in the World: An International Film Series
The films in this series examine the lives of individual women around the world as they pursue their dreams while facing loss, tragedy, and historical upheaval.
March 3: Ponette (France, 1996)
March 10: Wadjda (Saudi Arabia, 2012)
March 17: The Eagle Huntress (Mongolia, 2016)
March 24: Persepolis (Iran/France, 2007)
March 31: Mustang (Turkey, 2015)