Programmed November 2021

Between Us Girls: Bonds Between Women

The intense, intimate ties that bind women are at the center of these wide-ranging portraits of female friendship and sisterhood that explore the ways in which women support each other: through gestures of solidarity, the sharing of confidences, playfulness, spontaneity, and adventure. From nuanced portraits of transformative adolescent friendships ( Old Enough , Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. , Girlhood ) to affecting stories of women helping each other through personal crises ( Passion Fish , Fourteen ) to incisive studies of the complexities of sisterhood ( The Virgin Suicides , Margot at the Wedding , Mustang ), the relationships on display within these films are idiosyncratic and often troubled, but also a source of strength and empowerment.