Filmmaker to discuss female representation in film on Monday

This flag represents the fluctuations and the flexibility of gender in genderfluid people. The Pink represents femininity. The White represents the lack of gender. The Purple represents the combination of masculinity and femininity. The Black represents all genders, including third genders. The Blue represents masculinity.

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This flag represents the fluctuations and the flexibility of gender in genderfluid people. The Pink represents femininity. The White represents the lack of gender. The Purple represents the combination of masculinity and femininity. The Black represents all genders, including third genders. The Blue represents masculinity.

Victoria Reyna-Rodriguez
February 10, 2019

“Gender Fluidity: The Unstable Meanings of Female Representation in Appropriation Films,” a lecture given by filmmaker Jennifer Proctor, will take place at 4 p.m. Monday in Ross Hall, sponsored by the Goldtrap Fund and English Department.

Proctor will be showcasing her films, “Nothing a Little Soap and Water Can’t Fix,” and “Am I Pretty?” She will discuss how appropriation can ruin the meaning of female representation.

Proctor will explain why the “archive effect,” a theory created by Jaimie Baron displaying why the relationship between viewers and an appropriated text, can be so harmful.

Based in Ypsilanti, Michigan, Proctor is also a scholar, and an associate professor of journalism and screen studies at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.

Proctor holds a masters in film studies and a masters in fine arts in film and video production from the University of Iowa, according to Proctor’s website.

She is a co-founder of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Teaching Media, (EDIT media). EDIT Media is an initiative to spread inclusive teaching in all media programs.

Her films are not only award winning, but have been on screens internationally, spreading awareness of appropriation in media and representation of gender in media.

Proctor states on her website, “While my interests are ever-changing, my creative work has explored handmade film practices, experimental documentary, and appropriation, as well as forays into nonlinear and interactive storytelling and installation.

“Both my scholarly and creative interests embrace issues of gender representation, cinematic deconstruction, and the history of experimental and narrative film.”