March 29, 1999

Middlebury College Presents “Shades of Meaning,”

a Women in the Director’s Chair Film Festival

Women and Ethnicity Theme to Include Films

“Skin Deep” and “Looking for Wendy”

“Shades of Meaning,” a Women in the Director’s

Chair Film Festival, will be held at Middlebury College on Thursday,

April 1 at 8 p.m., in Room 110 of Middlebury College’s Sunderland

Language Center, on Route 125. “Shades of Meaning”

is a program of independently produced films grouped around the

theme of women and ethnicity, and will include the films “Skin

Deep,” and “Looking for Wendy.” Free and open to

the public.

“Skin Deep,” co-produced by Alexandra Halkin

and Middlebury faculty member Deb Ellis, investigates the controversy—especially

in the context of the larger debate of race, class, reproduction,

and social engineering—regarding the contraceptive Norplant.

“Looking for Wendy,” by Kimberly Saree

Tomes, combines aspects of the movies “Roger and Me”

and “Desperately Seeking Susan” while addressing

issues of biotechnology with interracial adoption to explore the

genetics of culture and identity.

A discussion with producer Deb Ellis will follow

the film presentation. Refreshments will be provided.

For more information contact Mary S. Duffy of Middlebury

College’s May Belle Chellis Woman’s Resource Center, at 802-443-5937.