Movie Night at the Schlesinger Library October 6, 2010

Film: A Jury of Her Peers (1980) produced, adapted, directed, edited by Sally Heckel; and The Goldbergs, episode 39: "Molly's Dream" (Aired November 10, 1955), created and written by Gertrude Berg.

Guest commentator: A discussion with Joyce Antler, Samuel B. Lane Professor of American Jewish History and Culture and Women's and Gender Studies at Brandeis University, will follow the film.

The theme for this year's series is "Women Make Movies." Each night we will screen a feature film, short, or television episode where women filmmakers, directors, writers, producers, and animators run the show.

"On a desolate American farm in the early 1900's, a farmer is found murdered in his sleep and his wife is jailed as the prime suspect. A powerful adaptation of the 1917 Susan Glaspell short story, A Jury of Her Peers presents a riveting tale of revenge, justice and women’s shared experience."

"When Molly dreams of vacuuming up Jake, Rosie, and Sam, Molly’s friend provides some dream analysis that does not sit well with the rest of the Goldberg family."