Gloria Steinem calls it “the best film I’ve ever seen on domestic violence.†To back those words up, Steinem will be traveling to Chapel Hill this weekend to host a fundraiser in support of Private Violence, a feature-length doc from local filmmakers Cynthia Hill and Rebecca Cerese and domestic-violence advocate and survivor Kit Gruelle, in which Steinem appears.
The event will take place this Sunday from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Spice Street in University Mall, with a minimum donation of $25 per person.
Also speaking will be feminist and author Ann Jones, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence Executive Director Deborah Tucker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author George Lardner and domestic-violence survivors Fran Bumgarner and Vernetta Cockerham. Poet/musician Shirlette Ammons and singer/songwriter Greg Humphreys will perform. The event also will include an auction of memorabilia signed by Steinem. Light hors d’oeuvres will be served with a cash bar available.
For more information, call 824-0811 or email privateviolence@gmail.com