Celebrating International Women’s Day, which is March 8, this weekend, Southampton Playhouse presents a “Women in Film Screening Series.”
On Sunday, March 9, and Wednesday, March 12, at 6 p.m., the theater will offer a 25th anniversary screening of “Erin Brokovich,” Julia Roberts’ Oscar-winning turn as the real-life environmental activist who exposed groundwater contamination in Hinkley, California. Director Steven Soderbergh created a crowd-pleaser out of Brokovich’s relentless efforts to get at the truth behind the poisoning of an entire community.
On Saturday, March 8, at 2 p.m. and on Tuesday, March 11, at 6:30 p.m. the Playhouse screens Agnes Varda’s 2000 documentary “The Gleaners and I,” inspiring stories from people living on the margins of society and gathering the leftover materials from the surrounding farmland. Varda’s film was the first significant environmental documentary of the 21st century. The screening on March 8 will begin with a conversation on the green-friendly future of the Hamptons from the Sustainable Southampton Green Advisory Committee.
On Saturday, March 8, and Monday, March 10, at 7:30 p.m. the Playhouse will screen writer-director Karyn Kusama’s boxing drama “Girlfight.” Before she was in “The Fast and the Furious” franchise, Michelle Rodriguez had her breakout in “Girlfight.” Rodriguez stars as ostracized Brooklyn teen Diana Guzman,who finds an outlet at the gym. While learning to navigate the male-dominated ring, Diana battles through a series of amateur fights and personal conflicts. The March 8 screening will be followed by a conversation with “The Future of Film Is Female” founder Caryn Coleman and Marya E. Gates, who will sign copies of her new book “Cinema Her Way: Visionary Filmmakers in Their Own Words.”
Southampton Playhouse, 43 Hill Street, Southampton. Get tickets at southamptonplayhouse.com.
Staff Writer on Mar 3, 2025