Last updated on March 31, 2016
(Pictured: Poster for The Women. Photo courtesy of Shannon Feaganes.)
By: Shannon Feaganes, Web Editor
Volunteer State Community College will be hosting a screening of the movie “The Women” March 29, in celebration of Women’s History Month.
“The Women” will be screened in the Rochelle Center of the Thigpen Library.
The movie stars Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, and Jada Pinkett Smith, and tells a story about a woman named Mary Haines (Ryan), a wealthy clothing designer in New York who chooses to leave her husband after discovering that he has cheated on her with a perfume salesgirl named Crystal Allen (Mendes).
In the beginning of the movie, Mary confronts Crystal and then her husband about the affair before breaking off her marriage to him, and receives emotional support from her friends.
Dr. Kenny Yarbrough, the Director of Student Life and Diversity Initiatives and Tabitha Sherrell, Coordinator of Student Activities, select movies to screen during each month, such as “Selma” during Black History Month and “Milk” scheduled to screen in April.
“I wanted this movie to be more light-hearted and fun,” said Yarbrough. “It’s comical but these women demonstrate the complexities of the lives of some women, and I felt people, both male and female, could relate.
“You have demonstrations of very successful women in their respective careers which denotes how far women’s suffrage has come, but yet have further to go,” Yarbrough said.
Sherrell hopes that the movie will attract students.
“I would love to have 30 people at least sign in between all three [screenings],” said Sherrell.
Sherrell explained that the screenings are at different times, 1 p.m., 3 p.m., and 6 p.m., in order to allow students to work a viewing into their schedules.
“I would like to watch it,” said Abigael Pence, a Vol State student, “it seems really interesting.”
“It sounds really cool because it sounds like women drama in general,” said Lexi Long, a Vol State student.
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