Community Impact Film Series: Women’s Health
IPH’s Community Impact Film Series sparks dialogue and builds bridges between people and organizations through the power of film.
The Women’s Health event will be an energetic gathering that’ll kick off with a morning movement class and brunch bites, a screening of award-winning short films, a conversation with filmmakers and women’s health community leaders, and finally a marketplace showcasing resources in our city, women-owned businesses and art.
10am – Brunch Bites by The Giddy Goat Coffee Roasters, Posh Tart Pastries,
Mindfulness & Movement with Dancing Lotus Yoga & Arts
Yoga & Meditation with VoNique Ford-Wilson
Healing Music & Energy by Azul Healing
11am – Screening of (9) award-winning short films followed by panel discussion with Shelby Hadden (filmmaker),
Isabel Pask (writer & performer), YWCA Central Carolinas, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, Tryon Women’s Center
1pm – Pop-up of women-owned businesses, art, food and health resources
Liz Shea Designs, Namaste Artists, Elesq Art, Griot Designs, Zuleyma Castrejon, Posh Tart Pastries, Soul Art Beauty Creations, Shay Sharee, Oak Street Health, Humana, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, Tryon Women’s Center, Azul Healing, AAA Therapeutic Solutions, Carolina Therapeutics, PLLC, Dancing Lotus Yoga & Arts, Good Karma Botanica & Wellness, Integrative-SPIE Health, Ivy Integrative , She Dreams In Color / Sunshine Media Network, Mecklenburg County Public Health: Improving Community Outcomes for Maternal Child Health, Reproductive Rights Coalition, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
This series is brought to you, in part, by the generous support of Kathryn & Luke Kissam.
Birth Control Your Own Adventure
Dangerous Curves
What is confidence, really? On stage, online and in everyday life, plus-sized pole dancer Roslyn Mays navigates newfound…
Black Birth
Three expectant mothers, including the director, navigate the joys, fears, and complexity of Black motherhood in America.
Egg Day
A dark comedy about the egg retrieval process during a couple’s IVF treatment.
Hot Flash
A newscaster is due to go live on local television in the middle of a hot flash, in…

End-O
Jaq is a typical young woman, navigating the foibles of life, love and endometriosis.
Tightly Wound
A woman recounts her experience living with chronic pelvic pain – how health professionals have failed her, men…

Period. End of Sentence.
In an effort to improve feminine hygiene, a machine that creates low-cost biodegradable sanitary pads is installed in…
This Is Not A Love Letter
A true story