Free Films at the Figge for Pride
Sundays, June 11th to 26th from 4:00 to 6:00 pm
225 West 2nd ST
Davenport IA (map)
Gender Equity Forum
Note: Figge Art Museum has changed the showing time for these films. Movies will start at 4:00 pm.
The second film in the series is Four Moons (2014) about four interwoven and complex stories of love and acceptance. Admission is FREE! Watch a trailer.
The third film in the series is Tomboy (2011). A French family with two daughters, 10-year-old Laure and 6-year-old Jeanne, moves to a new neighborhood during the summer holidays. Laure is mistaken for a boy by the local kids and passes herself off as Mickael. Admission is FREE! Watch a trailer.
The final film in the series is Joyland (2022). Following a long spell of unemployment, Haider lands a job at a Bollywood-style burlesque as a backup dancer for Biba, a strong-willed trans woman with whom he becomes infatuated. Joyland was the first Pakistani film ever to be selected for screening at Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for four major awards, winning two. Joyland continues to be banned in Punjab, the largest and most populated province of Pakistan, and in its capital city of Lahore where the story takes place and where the film was shot. Admission is FREE! Watch a trailer.