Columbia, Mo. – The Citizen Jane Lecture Series will hold a screening of the film “Ella es el Matador” (“She is a Matador”) on Thursday, April 22, at 7:30 p.m. in Windsor Auditorium, 1405 E. Broadway, on the Stephens College campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The film, a documentary whose subjects are women matadors, explores the issue of gender in the unique cultural context of bullfighting. Profiling its subjects as gender pioneers, “She is a Matador” shows the many ways in which women matadors confront the bull in the arena, and social convention outside of it.

The documentary was written, directed and produced by Spanish filmmakers Gemma Cubero and Celeste Carrasco. Cubero will attend the event and will hold a Q-and-A after the screening. “She is a Matador” will be screened during the Sarasota Film Festival the week prior to its Columbia screening.

After the Citizen Jane Lecture Series the film is headed to the Chicago Latino Film Festival, held in late April. The film has been recognized with the Tribeca All Access Creative Promise Award for Documentary, as well as other awards at film festivals abroad and in the U.S., including being the official selection at the Silverdocs AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival.

Stephens College, established in 1833, is historically committed to meeting the changing needs of women. Stephens engages students in an innovative educational experience focused on pre-professional fields and the performing arts and grounded in the liberal arts.

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