MURFREESBORO — A
40-year-old Tennessee mother’s personal discovery of fitness and body image
will be the subject of MTSU’s first fall 2016 Women’s and Gender Studies
Research Series lecture.
“Lift Like a Girl,” a short documentary produced and
directed by MTSU assistant professor Allie Sultan, will be shown at 3 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 15, in Room 100 of the James Union Building. A printable campus
parking map is available at http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParkingMap.
Sultan, who teaches in the Department of Electronic Media Communication,
will use the screening as a catalyst for discussion under the theme of “Women
Creating Women: Issues of Representation in the Media.”
“We made this film to challenge images and ideas of beauty in our media
culture,” said Sultan. “We look forward to sharing the film and discussing
women’s representation in the media with students, faculty and staff at MTSU.”
The documentary tells the story of MTSU alumna Jenny Lutkins, a
40-year-old Franklin, Tennessee, resident who became frustrated with numerous
unsuccessful diet and exercise regimens following the birth of her son.
When Lutkins turned to weightlifting, it transformed her concepts of feminine
health and beauty. Now, as a coach, she imparts what she has learned to young
female weightlifters.
The film captured the Grand Jury Prize for Best Tennessee Documentary
Short at the 2016 Nashville Film Festival, third place in the Best Documentary
Short category and second place in the Best Tennessee Documentary category at
the 2016 Knoxville Film Festival, and the Audience Award in the 2015 Fusion
International Documentary Challenge.
Sultan has more than 15 years of experience as a picture and sound editor
for films, documentaries, reality television and visual effects. She earned her
bachelor’s degree in recording industry from MTSU and her master’s degree in
cinema from San Francisco State University.
Each academic year, the Women’s and Gender Studies Research
Lecture Series presents a wide range of feminist perspectives from MTSU faculty
and students at informal gatherings.
This event is free and open to the public. Off-campus visitors attending
the event should obtain a special one-day permit from MTSU’s Office of Parking
and Transportation at http://www.mtsu.edu/parking/visit.php.
For more information, contact the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at
615-898-5910 or womenstu@mtsu.edu.
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