Screening of “Bad Ass Women Doing Kick Ass Shit” with Director Q&A
With Abie Ekenezar and Marie Shimada
November 3, 2024
Sunday November 3, 2024, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
The film Bad Ass Women Doing Kick Ass Shit is an award-winning feature-length documentary that won Best Director in 2024 at the Cannes 7th Art Awards. Co-produced by Abie Ekenezar and A’Noelle Jackson, this compelling film spotlights at its center the unique experiences of Washington State Senator Mona Das and seven other BIPOC women as they ran for political office in the United States. Comprised of a series of authentic, personal conversations, this film shines a light on the daily lives and struggles these magnetic women faced during their individual campaigns.
Screening of documentary, Bad Ass Women Doing Kick Ass Shit (81 minutes), including a brief talk by community leader Marie Shimada on her personal experiences related to the themes of the film, and a Q&A with director and co-producer, Abie Ekenezar. Water and tea will be provided at the event.
Candidates and elected officials featured in the documentary include:
Mona Das – Senator – WA (2019 – 2023)
Francesca Hong – State Assembly – WI
Nima Kulkarni – State Representative – KY
Annessa Hartman – State Representative – OR
Leesa Manion – King County Prosecutor – WA
Dr. Chantel Raghu – City Council – Oxford, OH
Natasha Hill – Candidate – Congress – WA
Julianne Gale – Candidate Senate – WA
Please reserve your free tickets by clicking one of the Register Now buttons. For more information on the filmmakers and to watch the trailer go to www.bawdkas.com. To make a donation to the filmmakers go to www.babsek.com/projects. A’Noelle will not be in attendance.
Faculty
Ekenezar is an award winning producer and director living in Seattle, WA and has been in the entertainment industry since September 2013. They formed BabsEk Productions in 2017 and had their producing and directorial debut was November 2020 for the film short, Prefer-Racial Treatment and has gone on to produce Outlawz, a western set in Tacoma. Most recent is their Feature Documentary that has won seven awards is Bad As Women Doing Kick Ass Shit that follows the lives of 8 BIPOC women of varying ages on their political journey which will be streamed on November 5, Election Day. Ekenezar just produced a virtual production…
Learn more about Abie Ekenezar
As a community leader and organizer, Shimada’s résumé speaks to the film’s themes of women of color in the political sphere. Her experience also includes a past job with the nation’s first-ever National Historical Reserve, co-founding of the Agricultural Resources Committee for Island County, being a board member for the Economic Development Council for Island County, and being an ambassador for the Embrace Whidbey and Camano Islands (tourism board) creative team. Her lecture, “20,000 years in 20 Minutes: A History of Land Use on Whidbey,” first became popular in 2022, focusing on history through the land’s perspective instead of spending…
Learn more about Marie Shimada
