Venus Defiant (2011)

2:36 min

Director: Alyson Caillaud-Jones* [GVSU]

Women have been celebrated for their beauty, yet they have been cast in roles that confine them to “acceptable” behaviors. In this short film, three women (Mallory Caillaud-Jones, Lisa Rose Starner, and Athina Alvarez) from different time periods are followed in their desire to defy social conventions in subtle ways and to test boundaries that seek to limit them to a set gender role.  This is a short experimental art film. If you would like to view it again, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUlQJilkVMk.