{"id":347,"date":"2025-02-25T16:29:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T22:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/?page_id=347"},"modified":"2025-03-18T02:12:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T07:12:27","slug":"film-screening-talk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/film-screening-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Film Screening &#038; Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We are thrilled to share that we will have a special screening and talk with the creators of <strong><em>On High Heels in America<\/em><\/strong> at the Crossings and Connections Conference. Scroll down for more details!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0 et_animated et-waypoint\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"1194\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1715\/2025\/03\/On-High-Heels-in-America-Gunhild-Westhagen-Magnor.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"On High Heels in America - Gunhild Westhagen Magnor\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1715\/2025\/03\/On-High-Heels-in-America-Gunhild-Westhagen-Magnor.jpg 794w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1715\/2025\/03\/On-High-Heels-in-America-Gunhild-Westhagen-Magnor-480x722.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 794px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-685\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>Title:<\/strong> On high heels in America<br \/><strong>Genre:<\/strong> Documentary<br \/><strong>Duration:<\/strong> 62 minutes<br \/><strong>Written and directed by:<\/strong> Gunhild Westhagen Magnor<br \/><strong>Based on the book:<\/strong> <em>P\u00e5 h\u00f8ye h\u00e6ler i Amerika<\/em> by Siv Ringdal (published by: Pax forlag)<br \/><strong>Producer:<\/strong> Stine Blichfeldt, Them Girls<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div><\/div>\n<div><strong><em>A documentary about the courage to leave everything you know behind, the freedom to live, and how the dream of New York changed everything.<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">In the years 1946 to 1965, many young, unmarried women from the Agder counties, in the southern part of Norway, emigrated to New York to find work. They left their villages and hometowns where material scarcity and pietistic Christianity had affected their upbringing. In New York they gradually became modern, liberated women. Many returned home eventually and brought with them their new lifestyle with them - influencing Norwegian society.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Through intimate and heartfelt stories from six of the women, combined with unique archive footage, we get an insight into their lives at the time. They each tell the story of their grand life journey with humor and wit. The documentary film sheds light on timeless topics, such as social control, women's liberation, migration, and the American dream \u2013 topics that are still highly relevant today. This is the last chance to hear these women tell their own stories, which makes this documentary both touching, entertaining and historically valuable.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The film is both entertaining and thought-provoking. It gives us a collective understanding of who we are, about social control and liberation.<\/em> \u2013 Avisen Agder [translated]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":901,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<div>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We are thrilled to share that we will have a special screening and talk with the creators of <strong><em>On High Heels in America<\/em><\/strong> at the Crossings and Connections Conference.\r\n\r\n<strong><em>A documentary about the courage to leave everything you know behind, the freedom to live, and how the dream of New York changed everything.<\/em><\/strong>\r\n\r\nIn the years 1946 to 1965, many young, unmarried women from the Agder counties, in the southern part of Norway, emigrated to New York to find work. They left their villages and hometowns where material scarcity and pietistic Christianity had affected their upbringing. In New York they gradually became modern, liberated women. Many returned home eventually and brought with them their new lifestyle with them - influencing Norwegian society.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>Through intimate and heartfelt stories from six of the women, combined with unique archive footage, we get an insight into their lives at the time. They each tell the story of their grand life journey with humor and wit. The documentary film sheds light on timeless topics, such as social control, women's liberation, migration, and the American dream \u2013 topics that are still highly relevant today. This is the last chance to hear these women tell their own stories, which makes this documentary both touching, entertaining and historically valuable.<\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div><em>The film is both entertaining and thought-provoking. It gives us a collective understanding of who we are, about social control and liberation.<\/em> \u2013 Avisen Agder [translated]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>Title: On high heels in America\r\nGenre: Documentary\r\nDuration: 62 minutes\r\nWritten and directed by: Gunhild Westhagen Magnor\r\nBased on the book: <em>P\u00e5 h\u00f8ye h\u00e6ler i Amerika<\/em> by Siv Ringdal (published by: Pax forlag)\r\nProducer: Stine Blichfeldt, Them Girls<\/div>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-347","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/901"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":689,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/347\/revisions\/689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}