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LOOKING FOR SIMONE
ScreeningMarch 9, 2026 at 11:00am–12:30pm
Cinema Politica
H-110 (Hall Building)
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Join us for the Montreal screening of LOOKING FOR SIMONE. A fresh take on the celebrated feminist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, LFS chronicles the writer’s time researching her groundbreaking book The Second Sex in the US during the 1940s, featuring contemporary gender and queer politics, as well as critical theory.
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Nathalie Masduraud & Valérie Urréa / France / 2024 / 90’LOOKING FOR SIMONE dissects the origins and relevance of this bible of feminism, charting de Beauvoir’s fact-finding journey across the US to research her book. This documentary is not a hagiography, nor is it just a look back; it’s a conversation with the present. Featuring reflections from today’s leading feminist thinkers – Judith Butler and Silvia Federici – it honors both the lasting influence of de Beauvoir’s work, while also exploring the blind spots and limitations. The film challenges us to assess how far we’ve come in the fight for gender equality and where we still need to go. LOOKING FOR SIMONE expands upon de Beauvoir’s foundational work, weaving in 75 years of evolving thought on race and gender. It invites viewers into a new era of feminist revolution – one that is joyfully non-binary, unapologetically free, and radically inclusive.
EVENT DETAILS
Admission by donation ($5–10 suggested, cash only). The venue is wheelchair accessible. Mask-wearing is recommended. Find more information here.
This event is co-presented by Cinema Pthe Centre for Gender Advocacy, the Feminist Media Studio, the Social Justice Centre, and The Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies (IGSF).
ABOUT THE FILM
Nathalie Masduraud & Valérie Urréa / France / 2024 / 90’LOOKING FOR SIMONE dissects the origins and relevance of this bible of feminism, charting de Beauvoir’s fact-finding journey across the US to research her book. This documentary is not a hagiography, nor is it just a look back; it’s a conversation with the present. Featuring reflections from today’s leading feminist thinkers – Judith Butler and Silvia Federici – it honors both the lasting influence of de Beauvoir’s work, while also exploring the blind spots and limitations. The film challenges us to assess how far we’ve come in the fight for gender equality and where we still need to go. LOOKING FOR SIMONE expands upon de Beauvoir’s foundational work, weaving in 75 years of evolving thought on race and gender. It invites viewers into a new era of feminist revolution – one that is joyfully non-binary, unapologetically free, and radically inclusive.
EVENT DETAILS
Admission by donation ($5–10 suggested, cash only). The venue is wheelchair accessible. Mask-wearing is recommended. Find more information here.
This event is co-presented by Cinema Pthe Centre for Gender Advocacy, the Feminist Media Studio, the Social Justice Centre, and The Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies (IGSF).
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Cinema Politica’s main office is located on the unceded lands of Kanien’kehá:ka Nation in Tiohtiá:ke, or Montreal. The CP team believes it is not enough to acknowledge the title-holders of the lands, rather we urge everyone who attends our screenings and streams our films to become involved in anti-colonial and Indigenous-led struggles and resistance everywhere.
Cinema Politica is funded through arts council grants, membership fees, distribution revenues and audience donations. We have been free of corporate sponsorship since our inception in 2003.