SWAMP: Who Does She Think She Is?

It’s career vs. personal choice, mom vs. artist in Who Does She Think She Is?, director Pamela Tanner Boll’s in-depth look at how women nurture themselves and stay true to others at the same time. Co-executive producer of the 2004 Academy Award-winner Born into Brothels, Boll showcases five contemporary female artists — a sculptor, writer, painter, actor and graphic artist — who happen to be mothers and wives. She documents the sacrifice, dedication and guilt that come with balancing artistic desire with the equal, but often opposite, pull of family. Sculptor Maye Torres explains that it wasn’t a matter of choosing art over family, “It was choosing who I was.” Director Boll will answer questions and lead a panel discussion after today’s screening, which is presented by the Southwest Alternate Media Project, in cooperation with several other local organizations. 7 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1001 Bissonnet. For information, call 713-639-7515 or visit www.mfah.org/films. $5 to $7.
Sat., May 9, 7 p.m.; Sun., May 10, 3 p.m., 2009