Cascadia International Women’s Film Festival Closing Event: “The Dumb Girl of Portici” Silent Film Feature

The closing event of CASCADIA International Women’s Film Festival presented at the Mount Baker Theatre features a recently restored silent film not seen in more than a century made by Lois Weber, the highest-paid director working in Hollywood during the silent-film era and into the 1920s. “The Dumb Girl of Portici” was the first blockbuster film directed by a woman. This brilliant, restored 1916 film — with the dazzling new score by dance composer John Sweeney — will give today’s audiences a chance to experience the energy, the expressive face, and the grace of the great ballet dancer and choreographer Anna Pavlova. The trailer can be viewed here: https://vimeo.com/196595139