SURGE is more relevant now than ever.
“I’ve never voted in any election before for a variety of reasons. When I watched SURGE I was moved to vote for the first time in my life. I am so happy Showtime is putting women politicians front and center. I think our entire future depends on listening to women leaders, most specifically from the BIPOC communities. SURGE makes it clear that if you aren’t listening, get out of the way.” —Lee Taylor
Screenings & Events:
September 8, 2020: SURGE premieres on SHOWTIME @ 9pm on the new SHOxBET Channel and airs throughout September and October. Find your channel here. It’s also streaming on the SHOWTIME Anytime App.
September 16: WOMEN FOR BIDEN/HARRIS host a screening of SURGE with Texas candidate and leader Wendy Davis, Lauren Underwood, Jana Lynne Sanchez, and other special guests!
Sept 24, 2020: EMERGE AMERICA Virtual Salon with Emerge President A'shanti Gholar, Actor & Activist Alyssa Milano, and SURGE filmmakers
Sept 26, 2020: SURGE Texas premiere at the Dallas International Film Festival
Sept 30: SURGE live screening in Brooklyn, NY hosted by The McCarren Gathering, a Black Lives Matter action at McCarren Park, 7pm. Info here.
Sept 30 - Oct 4: SURGE at the Woodstock International Film Festival
October 3: Chicago Area Museums Screen SURGE co-hosted by the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, the DuSable Museum of African-American History, and the Chicago History Museum. Post-screening discussion with Lauren Underwood, Tracie Hall, and SURGE filmmakers.
October 4: Take Action Kickoff screening of SURGE and discussion with Texas State House candidates Akilah Bacy and Joanna Cattanach & Jana Lynne Sanchez (featured in SURGE) hosted by Markers for Democracy,Downtown Nasty Women Social Group, and TEAM MIN.
October 7: Screening of SURGE during NYU’s VOTER EDUCATION WEEK hosted by NYUVotes, Tisch School of the Arts, Brennan Center, Brademas Center and Office of Global Inclusion.
October 11, 2020 @ 3pm: SURGE screens at the Lower East Side Girls Club launch of their Center for Wellbeing And Happiness. See more info here.
October 13, 2020: Bloomington, Indiana screening with Hoosier Women Forward, Indiana University Gender Studies & Ryder Film Series
October 17, 2020: SURGE partners with SUPERMAJORITY for day-long the WOMEN ARE VOTING campaign to get women to the polls!
October 24, 2020: “SURGING TO THE POLLS" a conversation with Lauren Underwood and Lynn Whitfield hosted by OWN Your Vote, SURGE, Vote Run Lead and The Athena Film Festival.
October 29, 2020: SURGE screening to kickoff “Elect Her Training Day” for college women nationwide with HerCampus and Running Start.
SEE PHOTOS OF OUR PAST SCREENINGS & EVENTS BELOW!
The Ryder Film Series Hosts
"Women & Politics in Indiana”
OCTOBER 2, 2020
On October 13 we joined Hoosier Women Forward, Indiana University’s Gender Studies Program, and women leaders from around the state of Indiana including Nicole Yates, Jennifer Crossley (Chair of the Monroe County Democratic Party), Shelli Yoder, Liz Watson (featured in SURGE), and Lisa-Marie Napoli. We talked about how best to support women of color in their campaigns for office in tough districts (like many areas of Indiana) and the importance of running again after a loss. One guest said: “My loss was a win!” showing that the work of building grassroots campaigns lives beyond a single campaign - no matter if you win or lose!
SURGE Drive-In Screening at the Dallas Film Festival
SEPTEMBER 27, 2020
We had an amazing time at our Texas premiere! At Dallas Film Festival’s drive-in event SURGE played on a 60-foot high screen not far from where we filmed @janalynnetx’s inspiring run for Congress for two full years. It was a wonderful chance to watch a live audience react to the film.
SURGE Outdoor Watch Party, Hosted by the McCarren Gathering
october 1, 2020
The McCarren Gathering hosted a socially-distant SURGE screening in McCarren Park. We were excited to o be part of this nightly #blacklivesmatter action and share the film with such a special group of committed and engaged activists.
SURGE Watch Party & GOTV Kickoff in Texas, Hosted by Women for Biden/Harris
September 16, 2020
Women for Biden/Harris hosted a virtual SURGE screening and GOTV kickoff for iwillvote.com. It included discussion with SURGE filmmakers, Rep. Lauren Underwood, and a group of women candidates running in Texas including the great Wendy Davis, Sima Ladjevardian, Eliz Markowitz, Dr. Lisa Welch, and Julie Oliver. Also it was the first time Lauren and Jana met “in person” - both are featured in SURGE.
Electing Women & Flipping The Statehouse in Texas: A Conversation at the Women Texas Film Festival
August 2020
We showed clips of SURGE and participated in an incredible conversation with the women working to flip the Texas State House in 2020 including Jana Lynne Sanchez, featured in SURGE and Joanna Cattanach, candidate for Texas House District 108. Thank you @womentxff!
Riveter Forum: Representing the Future, A Conversation with Surge x Reflect_Us
August 2020
Hannah and Wendy of Team SURGE joined Tiffany Gardner President of Reflect_US in a @Riveter forum about electing women up and down the ballot in 2020.
SURGE Impact Campaign Kickoff
May 2020
In collaboration with Picture Motion our impact kickoff event “SUPPORTING THE SURGE: How we can support women candidates during COVID” was hosted by Alyssa Milano & featured Rep. Lauren Underwood. Dozens of organizations and activists from around the country joined us for a discussion, screening, and strategy session.
Check out a video of the event here
Surge at the Athena Film Festival
February 2020
We showed a sneak peak of @SurgeTheMovie to an incredible audience at the Athena Film Festival and talked about the impact of women running for office and leading in local government with NY electeds, candidates, and Vote Run Lead.
SURGE at SXSW in Austin, TX
March 2019
At SXSW 2019 we showed the SURGE trailer and discussed both the making of #SurgeTheMovie and the record number of first-time women and women of color candidates running for office since 2016. Thank you to our host @femalequotient and brilliant co-panelists: @glyndacarr from @higherheights4 (Higher Heights for America), @janalynnetx of Blue Texas Strategy and #KristinHayden from @ignite_national .
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