Columbia, SC — Internationally acclaimed experimental filmmaker and animator Jodie Mack will appear in person at The Nickelodeon Theater during the second annual Femme Film Fest: Taking Up Space, a four-day celebration of women directors whose work challenges genre, authorship, and power in cinema. This special presentation is offered in partnership with SouthernGauge, the Columbia-based film initiative dedicated to bringing new, independent, and experimental cinema to local audiences.
Mack will present a curated program of 16mm and digital works, anchored by Yard Work is Hard Work, a vibrant animated musical that blends handmade abstraction, pop structure, and personal reflection. Her work transforms everyday materials such as textiles, gift wrap, and found objects into kaleidoscopic, rhythmic visual compositions.
Also featured is Dusty Stacks of Mom, an ambitious animated rock opera documentary exploring the collapse of a family wholesale business and the shifting relationship between physical media and digital culture.
Mack’s cinema bridges experimental film, fine art, and music, foregrounding labor and process while maintaining humor and formal precision. Her in-person appearance offers audiences a rare opportunity to experience experimental film in its intended theatrical format and engage directly with the artist about craft, feminist abstraction, and independent production. The screening will be followed by a conversation with Mack.
SouthernGauge brings new, independent, and experimental films to Columbia, SC.