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ZC of Kitchener-Waterloo Celebrates IWD Film Festival
Special screening of Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery
Doors open at 1:00 pm – Movie starts at 1:30 pm
Length: 1hr 39min, Director: Ally Pankiw, Movie Trailer: To watch the trailer, click here
Following the film, we will have a Q&A with our guest speaker, Coral Andrews
Two types of tickets
1. Film & speakers + lunch box and dessert (review options below) – $47 (purchase online by March 1, 5:00 pm.)
2. Film & speakers only – $35 (purchase online by March 8 before the movie starts)
“Back in the ’90s, conventional ‘wisdom’ suggested that commercial radio couldn’t play two women in a row.”
This film is directed by Ally Pankiw. Ally Pankiw is a Canadian-born writer and filmmaker with multiple music video, commercial, and TV credits,.
A bit about the film Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery
Frustrated by this, Sarah McLachlan went on tour with Paula Cole to offer audiences an entire night of women’s artistry. That tour went so well that the next summer McLachlan debuted Lilith Fair, named after the Lilith of Jewish lore: Adam’s renegade first wife. Upon its emergence in 1997, this revolutionary travelling music festival, helmed by superstar Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan and featuring exclusively women or women-led acts, exploded the notion that popular music could only support a token quota of women’s voices. It became the year’s top-grossing festival simply because the artists were so good. The Fair’s roster included Jewel, Bonnie Raitt, Erykah Badu, Emmylou Harris, Fiona Apple, Tracy Chapman, Sheryl Crow, Suzanne Vega, Indigo Girls, and Pat Benatar.
The documentary premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2025.
