Screenings: March 7, 2:00 PM (Cam 12); March 8 12:00 PM (Cam 12)
Just because you’re in the AARP doesn’t mean you have to hang up your protesting hat and go quietly into retirement. Raging Grannies is a large organization, with “gaggles,” or local groups all over the country (including locally in San Jose). These women gather to perform street theater, and engage in nonviolent protest for a variety of causes. “Raging Grannies” documents some of their local efforts, introducing us to their personalities and methods, as well as some of the group’s history. Founded in the eighties to protest a nuclear submarine, the group now takes on everything from the military recruiting in public schools to violations of women’s rights. It’s hard not to love these flamboyant, principled ladies.