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Born in Flames

Screenings Thurs., Oct. 8, 7 p.m.
two people in an audio visual room
Lizzie Borden, Born in Flames (film still), 1983, courtesy of Lizzie Borden
When
Thurs., Oct. 8, 2026, 7 p.m.–Fri., Oct. 9, 2026, 10 p.m.
Where
Art Theater
Tickets
Tickets available April 2026

A film by Lizzie Borden

Born in Flames (United States of America) takes place ten years after a socialist revolution in New York City, where equality has been promised but sexism and state repression persist. Two pirate feminist radio stations, Radio Ragazza led by Isabel, a white lesbian activist, and Phoenix Radio led by Honey, a calm Black broadcaster, amplify women’s struggles and call for action. Their broadcasts gain urgency when Adelaide Norris, a travelling militant, is arrested and mysteriously dies in police custody. As tensions rise, a clandestine Women’s Army trains for more direct action, though Isabel and Honey are initially reluctant to join. Police surveillance, media censorship, and violence against women intensify, pushing different groups of women artists, workers, organisers, toward unity. After both radio stations are burned down, Honey and Isabel merge forces, broadcasting from stolen vans and aligning with the Women’s Army. Together, they sabotage government propaganda and ultimately bomb the World Trade Center antenna, symbolically disrupting state power and mainstream narratives.

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Carnegie Museum of Art Film Series

The 2026 Carnegie Museum of Art Film Series gathers films that harness the power of visual poetry to honor and celebrate the human spirit under pressure. Across histories marked by colonialism and imperialism, and within the quiet or collective gestures of defiance amid political turmoil, these works illuminate stories of resistance and endurance. The narratives on screen, as well as the stories behind the making of these films, affirm community, interconnectedness, and resistance. Resisting political determinism. Resisting cynicism and moral compromise. Resisting intellectual sloth and civic inaction. Resisting fear. Each film interweaves striking imagery with profound social insight, revealing how individuals and communities navigate oppression, upheaval, and transformation. Through their lyrical language, these films not only document struggle, but also celebrate the resilience, creativity, and hope that continue to surface even in the most challenging circumstances.

For the 2026 Film Series, Kigali-based filmmaker and artist Kivu Ruhorahoza programs 7 monthly screenings in tandem with the 59th Carnegie International, taking as his prompt the exhibition’s approach to expansive ways of being in practice with art, and its support of artists across geographies whose works actively configure social life and collective experiences. Identifying “resistance, community, and interconnectedness” as through lines, Ruhorahoza presents a selection of films that offer pathways through the complexities of histories and contemporary circumstances.