Filmmakers Dominique Cardona and Laurie Colbert (My Feminism, Thank God I’m a Lesbian) make their first venture into narrative form with this intelligently crafted, emotional drama about one small family’s tribulations and the eventual path to renewal.

Doctor Finn Jefferies is a thoroughly modern lesbian—feisty, happy, committed, and passionate. But with the untimely death of long-term partner Nancy, Finn’s world is turned on end. She struggles to find her footing on the domestic front with willful pre-teen daughter Zelly Bean while encountering extensive professional hurdles at both her laboratory and her partner’s clinic—under constant threat by anti-abortion activists. As the situations at home and at work intersect and escalate, a new romance adds another element to Finn’s already convoluted life. Is the grief-stricken Finn ready for love again so soon?

Finn’s Girl remains engaging and entertaining throughout, succeeding on a personal level by delicately balancing the upheaval in Finn’s contentious world with the amusing misadventures of Zelly and pals Eve and Max. On a broader scale, Cardona and Colbert craft a social and political exploration of women’s rights and the broad issues of GLBT family life without losing sight of the personal beauty of the tale.

ADMISSION:  $10 non-member / $8 members