Film: Winter's Bone (Dir. Debra Granik, 2010) selected by Dorothy Allison

The Writers Conference also promotes its annual film festival. Each year, authors are invited to select films that have influenced their work or have a special connection to the theme. The film festival is free and open to the public.

All films will be shown in the Lecture Bowl, located on the second floor of the UND Memorial Union (Room 204) unless otherwise noted.

Dorothy Allison

Her first novel, Bastard Out of Carolina, was a finalist for the National Book Award and became an award-winning movie. Allison's second novel, Cavedweller, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, won the Lambda Literary Award for Fiction and was a finalist for the Lillian Smith Prize. It was also adapted for the stage and screen. She is currently working on another novel, She Who.