Join Leda Health and The Academy of Forensic Nursing for a free screening of Test Pattern followed by an insightful panel. This movie highlights a Black woman who was sexually assaulted and her experience getting a rape kit. For all advocates, nurses, lawyers, and allies, this movie is a must-watch. The screening plus Q&A has limited seats; reserve your spot today. Click here to learn more about the event.
Along with screening Test Pattern, Leda is sponsoring five BIPOC nurses on their journeys to becoming sexual assault nurse examiners. Test Pattern eloquently highlights the need for greater access to sexual assault nurse examiners and even more so BIPOC SANEs. All five scholarship recipients will receive SANE training through the Academy of Forensic Nursing as well as a 2-year membership to continue their education. To learn more about this opportunity or to apply for a SANE scholarship, please click here.
When: April 28th at 6 pm EST, followed by a Q&A panel at 7:30 pm EST
Movie Overview: Part psychological horror, part realist drama, this exhilarating debut feature from Shatara Michelle Ford is set against the backdrop of national discussions around inequitable health care and policing, the #metoo movement, and race in America. Test Pattern follows an interracial couple whose relationship is put to the test after a Black woman is sexually assaulted and her white boyfriend drives her from hospital to hospital in search of a rape kit. Their story reveals the systemic injustices and social conditioning women face when navigating sex and consent within the American patriarchy. Winner of top prizes at the BlackStar and New Orleans Film Festivals, this gripping social thriller offers a unique exploration of institutional racism and sexism from a Black woman's point of view.
Panelist:
Shatara Michelle Ford, Director of Test Pattern: Shatara Michelle Ford (She/Her/They) is a black American filmmaker born in rural Arkansas and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. Their work explores class, power, womanhood, identity, memory, perception, and race. Intellectually propelled by the LA Rebellion film movement and stylistically influenced by Neoclassical directors, their films feature marginalized characters with rich internal lives that defy dominant stereotypes. In 2010, they received an MFA in Screenwriting from Royal Holloway, University of London. Their script, Queen Elizabeth was featured on the 2017 Black List. Their debut feature Test Pattern was the 2019 Grand Jury Prize winner at New Orleans Film Festival and won the Special Jury Prize for Best Feature at Dead center Film Festival. - Film Independent
Amani Starnes, Nurse Peg in Test Pattern : Classically trained and experimentally minded, Amani has played roles ranging from Shakespeare to tempera paint-covered dancing monk. Most recently, Amani’s appeared in the forthcoming feature film Test Pattern. She can also be seen on television shows including Amazon’s Transparent and Netflix’s Magic for Humans. She is the creator and star of the hit satirical web series, The United Colors of Amani, which received critical acclaim in publications including Jezebel, IndieWire, and The Washington Post. Amani holds degrees in Theatre and Performance Studies from Yale and Stanford Universities, and she’s continued to hone her skills through training at London’s Method Studio, NYC’s Actors’ Center, and Aquila Morong Studio, Groundlings, and Steppenwolf West in Los Angeles. She was a long time member of the Actors’ Gang in Culver City.
Tamara Jackson, MSN, RN, SANE-A, Board Member, Academy of Forensic Nursing: Tamara is the Regional SANE Coordinator of Amita Health Chicago Metro Region. There she helped the organization build and complete policy and procedures, implement, educate, and advocate. As coordinator, she is active with her community as a responder and is available to assist with problems, questions, or presentations. Her practice provides timely, non-judgmental, compassionate care to the sexual assault victim. Tamara conducts SANE exams what may include a medical-forensic exam, prophylaxis for pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, photographic documentation, and referrals for appropriate medical and psychological follow-up, support, and participation in legal proceedings. She leads by example, builds diverse and high-performing nurses, endorses culture change and community service.
Catherine Rossi, MSN, RN, FNP-C, SANE-A, SANE-P, DF-AFN, President, Academy of Forensic Nursing: Catherine is a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner for pediatrics, adults, and adolescents. She earned her Associates' degree in Nursing Science from Regent’s College, Albany, NY in 2005. She earned a Masters's degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 2014.
She practices with and directs the Forensic Nursing Program with the Cone Health System in Central North Carolina which she established and has managed since 1997. She has been instrumental in the promotion of the field of Forensic Nursing for North Carolina, where she pioneered the use of a unique blended learning educational curriculum to serve the needs of health care providers in rural and urban areas affected by staffing shortages
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