February 28, 1909 was the first National Working Women's Day, celebrated in the United States after 150,000 women marched in New York City the year before for labour reforms. They wanted to be recognized as valued workers, demanded shorter hours and sanitary working conditions. IWD is a time to reflect on, celebrate and demand the rights of women. Women have fought for this recognition throughout the suffrage movements in the 1900s, where they struggled to gain the right to vote.

Though first instated by the Socialist Party of America, International Women's Day (IWD) was the product of a 1910 Copenhagen conference of working women. 100 women attended from 17 different countries, activists and union leaders, who agreed unanimously to the day.

Film, throughout the years, has formed our ideas of the woman criminal. She's doomed. She's sexy. She's a victim. But, who is the real woman criminal and what drives her? XX-Rated Crimes is an evening dedicated to women's crime films through local filmmakers' reinterpretations of popular films and live dance and theatre performances. By the end of the evening you will be asking yourself: who is the real woman criminal?