[ExilesAnnounce] 2015 Queer Women of Color Film Festival

Fri May 15 23:20:33 EDT 2015

Dear Exiles members,

This year as in previous years we are a sponsor for the 11th annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival happening in June.  This is a fabulous event and we are proud to help sponsor it.  There are many events and something for everyone!  Follow the links below to find out more about the festival.

Save the Date!!

11th Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival, June 12-14 '15

Brava Theater, 2789 24th Street, SF

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Brava Theater

2789 24th St

San Francisco

Just 5 More Weeks!

 <http://www.qwocmap.org/festival/> 

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Our 11th anniversary launches into orbit with a constellation of 39 stellar films, a Festival Focus “Justice Heals” that radiates our tenacity as queer and trans people of color, and a Community Conversation “Film & the Nation-State” that ruptures the trauma and violence that often eclipses our lives. It world premieres films created throughout California from our QWOCMAP Film & Freedom Academy, and films from queer women of color, gender nonconforming and transgender people of color filmmakers around the world. 

>From a queer Afro-Latina councilwoman fighting a corporate oil giant that blacked out the sky to the sparkle of genderqueer Asians, from Native women and caribou under the northern lights to fat queer Femmes that glitter, these films witness the birth of our own stars.

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Love & Stardust

Friday, June 12 at 7:30pm

Opening Night Screening

>From Chicana femme heroines and motorcycle-riding Black Butches to nerdy, sexy Asian lesbian elders, these tender films celebrate belonging, like planets swirling together through the galaxy.

 <http://www.qwocmap.org/festival/film-festival/schedule/opening-night-friday-june-12/> 

Swanicorn by Jaq Nguyen Victor 

HERO MARS by Skyler Cooper

Nathalie Nathalie by Mihee-Nathalie lemoine

Finding Each Other by Shirley Hsin*I Liu

Sex, Politics & Sticky Rice by Tina Takemoto

Being Seen Being Home by Lylliam Posadas

A la cama con Francisco by Francisco A. Sfeir

Hands In The Bedroom by Myisha Arellano, Sarai Mojica, Yesenia Valdez

Vow of Silence by Be Steadwell 

cw: nudity & bdsm

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Cincinnati Goddamn

Saturday, June 13 at 3pm

Centerpiece Screening

This prescient feature-length documentary is set amidst the backdrop of a federal DOJ investigation into police practices, the far-reaching shadow of state violence, and the powerful light of grassroots activism. Michelle Alexander, Manning Marable and Jill Nelson set the national stage for a conversation about the deaths of Black people at the hands of police, which predates the story of Ferguson by more than a decade. The struggle of both individual families and entire communities shows that justice is a part of healing.

 <http://www.qwocmap.org/festival/film-festival/schedule/saturday-centerpiece-screening/> 

Cincinnati Goddamn by April Martin

cw: police brutality

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Film & the Nation-State

Saturday, June 13 at 4:30pm

Community Conversation

It is clear that the nation-state impacts films and filmmakers, even as they subvert their relationship to the state through their art, and especially as they document, shape and define the very social justice movements that seek to change institutions and policies. This Community Conversation explores the use of film for policy and human rights advocacy, and examines a global film industry and an international film community in the context of government censure and support. 

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Emerging Radiance

Saturday, June 13 at 7pm

Featured Screening

With meditations on the preciousness of #BlackWomensLivesMatter, to the grief and regret of parents who lose their children to violence, from second chances after incarceration and addiction, to healing rituals that span the earth and sky, these films ground transformation in social justice.

 <http://www.qwocmap.org/festival/film-festival/schedule/saturday-featured-screening/> 

You’re Dead To Me by Wu Tsang

Athanasia by Maria Breaux 

Life by Meja Tyehimba

#BlackWomensLivesMatter by Xhercis Mendez

Ehecatl Wind Medicine by Moon Flower

The Empty Room by Camerin Cobb

Confessions by Onyinye Alheri

A Letter to My Father by Karen Liu

Mamitis by Sandra Ramirez

Proud & Faithful by L'Oreal Jackson

His Vision: Project ALOFA by Jacqueline Case, Nicole Pote, Holly Riordan-Gonzales

In Her Eyes by Jordan Gash, Irene Tu

Sungaze by Shereen Choudhury

cw: death & grief

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Homing Instinct

Sunday, June 14 at 2pm

Centerpiece Screening

>From Gwich'in women fighting to protect Alaskan caribou and tribal traditions, to a queer Afro-Latina councilwoman fighting corporate giant Chevron's backroom tactics to control the city of Richmond, California, these documentaries honor the strength of collective action for humanity and the earth.  

 <http://www.qwocmap.org/festival/film-festival/schedule/sunday-centerpiece-screening/> 

The Sacred Place Where Life Begins by Miho Aida

Multi(com)plicities by Shaina Agbayani, Carolin Huang

Against Hate by B.K. Williams 

cw: abusive homophobic language

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Boundless Bodies

Sunday, June 14 at 6pm

Closing Night Screening

>From a transgender Chinese woman elder and a transgender Latinx man and his son, to same-sex marriage and activism through the eyes of children, these films ask us to embrace the multitudes we contain within ourselves.

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Impossible Bodies by Lani Rodriguez

Jasmine’s Jubilee by Lynn Sugihara

El Beso by Stephan Jacob

Nomadé by Lorenzzo K.

Rompecabezas Trans by Ryan Survilas 

Sexuality 101: Identity by Victoria Estrada, Halle Johnson

For The Love of Unicorns by Erin O'Brien

Operation Marriage by Quentin Lee

Who’s Next? by Monique Dismuke

Her/cut by Xiomara Benitez, Rebecca Leo

Au-Knapptural by Sonjhai Meggette

Negro Hair Petting Zoo by Carrie Hawks

De Colores, Our Lives by Edgardo Antonio Jr, Jovanka Beckles, Nicole Valentino

cw: nudity

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ACCESS INFO

FREE

Donations of $10 per screening are welcome from those who are able to contribute.

MOBILITY

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There is an elevator

to reach the mezzanine, but other areas can be reached from the lobby. Folks are more than welcome sit in the lobby if standing in line is an issue.  

Theater seats are padded but there are also some chairs without arms that can be placed on the mezzanine or at orchestra level.

DEAF & 

HARD-OF-HEARING

  <http://img-ak.verticalresponse.com/media/5/0/a/50ac93a2bb/dd81307b53/dedb72b9e7/library/caption%20left.jpg> ALL films have open captions or subtitles.

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During the Film Festival, ASL Interpreters will be available in the lobby and in the theater.

Please note: the EMERGENCY LIGHTS make sounds but do NOT flash. Ushers and ASL interpreters are briefed on safety procedures for Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing audience members.

SCENT-FREE

  <http://img-ak.verticalresponse.com/media/5/0/a/50ac93a2bb/dd81307b53/dedb72b9e7/library/no%20perfume%20bottle-spray%20can%202.jpg> Please do NOT wear, bathe, use hair care items or wash clothing with products containing "Fragrance" (as marked on the label). It will make someone else sick and force them to leave the theater.

Seats near wheelchair spaces and mobility seating at the front of the theater are SCENT-FREE. We have asked Brava to use bathroom soap and cleaning products that are fragrance free. 

Please note: there is a laundry facility on the corner of 24th and York, right next to the front doors of the Brava Theater. Approach from the East of the building to lessen exposure to these chemicals. 

CHILDCARE

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FREE childcare is provided during the Film Festival. Please  <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?QWOCMAP/dd81307b53/efdfa83ffc/a601f6c8f1> register your child(ren) here.

RESTROOMS

  <http://img-ak.verticalresponse.com/media/5/0/a/50ac93a2bb/dd81307b53/dedb72b9e7/library/all%20genders%203.jpg> All genders are welcome in our wheelchair accessible bathrooms. 

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Can't Wait? Participate!

 <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?QWOCMAP/dd81307b53/efdfa83ffc/ba7d0c30c0> DONATE FUNDS to support QWOCMAP and your community!

 <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?QWOCMAP/dd81307b53/efdfa83ffc/fb8a0037ce> VOLUNTEER and have FUN with your community! 

Your support is much appreciated!

 <http://www.qwocmap.org/festival/> 

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59 Cook Street

San Francisco, CA

94118

415.752.0868 <tel:415.752.0868> 

INFO

 <http://qwocmap.org/festival> qwocmap.org/festival

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