QWOCMAP
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project
presents

the 2nd Annual Women of Color Film Festival

an official event of the National Queer Arts Festival


TENDER JUSTICE: Young Queer Women of Color Shorts
Followed by: Q & A Panel with Filmmakers

Thursday, June 8, 2006 @ 7pm

From tender first love to the gritty reality of hooking up to creating
community, young queer women of color seek love and justice in this
sizzling collection of shorts that will provoke and inspire.

- Sleeping Through the Gospel (Tonilyn Sideco, 2005)
- Over Lunch (Virada Chatikul, 2005)
- Messages (Alyssa Contreras, 2005)
- The Girl Who Knew to Breathe (Erica Hollins, 2005)
- Identify My Destiny (Nirmala Nataraj, 2005)
- B's Dagger (Melo G3 Ongini, 2006)
- Qpocalypse (Celina Chico, 2005)
- Spoken Smoke (Katie Joaquin, 2006)
- Things I'll Never Say (Caroline Le, 2005)

Event Co-Sponsor: CUAV

EN MI PIEL: BORDERS REDRAWN
- A Bilingual Program of Queer Latina, Chicana & Mexican Lesbian
Shorts Followed by: Panel Discussion "Bridging Differences &
Promoting Activism Through Film"

EN MI PIEL: REDIBUJANDO FRONTERAS
- Un Programa de Cortometrajes Bilingues por Queer Latinas,
Chicanas y Lesbianas Mexicanas Seguido por un Panel
"Construyendo desde Nuestras Diferencias y Promoviendo
Activismo por medio del Cine"

Friday, June 9, 2006 @ 7pm

From the 2nd Lesbian March in Mexico City to the loss experienced
during a family's migration to the U.S. to a trans Chicano's journey to
Mexico, these poignant bilingual films cross numerous borders to
transform and inspire.

Invitándonos a presenciar la Segunda Marcha Lésbica en la Ciudad de
México, a explorar las historias de migración de una familia a los
Estados Unidos y a recorrer el viaje de un Chicano transexual a México,estos cortometrajes bilingues cruzan diferentes fronteras que buscan transformar e inspirar.

- El Sol Si Caerá, The Sun Will Set* (Alyssa Contreras, 2004)
- La Dimensión del Olvido, The Measure of Forgetfulness*
(Mujeres y Cultura Subterranea, 1999)
- Pura Lengua* (Aurora Guerrero, 2004)
- un lugar dónde comenzar, a place to begin
(mónica enríquez, 2005)
- Las Mujeres de Mi Vida (Liliana Hueso, 2006)
- En Mi Piel, On My Skin (Amy André, 2006)
- La Marcha Lésbica* (Telemanita, 2004)

Event Co-Sponsor: Latino Forum

HEART OF THE FLAME: Queer Women of Color Shorts
Followed by: Q & A Panel with Filmmakers

Saturday, June 10, 2006 @ 7pm

From a notorious butch mob boss to the pangs of unrequited love to complex relationships with our fathers, these sassy and evocative stories of love, desire and loyalty will set your heart aflame!

- Forgiven (Kenya Briggs, 2006)
- Moment of Silence (C.C. Sapp, 2005)
- Sukiyaki Story (April May, 2005)
- Fathers (Rachel Poulain, 2006)
- Two-Spirits: Belonging (Rope Wolf, 2005)
- Feminine Sense (Crystal Weston, 2006)
- Como la Flor (Lisa Dyas, 2005)
- Quality Bad Funds the Revolution (Rebeka Rodriguez, 2006)
- The Mark (Arinthia Jones, 2005)
- Serve Thy Master (Trina Espinoza, 2005)
- Tuberose (Vanda Chong, 2006)

Event Co-Sponsor: APIQWTC

 

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