QWOCMAP presents 5th Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival
 SPECIAL EVENTS

5th Annual
2008 Queer Women of Color Film Festival

Special Events

This year QWOCMAP presents a special COMMUNITY CONVENING, which kicks off a national campaign where films spark vital dialogue to build dynamic coalitions that bridge our "Multiple Borders."

AND you can PARTY EVERY NIGHT- and help raise money for QWOCMAP- at the afterparties Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights! Dance the night away with the sexiest filmmakers and fans around... This year parties are in both San Francisco and Oakland!

Friday, June 12
10:00 pm
Opening Night Party: Bollyhood Café
  Celebrate the opening of the film festival!
3372 19th Street @ Mission Street, San Francisco [directions]
($5 - $20)
SATURDAY, JUNE 13
2:00 PM
Community Convening: QUEER IMMIGRATION
Doors Open &
Reception:
1:30 pm

A special Community Convening kicks off a national campaign where films spark vital dialogue to build dynamic coalitions that bridge our "Multiple Borders." Join us as immigrant, LGBTQI, and people of color organizations come together to build grassroots coalitions that will reframe contentious national debates about our human rights.

PANELISTS

  • Noemi Calonje, National Center for Lesbian Rights
  • Philip Hwang, Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights
  • Madeleine Lim, Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project
  • Laura Rivas, National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights

CONVENING CO-PRESENTERS

ALLGO
Audre Lorde Project
Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
Transgender, Gender Variant and Intersex Justice Project

FREE
At the Brava Theater, 2789 24th Street, San Francisco, CA
Running Time: 39 minutes
Followed by Q&A Panel with Filmmakers

COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Black Alliance for Just Immigration
Chicana/Latina Foundation
National Center for Lesbian Rights
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Transgender Law Center

  FILMS

Look Again (Jennifer Lin, 2008)
A complicated tango of queerness and immigration.

Bienvenida (Yaya Raíz, 2007)
Queer Latinas wonder if they are truly welcome in the U.S.

Sambal Belacan in San Francisco (Madeleine Lim, 1997)
Immigrant queer Singaporeans grapple to create home and belonging.
Saturday, June 13
10:00 pm
After Party & Fundraiser: Burning Bush @ The Vibe Lounge
  Live performance by Las Krudas Cubensi
2272 Telegraph Avenue @ West Grand, Oakland [directions]
($15)
Sunday, June 14
9:00 pm
Closing Night Party: The Monkey Club
  Celebrate the close of the film festival!
2730 21st Street @ Bryant, San Francisco [directions]
($5 - $20)

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