Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP)
presents
"Naked Truths - Queer Women of Color Shorts"



followed by
"Q/A Panel with Filmmakers"

Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2005
Time: 7pm
Venue: Rainbow Room
SF LGBT Community Center
1800 Market Street, SF

FILMS INCLUDE:
Balikbayan Confessions (Tina Bartolome, 2005), a place to begin (Mónica Enríquez, 2005), Dreams of Mushroom Cloud (Khanh Ngo, 2005), A Tiger's Tale (Stephanie Yang, 2005), Without Fail (Kristin Wygal, 2005), Between the Lines (Laurie Koh, 2005), Porn: A Dyke-umentary (Winn Gilmore, 2005)

Event co-presented by National Queer Arts Festival
Event co-sponsored by LYRIC

Program curated by Madeleine Lim


FILM DESCRIPTIONS

Balikbayan Confessions (Tina Bartolome, 2005)
This film bears witness to the courage of five queer Filipinas artists as they make a collective pilgrimage to the Philippines. Tina Bartolome is an emerging writer and filmmaker, and works as an educator and cultural worker in the Bay Area youth movement.
a place to begin (Mónica Enríquez, 2005)
An experimental documentary that explores the filmmaker's personal artistic process. Mónica Enríquez is an award-winning queer latina filmmaker who uses art as a tool for building communities of resistance and social change.
Dreams of Mushroom Cloud (Khanh Ngo, 2005)
This short takes on the issue of weapons of mass destruction and its impact on our humanity. Khanh Ngo resides in San Francisco and is an aspiring multi-media artist.
A Tiger's Tale (Stephanie Yang, 2005)
Faced with the loss of her grandfather, a young woman discovers her own voice in remembering a story he once shared. Stephanie Yang is a mixed race taiwanese/ european american artist who explores the power of storytelling for social justice, and hopes to challenge assumptions through her writing and her films.
Without Fail (Kristin Wygal, 2005)
A story of survival, this short piece dives into a relationship that falters as both try to cope with one person's bipolar disorder. Kristin Wygal is a multiracial filmmaker living in Oakland, and is currently working on a feature narrative screenplay that she hopes to direct.
Between the Lines (Laurie Koh, 2005)
A sweet romance grows between freelance writer and an editor. Laurie Koh is a freelance writer and is an editorial assistant at Girlfriends Magazine.
Porn: A Dyke-umentary (Winn Gilmore, 2005)
What do dykes want... in porn? Interviews combined with an erotic fantasy addresses the interviewees' unfulfilled needs. Winn Gilmore is a writer, entrepreneur, technie, and now, a moviemaker.

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