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| To our QWOCMAP Community, |
| Welcome to the second,
much-awaited edition of REEL BITES, the eNewsletter of Queer Women
of Color Media Arts Project. QWOCMAP is feeling sprightly now that spring has sprung! We’re working hard to bring you our 5th annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival, which is only 5 weeks away. We know that you can’t wait until June 12th so here are a few appetizing bites just to keep you satisfied. |
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Family Values: Queer API Women's Films Curated by Madeleine Lim Saturday, May 9, 7pm SomArts Cultural Center 934 Brannan Street, SF Admission: $8.00 advance / $10.00 door From a young girl's magical waltz with the moon to lyrical interpretations of grief to the dynamic strut of a queer secret agent, these powerhouse combinations are a foxtrot of family, funniness and freedom. All works created through Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP). Magic & The Moon (Pia Infante) Pieces of You (K.V. Cao) Jagadamba, Mother of the Universe (Amber Field) Fried Chicken Feet (San Ng) Over Pho (Rui Bing Zheng) Too Much Plaid (Caroline Le) All of Me (Margaret Rhee) Labels Are Forever (Jinky de Rivera) Duration: 81 mins For More Info Contact: (415) 864-4134 or info@apiculturalcenter.org http://www.apiculturalcenter.org/ http://www.qwocmap.org/ |
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Astraea is one of QWOCMAP’s favorite social justice feminist organizations. They are more than funders; they are our foremothers, mentors, sisters and partners in building a movement for social justice and real change. Your support of Astraea supports organizations around the world like QWOCMAP. Catch up and celebrate Astraea's Bay Area Spring Fling. With the help of invaluable friends and supporters, Astraea will bring together a memorable afternoon full of fun, politics and extraordinary showcases from Grantee Partners. Location: The San Francisco LGBT Center 1800 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94102 Date & Time: Sunday, May 17 2:00 - 5:00 PM Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice :: 116 East 16th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10003:: :: P: 1.212.529.8021 F: 1.212.982.3321 :: :: info@astraeafoundation.org :: :: http://www.astraeafoundation.org/:: |
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As part of our 5th annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival, QWOCMAP will present a Community Convening focused on Queer Immigration. We are thrilled to once again present the film Look Again by QWOCMAP Filmmaker Jennifer Lin. Burning with an amazing idea, she joined our Filmmaker Training Program, where “QWOCMAP taught [her] to set realistic goals” and gave Jennifer the technical and artistic skills to create her film. She describes Look Again as an “updated modern kick-ass Thelma & Louise”, but this time they outsmart the bad guys and the government and “they don’t die at the end.” Anyone who has heard QWOCMAP Executive Director Madeleine Lim speak about film history knows how amazing it is to have lesbian characters alive at the end of the film, even in this day and age. The fact that Look Again follows the twists and turns of a dyke couple June & Kelly doing a tricky tango with Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), just adds to its significance. Since world premiering at the 2008 Queer Women of Color Film Festival, Jennifer’s film has traveled the international film festival circuit. Jennifer almost didn’t submit her film to the Action on Film International Film Festival in Los Angeles because Look Again deals with “LGBT [issues], immigration and racism.” The festival is run by film industry veterans and former stuntmen, who surprised Jennifer by nominating her for Best Female Short Filmmaker and her film for Best Outstanding LGBT Project. Currently Jennifer is working on a web series and feature-length screenplay based on the characters from Look Again. She hopes that her film will create more roles for Asian actors that are not based in stereotypes. She also wants Look Again to get people talking about important issues and remind us all that what you see isn’t necessarily what you get. Click Here to see the trailer for Look Again Check-out Look Again on Myspace |
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QWOCMAP Advisory Board member QWOCMAP congratulates Advisory Board member Jennifer Phang, who won Best Narrative Feature for her new film Half Life at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival this year. This innovative narrative about an Asian American family, queer friends and futuristic psychic power, has collected numerous awards on its travels to international film festivals. QWOCMAP Advisory Board members serve as mentors and role models for Intermediate participants in the Training Program. We can’t wait for Jennifer to come back to the Bay Area and we wish her a happy life and much success with Half Life! |
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Now we know that everyone can’t always travel to San Francisco…so here’s your chance to see QWOCMAP films at the 25th annual Boston LGBT Film Festival. The screening features four films that screened at our 2008 Queer Women of Color Film Festival. The screening is co-presented by QWOC+ Boston, a queer women of color organization. Queer Women of Color Shorts Friday, May 8, 2009 at 6:00pm Remis Auditorium Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Avenue Avenue of the Arts Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5523 |
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June 12-14, 2009 Brava Theater, SF |
