Transcendent Movements: Queer Artists in Motion
10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Saturday, July 27 at 7:30 PM 9:30 PM
Ends Jul 27, 2024
LOVE LETTER TO ASIAN WOMEN Directed By Min Soo Park | 2024 | 9 min Felicia Oh, a Taiwanese drag queen, challenges stereotypes and reshapes perceptions of Asian femininity against the backdrop of New York City. Produced by Ted Kim | Starring Eric Chuang, Felicia Oh SATURN RISIN9 Directed By Tiare Ribeaux and Jody Stillwater | 2024 | 11 min Queer performance artist and musician Saturn Risin9 returns home to the Bay Area to share their journey of perseverance centering healing, self discovery, creative expansion, and joy poetically told through documentary, dance, visual narrative, and performance. Screenwriting by Saturn Risin9, Tiare Ribeaux, Jody Stillwater | Produced by Gina Crow, Sebastian Galasso, Yanasa Creative Group, Tiare Ribeaux | Starring Saturn Risin9, Star Amerasu, Jocquese Whitfield, Aubrey Gail Ferreira, Sissy Slays HOW TO CARRY WATER Directed by Sasha Wortzel | 2023 | 15 min The boundless beauty of bodies in water is captured by Shoog McDaniel, a fat, queer, disabled photographer in northern Florida's freshwater springs. For over a decade, Shoog's photos have transformed perceptions of fat bodies. This film immerses audiences in a world of fat beauty and liberation, highlighting marginalized bodies, including water, as sacred. Executive Produced by J Wortham | Produced by Colleen Cassingham, Jess Devaney, Anya Rous | Starring Shoog McDaniel, Matias Herrera, Melba Martinez, Anna Stein BOLÉRO Directed By Nans Laborde-Jourdàa | 2023 | 17 min Fran is in his hometown to rest and visit his mother. Following the jerky rhythm of Bolero, this journey along the paths of memory and desire will lead him and the whole village to a joyfully chaotic climax. Screenplay by Nans Laborde-Jourdàa | Produced by Margaux Lorier | With Gabriele Moratti, Francesco Melzi D'Eril | Starring François Chaignaud, Muriel Laborde-Jourdàa, Mellie Laborde-Jourdàa ENTRE AMIGXS Directed By Lío Mehiel and Robert Nachman | 2023 | 7 min In Entre Amigxs, co-directors Lío Mehiel and Robert Nachman spotlight five trans and gender expansive artists living in Mexico City, compiled from Super 8 footage, 16MM film, and camcorder clips of moments between friends. Translated as Between (queer) Friends, the film engages with the individual journeys that contribute to a sense of collective freedom, exploring a community forging a space for themselves outside the dominant paradigm – through art, community, queerness, and living beyond labels. Produced by Dulcinee DeGuere, Russell Kahn, Lío Mehiel and Robert Nachman | Starring Angel, Huma Roja, Julie Fuentes, Natan De Jesus, Suir BM, Torina Moreno aka Perdid LOVE, BARBARA Directed By Brydie O'Connor | 2022 | 15 min A short documentary about the iconic legacy of pioneering lesbian experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer, through the lens and love of her partner of over 30 years, Florrie Burke. Produced by Brydie O'Connor, Myriam Schroeter | Starring Barbara Hammer, Florrie Burke WOULDN'T MAKE IT ANY OTHER WAY Directed by Hao Zhou | 2024 | 21 min Having built a colorful queer life in Iowa, a costume designer returns to their island hometown, Guam, to make costumes for a children's theater show and reconnect with distant parents. Executive Produced by Caitlin Mae Burke | Produced by Tyler Hill | Starring Marc Marcos
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