18th annual international Queer Women of Color Film Festival
18th annual international Queer Women of Color Film Festival
Ceremony and song pierce open memories of climate change and graft new stories onto our collective existence.
Content Warning: Climate catastrophe, omnicide
Bio: Tierra Allen contributes to movements for collective liberation as a theater maker, teaching artist, activist, cultural producer, and more.
Website: https://linktr.ee/_tierra
Sunday, June 12, 2022
5 pm PT
A cell phone pulses with family connections and humor for a queer Haitian-American woman.
Bio: Dominique Gélin is a writer, comedian, and musician. As a Florida-to-California transplant, she enjoys offering strong opinions on stupid things, -isms, and flip-flops.
Website: dominiquegelin.com
Saturday, June 11, 2022
7 pm PT
A Yoruba & Igbo and Filipinx transgender couple nest a pregnancy in their love and give light to possibilities outside of a binary world.
Content Warning: Misgendering, fear, pregnancy
Bio: A practitioner of collaborative solidarity and founder of Dagbasi Productions, Kaydx (they/he/ẹmi) is proud to be a Trans/Genderqueer self-identified Lesbian, first-generation Nigerian, actor, writer, singer, producer and director from the South. Carmen LoBue is a Queer Non-Binary Afro-Pilipinx American Filmmaker with a passion for social activism that is expressed through their work as a creator.
Website: www.dagbasiproductions.com
Friday, June 10, 2022
7 pm PT
Two young Muslim femmes release the binding pinch of family pressure with a party fever that induces more than they expected.
Content Warning: Harassment, strict families, homophobia, mention of alcohol
Bio: An Afro-Arab believer in a just and joyful future. A Muslim femme who knows the only lasting truth is Change.
Friday, June 10, 2022
7 pm PT
A tiny bathroom inducts signals of togetherness between the plexus of chosen Filipinx family.
Bio: Maggie has a deep love for community and finds connections through the in-between moments of life.
Friday, June 10, 2022
7 pm PT
A queer Vietnamese woman’s drive metamorphizes her refugee dad’s impulses toward health, life, and insurance.
Content Warning: Finances, gambling, mention of death and illness
Bio: Tracy Nguyen is a community organizer shaped by her experience growing up with Vietnamese, refugee parents.
Website: sunkissedproductions.com
Friday, June 10, 2022
7 pm PT
The legacy of homeownership and gardening pumps through the veins of a Black family in North Oakland.
Genre: Family, Community, Documentary
Bio: Jay Gash (she/they) is a queer, African American filmmaker, 3rd generation photographer, creative, and educator born and raised in Oakland, CA.
Sunday, June 12, 2022
5 pm PT
Moments with the woman who loves her most release spasms of grief for a queer Japanese woman on the anniversary of her mother’s death.
Content Warning: Grief, emotional pain, mention of death
Bio: Priya Mishra is a screenwriter and director who is burning white Hollywood to the ground.
Website: https://www.priyamishra.co/
Friday, June 10, 2022
7 pm PT
When her childhood dream disintegrates, a young queer Chinese daughter and her mother fuse love and remembrance with her sense of purpose.
Content Warning: Flashing images, emotional pain & family expectations, racism
Bio: Writer, director, and development executive Jay Wu's film's have screened at Wicked Queer Boston, Reel Asian Toronto, and other festivals internationally.
Website: carolyn-wu.com / Instagram: @wujayc
Friday, June 10, 2022
7 pm PT
