Presented by: Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP)
Date: June 13-15, 2008
Venue: Brava Theater, 2789 24th Street, SF
Festival Focus: Queer API Women’s Films & Filmmakers
4 Film Screenings: FREE
The 4th annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival
showcases the explosive stories of our community,
from the quick turns of a dyke couple on a mission to
conceive to the fierce shimmy of big bodacious babes
to the dynamic strut of a queer secret agent, these fly
films will let you get down, get funky and get loose!
Saturday, June 14, 2:00 PM
Panel Discussion “Representations of Queer API Women in the Media”
Featured Panelist & Retrospective Screening: PRATIBHA PARMAR
Moderator: HELEN ZIA
Tickets: $10-$20
Panel Discussion “Representations of Queer API Women
in the Media” will address the challenges and achievements
of queer Asian Pacific Islander women in the media.
Moderated by Helen Zia, award-winning journalist and
author of “Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of
an American People”.
Internationally acclaimed, award-winning filmmaker
Pratibha Parmar has deeply influenced mixed-genre
filmmaking since the 80’s and she continues to bring
fresh representations of queer women of color to the
screen. Our Retrospective Screening highlights three
influential films: KHUSH, an exploration of queer
South Asians in diaspora; BHANGRA JIG, a celebration
of culture and desire; WAVELENGTHS, a quest for love
and intimacy in cyberspace.
Info & Tickets: www.QWOCMAP.org
Email: Festival@qwocmap.org
Phone: 415-752-0868
