Fri Jun 13, 2008 - Sun Jun 15, 2008 QWOCMAP presents The 4th Annual Queer Women Of Color Film Festival Website

Description The 4th annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival (QWOCFF) is a 3-day Film Festival, featuring 35 films in 4 screening programs, of which 30 are brand-new QWOCMAP films. This year's Festival includes a Featured Screening of queer Asian Pacific Islander women's films, four Q&A sessions with filmmakers, and a Panel Discussion and Retrospective Screening with internationally acclaimed British South Asian filmmaker Pratibha Parmar. Admission is FREE to all film screenings; special events have a nominal entrance fee. Please arrive early to ensure seating! The Queer Women of Color Film Festival is held every year in June in San Francisco and features films that address the vital social justice issues that concern women of color and our communities, authentically reflect our life stories, and build community through art and activism. Enjoy the creativity of emerging media atrists who are Asian/Pacific Islander, Black/African American, Chicana/Latina, Native American and Mixed-Race lesbians, bisexual, queer and questioning women in the Bay Area. Now in its fourth year, the festival started in June 2003 in one room at the San Francisco's LGBT Center with a free screening that drew standing-room-only crowds. In 2005, the packed annual screenings expanded into the 1st Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival. Now held in the full-sized Brava Theatre- the festival is still free, thanks to generous grants, donors and partners and includes free refreshments and an exciting featured panel (with a sliding-scale admission) each year. Festival Schedule: FRIDAY, JUNE 13 7:30 pm (Doors Open 6pm) - Opening Night Screening: Kindred Queers From a young girl's magical waltz with the moon, to a mother-daughter tango of fear and acceptance, to the quick turns of a dyke couple on a mission to conceive, these films will shake you in a samba of spirit and determination. * Kindred Queers * Q&A with filmmakers 10pm Opening Night After Party ($5 - $20) Celebrate the opening of the film festival! Heavy Rotation @ El Rio: 3158 Mission Street, SF SATURDAY, JUNE 14 2pm (Doors Open 1pm) Panel Discussion & Retrospective Screening: PRATIBHA PARMAR ($10-$20) Internationally acclaimed, award-winning filmmaker Pratibha Parmar has deeply influenced mixed-genre filmmaking since the 80's and 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; and Wavelengths, a quest for love and intimacy in cyberspace. Our Panel Discussion "Representations of Queer API Women in the Media" will address the challenges and achievements of queer Asian Pacific Islander women filmmakers. The panel will be moderated by Helen Zia * Retrospective Screening: Khush, Bhangra Jig, Wavelengths * Featured Panel: "Representations of Queer Asian Women in the Media." 5pm (Doors Open 4pm) Featured Screening: From Queer API Women With Love This Featured Screening by queer Asian Pacific Islander women showcases powerhouse combinations, from a tricky tap dance with immigration agents, to lyrical interpretations of grief, to the dynamic strut of a queer secret agent, these films are a vibrant groove of heritage, humor and insight. * From Queer API Women With Love * Q&A with filmmakers 8pm (Doors Open 7pm) Featured Screening: From Queer API Women With Love Repeat Screening * From Queer API Women With Love * Q&A with filmmakers SUNDAY, JUNE 15 3pm (Doors Open 2pm) Centerpiece Screening: Sexily Subversive From a 12-year-old who tip-toes around her boyish desires, to the visual legacies embodied by Black women, to the fierce shimmy of big bodacious babes, these films will spin, sway and swing you on the streets and between the sheets. Contains explicit content. * Sexily Subversive * Q&A with filmmakers 6pm (Doors Open 5pm) Closing Night Screening: Delectably Yours From a serial dater who always breaks up at the same restaurant, to a rebellious zapateado against green tortillas, to tasty platanos from the lands of merengue, salsa and calypso, these delectable films will move you while they satisfy your hunger for community and connection. * Delectably Yours * Q&A with filmmakers 10pm Closing Night Party ($5 - $20) Celebrate the close of the film festival! Zap The Monkey Bar: 2730 21st Street, SF

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