Date & Time: Saturday, September 17th, 1-2:30pm
Location: Academy of Music Theatre, 274 Main Street, Northampton, MA 01060
The short documentaries included in this program bring together films that screened at this year’s Outfest Fusion LGBT People of Color Film Festival as well as Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival. These seven short documentaries showcase bold new voices of queer cinema in their exploration of the lives of queer people of color who find a way to balance creative passion and family while embracing their personal truths.
MADE OF SUGAR Director: Kevin Rios (6min)
A loss of cultural identity examined through three generations of a Cuban-American family.
NEW QUEER SOUTH: INSTABABY Director: Rosie Haber ’06 (7min)
A young queer couple in Mississippi try to adopt a baby on Instagram. In collaboration with The Front.
GONNA SIP THAT SIP, HIT THAT DIP: THE EMERGING QUEER HIP-HOP MOVEMENT Director: Willyum Beck & Chasson Gracie (13min)
Documents the fresh voices of an emerging queer hip hop movement as it breaks out into the mainstream.
GAYSIANS Director: Vicky Du (13 min)
Queer and trans Asian-Americans explore their relatiosnhips with their traditional families.
http://vickydu.com/gaysians/
BROCKINGTON Director: Sergio Ingato, Maggie Sloan, & Mason Sklut (8min)
Blake Brockington is like any other high school student just trying to fit in. Identifying as transgender in North Carolina, there have been many hurdles in Blake’s life.
http://outflixfestival.org/portfolio-items/brockington/
POSHIDA: HIDDEN LGBT PAKISTON Director: F. Fiaz (2016, 30 min)
A web of voices reveal Pakistan’s complicated relationship with queerness.
LIBERTAD Director: Brenda Avila-Hanna (9min)
A short documentary featuring the incredible Alejandra Santiago, an indigenous transwoman from Oaxaca whose life journey transcends multiple borders.