by Frances Phillips | Jul 18, 2021 | 2018, Media Arts, News
Filmmaker Sam Ball of Citizen Film has been collaborating with Jewish Family and Community Services – East Bay and other immigrant-serving organizations to create short documentary stories of LGBTQ refugees whose lives or well-being were in danger in their home...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 16, 2021 | 2018, Media Arts, News
On the run in East Africa, Mx. X. wards off evil with a magic broom. In a refugee camp, a growing LGBTQ+ community weaves rainbow bracelets to wear in a daring act of solidarity and resistance. Armed with a new US passport, Hector returns to Mexico for the first time...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 21, 2018 | 2015, Media Arts, News
On Saturday, June 23, at 11 p.m., Brontez Purnell’s film, Unstoppable Feat: The Dances of Ed Mock, will be screened at the Victoria Theatre as part of Frameline’s annual San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival. Developed through a collaboration...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 20, 2014 | 2012, Media Arts, News
Filmmaker Jennifer Kroot’s collaboration with the Japanese American Museum of San Jose has led to creation of To Be Takai, a documentary about actor and activist George Takai, who is known to many fans as the Star Trek helmsman. Kroot’s film explores...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 12, 2013 | News
Valencia, a experimental film adaptation of Michelle Tea’s novel (of the same title) by Hilary Goldberg is premiering on Friday, June 21, at 9 p.m. at the International LGBT Film Festival in San Francisco. Tickets are available online. To develop a film that...
