excerpts from still black will be screened at translastions: seattle’s transgender film festival. may 10th @ 5 p.m. will be the last time official excerpts from “still black” will be shown to the public before it’s official release this fall!
so, if any of you are in the pacific northwest, check it out. also check out the list of other trans/genderqueer films at the festival: Translations
the screenings, thus far, have been awesome. the response and feedback we have recieved for the project has been nothing short of magical. as such, we have an added screening of select excerpts of “still black: a portrait of black transmen.”
april 26th @ 8 p.m. @ GENDER FUSIONS 4 (Columbia College Chicago: Conaway Center, 1104 S. Wabash, 1st Floor) $5 students / $10 general
The headliners of the event: Marga Gomez, Matthew Hollis, Ryka Aoki de La Cruz, and Teatro Luna
*all proceeds of GENDER FUSIONS will support the post-production of the film. if you can’t make it to the event and still want to donate to the project, please visit our website. we are still seeking to reach our goal of raising $5,000 to complete the project.
save the dates
for the first time ever, official excerpts from still black: a portrait of black transmen will be presented to the public at the following venues:
april 9th @ 8:30 p.m. at the university of illinois urbana-champaign’s “reel queer film festival”
april 25th @ 8 p.m. at northwestern university’s queertopia!–$5 students/$10 general
april 26th @ the center on halsted (glbtq center) in chicago
the director (me) and producer will be in attendance at all of the events, two of which are free! for more information, email awilda@blackstarmedia.org
my recent film, “still black: a portrait of black transmen” is STILL in the fundraising process. as such, we have started a campaign to sell t-shirts. check out one of our shirts below and visit our cafepress store by clicking here to contribute to this groundbreaking and VERY important film. if you purchase a t-shirt, you not only get an awesome shirt, but a credit in the final film!
it would be cool if any of you new york heads could check it out. support the arts!
peace
-krz
This Thursday, August 23rd Queer Black Cinema presents Just|BE- Part I. The event will be hosted by spoken word artist, Baron. And will feature the NYC premiere of “Hokum” by Chicago filmmaker, Kortney Ryan Ziegler, as well as the feature film “Fluidity” by New York Filmmaker, LaJon Daniels.
Tickets can be purchased in advance for only $8 or at the door for $10/ For more information on these special events please visit www.JustBE.queerblackcinema.org.
1. i did not quit blogging because of the racisms of the blogosphere. i am in school, i am a filmmaker and i have a number of other projects to tend to that did not/do not fit in with blogging. the article in colorlines, incorrectly stated that i left because of an article at feministing and the general racisms of the blogosphere–however, that isn’t true. at the time of the interview of the article (which took place in september of 2006–way before i stopped blogging), i did mention i was taking a break because of the drama and hostility associated with blogging, however, i returned and eventually quit on december 18th due to my rigorous coursework in my doctoral program—not solely because of racism (although, it did make my leave much, much easier).
2. when i was interviewed at feministing and saw the copious amounts of racial hatred spewed at me, i emailed both jessica and celina to remove the infamous interview. jessica told me it was up to celina to remove it and celina told me it was up to jessica to remove it. sadly, i felt that both of them intentionally told me different things in order to avoid taking down the interview. even at my request to remove it, they kept the interview up and subsequently closed comments. i cannot and will not support a “feminist” site that willingly allowed me to be publicly humiliated.
3. although i have stepped away from blogging, i do, from time to time, check in on things. it is depressing and upsetting to see that nothing has changed. the same ol’ same ol’. women of color are continuously attacked for speaking their mind. white feminists continue to “run things.” and lesbians (of all colors)….i don’t even know where we are…still don’t seem to be a part of “feminism.”
4. i still think full frontal feminism is wack, and no, i have not read the book. so what.
i’m glad i gave up calling myself a feminist a while ago.
anyways, that’s all i had to say. stay up BFP’s, BlackAmazon’s, Shannon’s, Sylvia’s, Elle’s…and all the other bright women of color who continue to raise hell.
(don’t you wanna be like these folks?)
