JEANNETTE
*PACIFIC NORTHWEST PREMIERE*
TUE OCT 18| 5:00 PM | NORTHWEST FILM FORUM
AVAILABLE VIRTUALLY OCT 18-23
JEANNETTE
Maris Curran; 2022; USA; 78 min.
English and Spanish, with English subtitles
As a survivor of the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, Jeannette's life has been marked by violence, trauma, loss, and grief. A queer single mother to a teenage boy, a fitness instructor, and bodybuilder, Jeannette's perseverance is not despite or because of the unthinkable event she endured, but because of the choices she made following it: to continue to forge ahead with strength, courage, and love.
CONTENT WARNINGS: IMPLIED VIOLENCE, DISCUSSION OF HOMOPHOBIC/TRANSPHOBIC VIOLENCE
Plays with:
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