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SAT OCT 14| 3:30 PM | NORTHWEST FILM FORUM
AVAILABLE IN OUR VIRTUAL PROGRAM

**PACIFIC NORTHWEST PREMIERE**

Artist and Activist Jewelle Gomez will be in attendance

JEWELLE: A JUST VISION
Madeleine Lim; 2022; USA; 64 min.

The origins of Black Power, AIDS activism, Afro- and Indigenous futurisms, and marriage equality all shared a driving force: Jewelle Gomez. In JEWELLE: A JUST VISION, award-winning filmmaker Madeleine Lim shows the life of the quiet yet persistent activist and writer. Gomez is an Ioway and Wampanoag, African American, and Cape Verdean femme lesbian, a constant creator, and a founder of renowned organizations. Her prophetic 1991 novel, “The Gilda Stories,” shaped Black speculative fiction, from 1850s slavery through 2050s climate catastrophe. Her plays reclaim queer Black ancestors, including James Baldwin in “Waiting for Giovanni” (2011). Her poems in “Still Water” (2022) elucidate Native American life. JEWELLE: A JUST VISION anchors Gomez’s struggles where the revolutions of our time converge.