QTBIPOC SHORTS
Streaming May 6-9 throughout the world!
Live Q&A with QTBIPOC creators May 8 @ 7:00 PM PST
This international array of films explores the stories of QTBIPOC communities who refuse to remain in the margins of their own lives.
Stream our accompanying FREE LIVE Q&A via Facebook, Youtube, and our watch portal with special local guests - creators of wonderfully heartwarming Lego Harry Potter and the Transgender Witch.
BONUS FREE CENTERPIECE WEB SERIES CONVERSATION
Local Guests from Theatre Battery: Logan Ellis and Donato Fatuesi chat with Cooper Sealy PhD and programmer Naya Simone about their Youtube series Lego Harry Potter & The Transgender Witch, a queer parody fan fiction return to Hogwarts. First Year student, Quincy, (Donato Fatuesi) navigates life as an out transgender witch. J. K. Rowling never imagined this, but we did!
Subscribe to their Youtube channel for more episodes!
TO YOU MY LOVE
Olivia Gastaldo; 2021; USA; 5 min.
An artful connection of music, movement, and light tells the touching story of two queer lovers.
KAPAEMAHU
Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, and Joe Wilson; 2020; USA; 9 min.
Integrating animation with Hawaiian historical culture to explore the story of third-gender identity, this gorgeous short has earned numerous awards and a generous handful of jury selection recognitions.
SATAN’S TEARS
Andrew Lush; 2020; USA; 4 min.
Kyler O’Neal’s debut music video is a sensuous dance film that explores queer friendship and queer healing.
ROSIE
Paula Cajiao; 2020; USA; 9 min.
A man walks into an after-hours bar, treating himself to a last drink before heading home. There, he meets someone who’s not what he expects.
A CONVERSATION
Louise Sautron; 2020; France; 3 min.
A blend of sound, images, and text invites us into an intimate conversation that reminds us that self-acceptance is an act of resistance.
ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER
Gabrielle Grimm; 2020; USA; 4 min.
This short documentary showcases the amazing efforts and talents of Black LGBTQ+ leaders as they host a BLM march in Seattle.
NIISH MANIDOOWAG (TWO SPIRITED BEINGS)
Debbie S. Mishibinijima; 2017; Canada (First Nations); 6 min.
Four youth travel the Bebamikawe Trail on Wiikwemkoong Unceded First Nation Territory. Two are Two Spirited and discuss the confrontations and acceptance they have encountered and how it has affected their ability to experience and learn their culture.
I AM ME
Jazmine Smith; 2018; Canada (First Nations); 4 min.
Jazmine grew up in Flying Dust, Saskatchewan, as a boy who felt out of place… until discovering makeup, which helped her begin her journey into womanhood. This is a story of acceptance, self-love, and jewelry.
GIMME ONE
Montague Fitzgerald; 2020; UK; 14 min.
Equal parts ballroom performance and documentary, this immersive short paints portraits of five vogue artists living in the UK. This fascinating transposition of queer Black and Latinx American cultural expression celebrates resistance through shared bodies in motion.
Running time: 81 min.
CONTENT WARNINGS: IMPLIED VIOLENCE, DISCUSSION OF FAMILIAL REJECTION, NUDITY, BRIEF VIOLENT IMAGERY
This program is co-presented by Langston Seattle/Seattle Black Film Festival, Black Cinema Collective, Puget Soundworks, Pickford Film Center, and UTOPIA WA.
