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Spirit: A Century of Queer Asian American Activism

  • Brava Theater Center 2781 24th Street San Francisco, CA, 94110 United States (map)

Queer Rebels presents "SPIRIT: A Century of Queer Asian Activism"

A Film & Video program

May 11, 7pm

Innovative. Risky. Expansive. From the Asian avant-garde to 1960's activists, Angel Island poets to Slam champions, the Queer Asian Diaspora comes alive through performance, films, and discussion. We honor our community and those who came before us.

FILMMAKERS:
VONA literary fellow, Celeste Chan
Golden Golden filmmaker, Erica Cho
Experimental storyteller, Yvette Choy
Feminist fabulist filmmaker, Miki Foster
Poet liberationist, Vanessa Huang
Absurdist artist, Laura Hyunjhee Kim
Activist/filmmaker/femme fatale, So Yung Kim
Experimental artist, Jai Arun Ravine
Award-winning filmmaker/scholar/performance artist, Tina Takemoto
Shut Up White Boy and Kieu filmmaker, Vũ T. Thu Hà

Don't miss the amazing panel discussion May 11   3pm at Brava Theater Center FREE!!

PANELISTS:
Conscientious objector and Veteran Artists founder, Stephen Funk
QWOCMAP founder, Madeleine Lim
Film studies doctoral candidate, Munira Lokhandwala
Scholar, mentor, and activist of 40+ years, Trinity Ordona
Post-humanist feminist scholar, Margaret Rhee
Dragonfruit oral history founder and Ethnic Studies Dean, Amy Sueyoshi