Pride Foundation Is Building a World Where Everyone Can Live Openly, Safely, and Genuinely
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Pride Foundation is building a world where everyone can live openly, safely, and genuinely. No matter your zipcode. We here at the festival We are excited to share are harnessing the pow- these truly heroic stories er and inspiration of our with you and continue trans superQUEERoes to provide a space for to embody strength, transgender, non-binary, We are proud to support resilience, and an on- and gender-diverse indi- going dedication to viduals to come together Translations Seattle fighting for our rights, to see films that reflect celebrating trans visi- their experiences on Transgender Film Festival! bility, and using film to open hearts and minds. screen. Three Dollar Bill Cinema exists to provide With our combined powers, just imagine what the LGBTQ2+ community with a space to come we can do! Check out the next page of this guide together to see themselves reflected on screen. where you can meet the superQUEERoes! Now more than ever, it is so important that we continue to provide a platform for transgender This year at the festival, we have 45 films from storytellers to get their work in front of audiences 10 countries, including Italy, Brazil, Costa Rica, who so desperately need them; to see the real-life Australia, and India. We kick off the festival superQUEERoes of the transgender community. I with the stunning THE GARDEN LEFT BEHIND, hope that you will see yourself, find growth, and winner of the audience award at SXSW! We BE WHO YOU ARE, are inspired from the stories presented through- close the festival with JACK AND YAYA, a re- out the festival. What are your superpowers? WHERE YOU ARE minder of the power of lifelong trans friendship. pridefoundation.org There’s a lot to choose from at the festival this year, Happy Fest, and we hope you’ll be inspired! Ben McCarthy Go trans superQUEERoes, go! EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Sam Berliner FESTIVAL DIRECTOR 1 SUPERQUEEROES FESTIVAL STAFF ALOK VAID-MENON Alok (they/them) is a gender non-conforming performance artist, writer, and educator. Their FESTIVAL STAFF eclectic style and poetic challenge to the gender binary have been internationally renowned. They were recently the youngest recipient of the Live Works Performance Act Award granted to TRANSLATIONS PROGRAM BOX OFFICE PROGRAM GUIDE ten performance artists across the world. In 2017 they released their inaugural poetry chapbook FESTIVAL DIRECTOR GUIDE EDITOR MANAGER PROOFREADERS “Femme In Public.” www.alokvmenon.com Sam Berliner Richard Isaac Leah Gold Naomi Davidson Sandra Mitchell CHRIS E. VARGAS THREE DOLLAR BILL PRINT TRAFFIC BOX OFFICE STAFF Chris E. Vargas is a video maker & interdisciplinary artist whose work uses humor and perfor- Sheri Quirt CINEMA EXECUTIVE COORDINATOR Carl Harris mance to explore the complex ways that queer and trans people negotiate spaces for themselves. DIRECTOR Mocha Jean Herrup Ellison Shieh His films, including CRIMINAL QUEERS (2015) (Translations 2017), have screened around the Ben McCarthy FESTIVAL PUBLICIST world. He is the Executive Director of MOTHA, the Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art, an Eric Sorlien Rachael Brister arts & hirstory institution highlighting the contributions of trans art to the cultural and political OPERATIONS Jaci Dahlvang landscape. www.chrisevargas.com OUTREACH & MANAGER EDUCATION Alisha Nieh CONCESSIONS LEAD HINALEIMOANA WONG-KALU MANAGER SCREENING Jessica Mango Kumu Hina is a kanaka maoli teacher, cultural practitioner and community leader in Hawai'i. She Megan Garbayo HOUSE MANAGERS COMMITTEE was a founding member of Kulia Na Mamo, a community organization established to improve the Erica Olson Ben Caucci DESIGN INTERN quality of life for māhūwahine (transgender women). She is the cultural director at Hālau Lōkahi, a PROGRAMMING Charlotte Scheper Hannah Cropf school that uses Native Hawaiian culture, history and education as tools for developing and empow- ASSISTANT Halil Aybar Emmett Stanfield ering the next generation. She is the main subject of the documentary, KUMU HINA, which has Mocha Jean Herrup Heidi Swenson TRANSLATIONS screened all over the world, including SQFF 2014! www.kumuhina.com Milo Jackson Hannah Balenda TRAILER FESTIVAL ARTWORK Jaelynn Scott KATE BORNSTEIN Reggie Gulley Jeremy Cropf Since 1989, non-binary trans trailblazer Kate Bornstein has—with humor and spunk—ushered us into Anthony Keo Robert Schultze Kai Tillman a world of limitless possibility through a daring re-envisionment of the gender system as we know it. Maria Turner-Carney STREET TEAM LEAD Kate has written many influential books including “Gender Outlaw” and “My New Gender Work- SUPERQUEERO PARTIES Mitchell Hunter T.J. Elston book.” KATE BORNSTEIN IS A QUEER & PLEASANT DANGER, the documentary directed by ARTIST COORDINATOR Naya Owusu Sam Feder, was Translations’ Closing Night Film in 2014! www.katebornstein.com Hunter Rook Jake Taylor Raine Dozier OUTREACH VOLUNTEER Rhys Miller LESLIE FEINBERG VOLUNTEER TECHNICAL John Rodriguez Leslie Feinberg, who identified as anti-racist white, working-class, secular Jewish, transgender, les- COORDINATOR MANAGER Ryan Diaz bian, female, and a revolutionary communist was an author and grassroots activist known in LGBTQ Megan Duncan Gina Hicks Sabel Roizen movements around the world. Hir impact on mass culture was primarily through hir 1993 first novel, West Liberty “Stone Butch Blues,” a groundbreaking work about the complexities of gender. Feinberg died in 2014 and hir partner, Minnie Bruce Pratt, continues to maintain hir website where the novel can be Zawan Ushari Mahmoud downloaded as a PDF for free. www.lesliefeinberg.net MISS MAJOR GRIFFIN-GRACY A veteran of the Stonewall Riots, former sex worker, and survivor of Attica State Prison, trans- gender elder and activist Miss Major has fought for over 40 years to create visibility and equity for trans women of color. She is fiercely committed to justice, which shows through her work as a HIV/ THREE DOLLAR BILL CINEMA BOARD OF DIRECTORS AIDS treatment advocate, and leadership of the Transgender, Gender Variant and Intersex Justice Project. MAJOR!, the documentary directed by Annalise Ophelian, was Translations’ Opening PRESIDENT TREASURER Lily Supardan Night Film in 2016! www.missmajor.net Sunny Burns Taylor Steenstra Samantha Williams WILLY WILKINSON Willy Wilkinson is an award-winning transgender writer and public health trainer/consultant on equal VICE PRESIDENT ADVISOR access for LGBTQ populations. Willy’s memoir “Born on the Edge of Race and Gender: A Voice Dave Hinshaw Rachael Brister for Cultural Competency” (winner of the 2016 Lambda Literary Award in transgender non-fic- tion) blends his intersectional experiences of race, gender, sexuality, disability, class, and par- enthood with lessons from the fields of cultural competency, public health, and policy advocacy. www.willywilkinson.com 2 3 SPONSORS SPONSORSFEATURES MAJOR ANNUAL SPONSORS HOSPITALITY SPONSORS GENEROUS SUPPORT MEDIA SPONSORS GRAND SPONSORS SGN Seattle Gay News FRIEND SPONSORS SUPPORTING SPONSORS 4 5 TICKET INFO REGULAR SCREENINGS GENERAL ADMISSION . .. $14 MEMBERS, YOUTH, SENIOR, AND DISABLED . $11 Youth are 25 and under, Seniors are 65 and over. FULL FESTIVAL PASS . $100 FULL FESTIVAL PASS (MEMBERS) . $85 LOOK FOR FREE EVENTS THROUGHT THE PROGRAM GUIDE AND ON THE SCHEDULE PAGE! OPENING NIGHT GENERAL ADMISSION . .. $22 fluxidentity.org MEMBERS . $19 CLOSING NIGHT GENERAL ADMISSION . $15 MEMBERS . $12 Raising the profile of the Trans* and Gender Non-Conforming community by leveraging social events, creating safe spaces, and CONTENT WARNING KEY innovative advocacy initiatives. VL VULGAR LANGUAGE NU NUDITY DU DRUG USE IV IMPLIED VIOLENCE GV GRAPHIC VIOLENCE NS NON-EXPLICIT SEXUAL SITUATIONS DEPICTION OR DISCUSSION OF SELF ES EXPLICIT SEXUAL SITUATIONS SH HARM DR DEPICTION OR DISCUSSION OF RAPE DS DEPICTION OR DISCUSSION OF SUICIDE FLUX is a national division of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF). 7 OPENING NIGHT CLOSING NIGHT THE GARDEN LEFT BEHIND JACK & YAYA THURSDAY, MAY 2 7 PM NORTHWEST FILM FORUM SUNDAY, MAY 5 7:15 PM GAY CITY Flavio Alves; 2019; USA; 88 min.; in English and Spanish with English subtitles Jen Bagley & Mary Hewey; 2018; USA; 83 min. NORTHWEST PREMIERE! SPEAKER AND GUESTS SCHEDULED TO ATTEND WEST COAST PREMIERE! GUESTS SCHEDULED TO ATTEND CONTENT WARNING: VL, GV, NU, NS CONTENT WARNING: NU, DU, DS, VL resh from its premiere at SXSW comes an ack and Yaya’s friendship rivals the closest incredibly timely film about Tina, a young of bonds. Neighbors since toddlerhood, Speaking of lifelong friendship, transwoman, and her grandmother Eliana, they have a deep, supportive connection have we got the event for you! Fas they navigate Tina’s transition and their struggle thatJ ensures that they are never alone as they Join us for the fourth annual Trans to build a life as undocumented immigrants SPECIAL SPEAKER: endure the many trials associated with being Shorts & Speed Friending event for some fun movies, a friending activity in New York City. Tina (played with poise and Agaiotupu Isyss trans. These two created safe spaces for one Honnen is a Pacific with discussion prompts, and refresh- depth by newcomer Carlie Guevara) luckily has Islander queer, trans another to grow and explore their identities ments! Your new best friend could be right around the corner� Check a supportive group of transwomen friends but is femme, fa’afafine from before they could truly understand it for out page 24 for more details! Samoa. She is the faced with seemingly insurmountable challenges, Director of TRANS- themselves.