9th annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival

June 14 – 16, 2013
9th annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP)
Brava Theater Center
2789 24th Street
San Francisco, USA

The 9th annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival in California premieres 55 short films in 5 screening programs. The festival also showcases films from across the U.S. created through the QWOCMAP Film & Freedom Academy. The programme is online now at the festival site: http://www.qwocmap.org/festival.html
All film screenings of the 2013 Queer Women of Color Film Festival are FREE of charge. The festival is very popular and seats fill very fast.

Bridge To Truth – film screening and panel discussion
Saturday
June 15, 7pm
at Brava Theater

The fertile histories and lush cultures of Southwest Asian, North African/Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, South Asian communities drown in vilification, yet hope and activism spring up around the world. From candlelit prayer rugs to sweaty nights as a DJ, to feminist waves that carry across the seas, to unheard perspectives on the simmering Syrian revolution, these films honor their stories, resistance and truth. After the screening, filmmakers and activists converge in a panel discussion to address Islamophobia and racism, and bridge LGBTQ human rights, spiritual acceptance and social justice movements.

About the QWOCMAP

The 9th annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival is presented by Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP). This organisation promotes the creation, exhibition and distribution of new films and videos that increase the visibility of queer women of color, authentically reflect our life stories, and address the vital social justice issues that concern our communities.
They actively invest in, develop and nurture the creativity of emerging media artists who are Asian/Pacific Islander, Black/African American, Chicana/Latina, Native American and Mixed-Race lesbians, bisexual, queer and questioning women in the Bay Area by runing free video workshops in San Francisco. QWOCMAP began in 2000, and has been training filmmakers.