Queer Brilliance Film Festival

Tuesday, June 21st 7:00pm Humanist Hall 390 27th Street Oakland, CA 94612 Produced by Candy Guinea Event will begin with a reception, followed by the film festival and Q & A with the filmmakers. Co-sponsored by Queer Cultural Center and Endeavor Foundation for the Arts. Tickets: $12-$15, sliding scale and NOTA http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2547332 Queer Brilliance Film Festival (QBFF) is a documentary film festival that features 10 short films created by queer and transgender filmmakers of color that celebrate the theme of not simply surviving within their own communities, but thriving. The films highlight the multiplicity, fierceness, and brilliance of the myriad of experiences within the queer and trans people of color community throughout the country. This is a necessary event that amplifies the voices of queer and transgender people of color in their own words. Come watch short documentary films that are sure to inspire, to amaze, and to incite! Films Featured: "Mazy" Directed by Yuting Jiang "With Conviction" Directed by Dulce Garcia "Mirrorball" Directed by Brad Nguyen and David Carrillo Lombera "Do Not Think For a Moment" Directed by Adria Siu and Vivian Wang "Building With: Christian Eddings" Directed by Lala Openi "Let Me Set the Record Straight" Directed by AK Sampson and Iman Sylvain "Bustin' Out: From Solitary to Re-Entry" Directed by Janetta Johnson "My Beautiful Resistance" Directed by Penny Baldado "Que Siga la Cumbia" Directed by Candy Guinea *ACCESSIBILITY INFO* -Humanist Hall is wheelchair accessible through their 28th Street entrance: 411 28th Street Oakland, CA -Please come frangrance-free. If you need more information about how you can be an ally to folks in our community with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), read this: http://www.brownstargirl.org/blog/fragrance-free-femme-of-colour-realness-draft-15 -There will be a fragrance-free seating section.