QWOCMAP Film Festival: Centerpiece Screening “Gathering Sweetness”

Where: Presidio Theatre

When: Saturday, June 10, 2023 | 8 PM PST

About: For QWOCMAP’s 19th anniversary Festival, “Forever Rooted,” join us for a Center-sponsored screening of GATHERING SWEETNESS, clusters of intimacy and loving connection, from abundant queer Black love intertwined with grief to a celestial romance and Latinx and South Asian women coming of age, the vibrant fruiting bodies of these films exude queer joy and community.

All films are subtitled for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing and Audio Described for the Blind and Low Vision, and ASL interpretation will be provided along with many other forms of accessibility.

The Center is excited to sponsor the screening of Lavender, A Lesbian Love Story, by Jordana Allen-Shim. 

Synopsis: A South Asian woman wavers between a lavender marriage to appease her family and a flourishing true love.

Content Warnings: Homophobia

Image Description: White text on black reads: 19th annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival, Presidio Theatre, 99 Moraga Ave, SF. Below is a film still of a Persian non-binary lesbian leans in forehead to forehead with a South Asian woman. They both have their eyes closed. Light blue text on film still reads: Lavender: A Lesbian Love Story by Jordana Allen-Shim. Symbols below include QWOCMAP logos and ASL, Assistive Listening, Open Captions, Audio Description, Wheelchair, Walker, Cane, Blind, All Genders, Service Animal, Free Admission, and Scent Free Zone.

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