Evento

Blind Angels: Durham, North Carolina & It runs in the family

PROGRAM PRESENTED IN PARTERSHIP WITH SEATTLE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL

Blind Angels: Durham, North Carolina
NW Coast Premiere
Official Selection
Short Documentary
Rated: PG: 13
Country: USA
Director: Umbreen Butt
Year: 2022
Genre: LGBTQ+, Social Issue, Health
Running Time: 9 min.
English, Spanish w/ English subtitles
Synopsis: In Durham, North Carolina, a vibrant and diverse queer chosen family has formed around José Romero, a charismatic organizer who is living with HIV. Together, in a place with unique and daunting challenges, José and their friends are modeling grassroots change, working together to create a community of love, activism, and mutual support. Sunflowers turn to each other when they cant find the sun, Romero says, describing their mission. Thats the kind of work I want to do: finding the light, even when it seems impossible.

It runs in the family
NW Coast Premiere
Seattle Premiere
Feature Documentary
In Competition
Rated: PG: 13
Country: Dominican Republic
Director: ?
Year: 2022
Genre: LGBTQ+, Drama, Biography
Running Time: 84 minutes
Spanish w/ English subtitles
Synopsis: A revelation about Oscar Torres, her unknown and once world-famous queer filmmaker cousin, sends Victoria down a path of self-discovery through reconstructions of his intimate memories living in the 1950s authoritarian Caribbean, as Victoria leads re-enactments of his unproduced screenplays with the family who erased him.

*Mask and Vaccine Card Required