Join us for a afternoon celebrating queer art.
Hosted by Skeeter Barker.
Tickets are sliding scale ($0.00 - $50.00) Proceeds will go toward supply collection efforts for the migrant caravan as well as to our featured artists.
Featured Film - "Weeping Inventory”
BOBBI DYCE - Filmmaker
his film utilizes the connection between the slave auction block, and the modern criminal court system to look deeper into the historical connections from slave time forward and present time back.
Featured Film - "Encuentro"
FLORENCIA MANÓVIL - Owner/Producer
A regular night drinking with her party-oriented friends turns into an eye-opening evening when young Claudia encounters the captivating foreigner Isabel, who challenges her perceptions of latinos - and her understanding of herself.
About the Artist:
Florencia Manóvil was voted "Best Filmmaker of the East Bay" for her work as a screenwriter, director, and producer based in Oakland, California. Her web series Dyke Central (https://www.dykecentral.com/florencia-manovil) has been lauded by press and fans alike for the groundbreaking diversity in its representation of LGBTQ characters. Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Manóvil moved to Boston at age 18 to pursue film studies at Emerson College. In 2007 she settled permanently in the Bay Area, where she shot Fiona's Script (2009, http://mynahfilms.wixsite.com/mynahfilms/blank-2), her feature directorial debut. Between 2011 and 2015, Manóvil co-created Dyke Central, a "queer dramedy" episodic, directing and producing the ten-episode long Oakland-based season 1.
In 2016 Manóvil wrote and directed the short "Encuentro" (http://mynahfilms.wixsite.com/mynahfilms/encuentro), which was also awarded a Frameline Completion Fund, and screened at more than 25 film festivals in 2017.
Her new feature, Bridges, is a triptych film about queer women who use different esoteric practices to survive and thrive in a patriarchal world. One of its parts was shot in August 2018, with the rest slated to go into production in early 2019.
ASHLEY SNO - Recording and Performing Artist
About the Artist:
Born and raised in the tri-state area of Maryland known as the DMV, Ashley Sno started singing at age 5, writing poetry at 8, acting at 9, songwriting at 11, and playing the piano and rapping at 12 - Which is also when she began building her skills as a recording and performing artist.
Even if you have never heard her, there's something familiar about her. And even though she feels familiar, she stretches you with something new and inspiring - touching neo-soul, R&B, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Funk, Blues, and more in her music! It's exciting to think of her as the future of music.
Ashely Sno is ready to make waves with music fans all over the world! Listen to her music and you'll see why she is quite possibly the next big thing.
https://www.ashleysno.com/music-artist
AIMA THE DREAMER - Vocalist and MC
About the Artist:
Aima the Dreamer has been rockin' crowds from Oakland to Barcelona, as a vocalist and MC with groups such as Femme Deadly Venoms, J-Boogie's Dubtronic Science, Goddess Alchemy Project and Jazz Mafia. She has opened up for and been on the bill with such greats as Talib Kweli, Roy Ayers, Nneka, Robert Glasper, Mc Lyte, Les Nubians to name a few... Catch Aima the Dreamer hosting and promoting events in the Bay Area and beyond, as well as performing with her group.
https://aimathedreamer.bandcamp.com/