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OC: BODY MODIFICATION

ANGELO MADSEN: A BODY TO LIVE IN Arguably America’s most prominent trans maker, Angelo (North by Current) Madsen has placed their West Coast theatrical premiere here in thee feisty microcinema that, for almost four decades now, has stood up for queer empowerment, sex-worker rights, and the Modern Primitive movement. In fact, ReSearch‘s V Vale, Paul King, and Cleo Dubois–widow of the subject of tonight’s doc–are all on… Read more »

CINE+MAS: The Young & The Dramatic Shorts

https://cinemas17.eventive.org/schedule/the-young-the-dramatic-shorts-68dc2dbfae7971335d6dfdd3 Prepare for an afternoon of emotional depth and contemporary struggle. This powerful shorts program explores the collision of tradition and modernity, testing the resilience of its characters. In “Barrio,” a recent college graduate fights to save her aunt’s beloved Mexican bakery from the creeping shadow of gentrification in Portland. Then there’s “Shelf Life” from Brazil, where an unemployed,… Read more »

OC: ECOSEXUAL EMERGENCY

SPRINKLE/STEPHENS’ PLAYING WITH FIRE Lightning ignites a devastating firestorm, forcing Bay Area artist/activists Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens from their redwood forest home. But the wildfire is just the beginning of their transformative journey, as they craft a cinematic reckoning with the power of fire–with its capacity to destroy and renew. Created through an ecosexual lens (imagining the Earth as a lover), and narrated by a mythic white peacock,… Read more »