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SUMMARY:Documentary Film: Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo
DESCRIPTION:The remarkable story of queer Filipnxs who\, in the 1990s\, against a racist\, lesbophobic backdrop\, came together for the first time in NYC.\n\n\nBecause of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo (Dahil Sa ‘Yo: Ang Storya Ng Kilawin Kolektibo) traces the history of Kilawin Kolektibo\, a pioneering collective of Filipnxs who came together in NYC in the mid-nineties. Having experienced marginalization in Filipino culture because of their queerness and in mainstream gay culture because of their race\, language\, and gender\, the members of the group sought political empowerment and increased visibility. But above all\, they sought to create a space of friendship and safety for those who found themselves suspended between cultures and identities. Above all\, they sought to create a space of friendship and safety for those who found themselves suspended between cultures and identities. Kilawin Kolektibo allowed them to transform their experience of oppression into one of joy and growth. Kilawin made lasting connections with similar groups in the global Filipinx diaspora\, most significantly\, with Babaylan\, a queer Filipinx group based in Toronto. \nCulling from a treasure trove of over a quarter century’s worth of historic documentation that includes footage\, photographs\, interviews and ephemera\, the film tells the inspiring story of members as they found each other\, fell in love\, and became each other’s lifeblood amidst a society that rejected them. From marching\, partying\, and protesting\, to its oftentimes incestuous sexual politics\, the film serves as an exhilarating memorial to the rebellion and nostalgia of the nineties. \nJoin us during LGBTQ History month\, as we screen this film and hear from the directors and participants of Kilawin Kolektibo\, at the City College of NY\, Shepard Hall Rm 291 at 259 Convent Avenue at 140th street at 6 pm. ASL and CART provided. Free\, light refreshments served. ID needed to enter the building. #1 to 137th St\, ABCD to 145th street. Accessible route: #6 to 125th Street\, then M101 to 140th Street. \nPresented by Third World Newsreel and the Documentary Forum at CCNY and cosponsored by AAARI (Asian American/Asian Research Institute CUNY) and the CCNY LGBTQ+ Student Center. \n\n\n\nDesireena Almoradie (she/they) PRODUCER\, DIRECTOR\, CAMERA\, EDITOR emigrated from Manila\, Philippines at the age of eleven\, settling in the borough of Queens\, New York with her family. She graduated from NYU with a BFA in Film and a Master’s degree at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP). Her works explore collective history with a focus on queer and/or BIPOC lives. She was nominated for an Emmy and has won a GLAAD Media Award for her work on In the Life\, the seminal LGBT news magazine that aired on PBS for two decades. She co-founded the Diverse Filmmakers’ Alliance (DFA)\, a collective of filmmakers from all backgrounds working to diversify the filmmaking landscape. \nHer feature documentary “The Worst Thing”\, released in 2019\, won the jury award for Best Documentary at the 2020 Snowdance Independent Film Festival in Landsberg\, Germany\, and was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2020 Queens World Film Festival in Queens\, NY. \nDesireena was awarded a NYC Women’s Fund for Media\, Prism Foundation Grant\, the Barbara Hammer Experimental Filmmaking Grant\, and the New York State Council on the Arts grant for their documentary Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo\, a collaboration with Barbara Malaran. \nMost recently she won a 2025 Writers Guild Award for Best Promotional Writing for a series of Get Out the Vote ads for the non-profit organization Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. \n\n\n\nBarbara Malaran (they/them) DIRECTOR\, CAMERA\, MUSIC\, EDITOR is an inspiring interdisciplinary artist whose creative journey is all about celebrating autobiographical stories of community through captivating video and audio narratives. Barbara adopts an adventurous approach to travel\, exploring the connections that shape our understanding of home\, identity\, and the passage of time\, while also navigating the beautiful complexities of memory. \nAs a key member of Kilawin Kolektibo\, a vibrant Pinay lesbian collective\, active in the 90s\, Barbara spent crucial years in NYC honing their filmmaking skills by capturing the heartbeat of the collective’s actions—from marches and protests to joyous celebrations. Their passion led them to co-found and serve as an associate producer for Lesbian Central\, the groundbreaking world’s first Lesbian TV talk show on Manhattan Neighborhood Network\, a Public Access Television project sponsored by GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. This platform focused on empowering queer-identified women artists to tell their own stories and connect with the community. Barbara achieved further successes\, which motivated her to pursue a dual degree in Bachelors in Communications and Masters in Media Studies at The New School. She immersed herself in critical theory and audio/video production\, benefiting from mentorships with esteemed artists such as Pia Masse\, Cecilia Dougherty\, and Barbara Hammer. \nToday\, they are the proud recipients of several esteemed grants\, including the NYSCA grant\, the Barbara Hammer Experimental Filmmaker Grant\, and a Prism Foundation Grant\, all of which aim to support their documentary “Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo\,” created in collaboration with Desireena Almoradie. Barbara’s compelling films have graced numerous festivals and exhibitions\, with previous accolades including the Open Initiative Artist Fellowship at The Kitchen in NY\, the American Museum of Natural History\, the Bronx River Arts Center\, Longwood Arts\, The Queens Museum\, the Leslie-Lohman Gallery\, and more recently\, collaborative personal projects endured through the pandemic.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/because-of-you-a-history-of-kilawin-kolektibo/
LOCATION:The City College of New York\, 259 Convent Avenue Shepard Hall\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,In Person
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SUMMARY:Slumlord Millionaire - Film and Talk
DESCRIPTION:Fearless residents and allies battle corrupt landlords and developers for their homes. With the film directors and activists speaking.\n\n\nSLUMLORD MILLIONAIRE is a documentary focused on the housing crisis in NYC. In New York City’s most quickly gentrifying neighborhoods\, a group of fearless residents\, activists\, and nonprofit attorneys fight corrupt landlords and developers for the basic human right to a home. \nThe film features four individual David vs. Goliath battles that clearly expose the human toll of gentrification.: \n🏠Janina Davis\, a former supermodel who is trying to reclaim her home after a deed theft scam; \n🏠Sam and the Bravo family who have been in a legal battle with their landlord for 15 years; \n🏠Ren Ping Chen\, a resident of Manhattan Chinatown who fears his historic community may disappear after the construction of four luxury towers; and \n🏠Moumita Ahmed whose city council campaign was viciously targeted by real estate developer billionaires \nJoin us for this acclaimed PBS documentary\, with the film directors and activists at the City College of NY\, Shepard Hall Rm 291 at 259 Convent Ave at 140th street at 6 PM Oct 8th. Free\, light refreshments served. ID needed to enter the building. Accessible space\, ASL and CART provided. \nPresented by Third World Newsreel\, the Documentary Forum at CCNY and cosponsored by AAARI (Asian Americn/Asian Research Institute CUNY). \nDirections: #1 to 137 st\, ABCD to 145th St. Accessible route: #6 to 125th St\, M101 bus to 140th street. Questions to workshop@twn.org \nFilmmakers Ellen Martinez and Steph Ching directed and produced the award winning documentary AFTER SPRING\, a feature documentary about the Syrian refugee crisis. They were both honorees on DOC NYC inaugural “40 Under 40” list as directors. \n#SlumlordMillionaire #Cinema #Activism #Documentary #HousingRights #HousingJustice \n\n\n\nDIRECTORS & PRODUCERS \nEllen Martinez and Steph Ching directed and produced AFTER SPRING\, a feature documentary about the Syrian refugee crisis. The film was Executive Produced by Jon Stewart\, world premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival\, broadcast on Starz and is the recipient of a Frontline Award for Documentary Journalism. Their work has been supported by the Sundance Institute\, Latino Public Broadcasting\, Firelight Media\, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and NYSCA. They were both honorees on DOC NYC inaugural “40 Under 40” list as directors. As a producer\, Ellen has worked on projects for HBO\, Disney+\, PBS\, Participant Media and Imagine Documentaries and was a Netflix Nonfiction Directing/Producing Fellow. She is originally from Texas but grew up living overseas in Dubai\, Venezuela\, and Syria. She is now based in Brooklyn\, New York. Steph is also an editor and she has worked on “Cameraperson\,” “The Fourth Estate\,” “The Brink\, “Take Out with Lisa Ling” and Netflix’s “White Hot.” She is the proud daughter of Hong Kong immigrants. \nPhoto: Carlos Sanfer \n\n\nPRODUCER \nNicole Tsien (she/her) is an independent producer based in Queens\, New York. She is most passionate about uplifting BIPOC filmmakers and supporting creative documentaries. She previously worked in television for over a decade; most recently as the Director of Program Development at CNN Films where she worked on Little Richard: I Am Everything\, directed by Lisa Cortés\, produced by Bungalow Media + Entertainment; and Glitch: The Rise and Fall of HQ Trivia\, directed by Salima Koroma\, produced by Left/Right. She was formerly the Co-Producer of POV\, the longest-running documentary series on PBS where during her tenure\, she worked to present over 90 films to a national audience and has been the recipient of multiple News and Documentary Emmys\, Peabody\, and duPont-Columbia nominations and awards. Nicole has participated on panels and juries worldwide\, including CAAMFest\, Doc NYC\, and Austin Film Festival. She took part in the inaugural Film Independent Documentary Producing Lab in 2024; was a 2021 Rockwood JustFilms Fellow; and was part of the inaugural cohort of Doc NYC Documentary New Leaders in 2020. Nicole is on the Steering Committee for the Asian American Documentary Network (A-Doc) and serves as a board member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia. \nCO-PRODUCTION / EXECUTIVE PRODUCER – Latino Public Broadcasting \nLatino Public Broadcasting is the leader of the development\, production\, acquisition and distribution of non-commercial educational and cultural media that is representative of Latino people\, or addresses issues of particular interest to Latino Americans. LPB provides a voice to the diverse Latino community on public media throughout the United States. \nCO-PRODUCTION / EXECUTIVE PRODUCER – Firelight Media \nFirelight Media is the premier destination for non-fiction cinema by and about communities of color. Firelight Media produces documentary films\, supports filmmakers of color\, and cultivates audiences for their work. \nCO-PRODUCTION / EXECUTIVE PRODUCER – Center for Asian American Media \nThe Center for Asian American Media is a nonprofit organization dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible. We do this by funding\, producing\, distributing and exhibiting works in film\, television and digital media. For 40 years\, CAAM has exposed audiences to new voices and communities\, advancing our collective understanding of the American experience through programs specifically designed to engage the Asian American community and the public at large.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/slumlord-millionaire-film-and-talk/
LOCATION:The City College of New York\, 259 Convent Avenue Shepard Hall\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,In Person
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SUMMARY:Home Court - film and talk with director
DESCRIPTION:Ashley\, an Asian American high schooler\, faces race\, gender and class challenges as a basketball prodigy.\n\n\nHome Court is the coming-of-age story of Ashley Chea\, a Cambodian American basketball prodigy in Southern California whose life intensifies as recruitment heats up. As she overcomes injury as well as racial and class differences between her home and private school worlds\, in peer groups\, and against rival schools\, Ashley strives to become her own person and leave a legacy behind. \nJoin us for this Indie Pop up in-person screening\, ahead of its airdate on PBS\, as we show this new film and have the director\, Erica Tanamachi join us\, along with guest speakers! \nWednesday March 19th at 6 PM at the City College of NY\, Shepard Hall Room 291 at 259 Convent Avenue at 140th Street. ASL and CART services featured. Light refreshments provided. \nTo get there: #1 to 137th street\, ABCD to 145th Street. Street parking at 6 pm available. Accessible transportation: #6 to 125th Street\, M101 to 140th street. Building and room is accessible for mobility devices. ID required to enter the building. \nQuestions to workshop@twn.org. \nA presentation of Independent Lens\, Third World Newsreel\, the Documentary Forum at CCNY and AAARI\, the Asian American/Asian Research Institute at CUNY. \n\n\n\nErica Tanamachi (Director) Erica Tanamachi is an MFA Cinema graduate of San Francisco State University. Her recent film\, Winn\, attained a PBS distribution deal. She was creative producer for Motherload (2019)\, which won Best International Documentary from Hollywood North Film Awards. Erica also won Best Documentary from The Documentary Foundation for her short\, Living Poets. \n\n\n\nJenn Lee Smith (Producer) Jenn Lee Smith is a queer filmmaker and supporter of underrepresented narrative and documentary films such as Mija (2022) and Pray Away (2021). She was a part of Re-Present Media’s Re-Take Oakland program and is the founder of Bewilder Films\, a production company dedicated to amplifying underrepresented voices. \n\n\n\nBrandon Soun (Producer) Brandon Soun is an emerging Cambodian American filmmaker and an Asian American Studies graduate of UCLA. His work highlights the Cambodian diaspora in America. Brandon was a 2022 Armed-With-A-Camera Fellow and his short\, Conversations at the Register (2022)\, won the “Audience Choice Award” at the 2023 Seattle Asian American Film Festival.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/home-court-film-and-talk-with-director/
LOCATION:The City College of New York\, 259 Convent Avenue Shepard Hall\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,In Person
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