2020 16th Annual San Francisco International Queer Women of Color Film Festival
2020 16th Annual San Francisco International Queer Women of Color Film Festival
Understanding sprouts into the light as a Black mother grieves.
Content Warning: Death, grief, implied homophobia
Bio: Lagueria Davis is an American film director, writer, and producer. She is best known for her work on the films Light in Dark Places and 1 in 3.
Instagram: @LagueriaDavis
Twitter: @LagueriaDavis
Oakland’s rapid development chokes the growth of a Latina.
Content Warning: Incarceration, displacement
Bio: Actor and writer Jen Robles, also known as “JenRO” in the Bay Area music scene, has directed several music videos. Her award-winning short film, "Mom Too” has screened globally at film festivals for social justice and LGBTQ rights. Jen can be found acting on shows and crime series, such as "I Almost Got Away With It" & "Wives with Knives.” She loves making music and films for change.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/580eastfilm
Instagram: @jenromusic
A queer Catholic woman of color ripens into her own truth.
Bio: Amanda Vigil is an SF born and raised filmmaker & educator. She focuses her talents on making art and impact with the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD).
Black womyn bloom in a utopic haven until one seeks a male child.
Content Warning: Pregnancy termination
Bio: Ashunda Norris is a spiritual being whose soul path was disrupted by the arrival of non-Africans upon her Ancestors’ earth land. In this time sphere of space, she was born and raised in Dublin, Georgia, and works as a filmmaker, poet, critical scholar, and teacher. Using film, experimental techniques, and poetry, Ashunda seeks to explore Black feminism as lived praxis, intraracial gender dynamics, sexuality, body/mind/spirit autonomy, and myth as a form of healing.
Instagram: @rempress
Twitter: @REmpress1
Website: ashunda.com
A stalker uncovers more than he bargained for when he harasses the wrong queer couple.
Content Warning: Brief nudity, fake blood
Bio: Nicole De Meneses is an independent filmmaker producing and directing LGBT films in the Bay Area. Nicole is currently in pre-production on the feature film The Ghost of Stow Lake.
Instagram: @barebonesflicks
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GhostLadySF/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe1YuQ5b0qzYBmBtxy1YpVg/videos
Disseminated across the galaxy, queer humans of color alight on a deserted earth.
Bio: Actor and writer Jen Robles, also known as “JenRO” in the Bay Area music scene, has directed several music videos. Her award-winning short film, "Mom Too” has screened globally at film festivals for social justice and LGBTQ rights. Jen can be found acting on shows and crime series, such as "I Almost Got Away With It" & "Wives with Knives.” She loves making music and films for change.
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/jenro.net
Instagram: @jenromusic
Website: www.jenro.net
Community and connections blossom for queer people of color.
Bio: Ames is an occasional multimedia artist who is passionate about fruit.
SF born and raised, Chey is trying to (re)discover what home and community looks like.
A Black woman’s understanding of gender unfurls in wonder.
Content Warning: Misgendering
Bio: Imani Outen is a non-binary filmmaker/visionary dedicated to exploring and expanding blaqq narratives.
Instagram: @imagesbyimani
Twitter: @imagesbyimani
Portfolio: imagesbyimani.myportfolio.com/work
A trip to the beach untangles the roots of a woman’s subconscious.
Content Warning: Negative self talk
Bio: Kayla is a 6 foot tall nomadic lover of the world and all things art.
Instagram: @Kaaylaa_Renee
Mental health shadows the success of an agender Black person.
Bio: Born and raised in the Bay Area, Nathalie Raiz-Anaya loves stories and contradictions.
Instagram: @nathalieraiz
Twitter: @nathalieraiz
A queer Black woman nurtures chosen community seedlings.
Content Warning: Imagining death
Bio: Tierra Frost is a real one. That's all you need to know.
Instagram: @ttfrostcreates
A Filipina woman remediates toxic ground to propagate love.
Content Warning: Argument, emotionally abusive language
Bio: Syren has a passion for the arts and a drive to fight for equality for all.
Instagram: @syrenselement
Instagram: @syrenthriving
A budding lovergirl in high school hopes to pollinate love with a young mixed-race woman.
Bio: An avid lover of stories and movies, Shawna graduated with two English Literature degrees. She then created, produced, directed, and shot an independent full-length LGBTQ literary web-series. She believes that telling stories of QTPOC and marginalized groups is necessary for positive and accurate media representation of such groups to flourish and become the norm. Shawna's long-term goal is to found a production company that will host and fund film projects created by members of marginalized communities.
An Asian woman seeks to branch out with her girlfriend.
Content Warning: Grief, Death
Bio: Rey Tang is a Northwestern Film Student bringing awareness and positivity to the queer/minority experience by telling stories.
Instagram: @ReyTangerine
Twitter: @ReyTang18
