Opening Night Screening
ROOTS ENTWINED

Friday, June 12, 2020
7:00pm PST
TRT: 81 minutes

From burgeoning seedlings of love, community, and pleasure to the variegated intersections of young queer people of color, the verdant roots of these films entwine with healing and hope.

An Asian American woman with light brown skin floats underwater with her arms above her head, looking thoughtfully to her right. She’s wearing a knit red turtleneck and red lipstick, and the light casts a purple hue over her face. Immediately to her left is a cascade of golden light, and the background is pure black that blends with her hair.

Noodles & Incense
Rey Tang

Closeup shot of a dark purple shoot of flowers, with spiderwebs stringing from each flower. The background is unfocused with many light circles and a light brown color.

Natural
Beatriz Cadenas

A queer Sikh Punjabi nonbinary femme with medium brown skin and curly dark brown hair lays on her side in bed, looking reflectively to her right. The image has an orange-pink hue.

A Love Letter to Navkiran
Navkiran Kaur

A young Brown queer non-binary person with medium brown skin and short black hair sticks their tongue out and smiles as they hold a crushed green lime up above their head. They have bright green pulp dripping down their hands and chin, wearing bright knit green earrings against a bright orange background.

sweetmess
Ashley Marbella Noble & Melissa Octaviano Rosal

A Black woman with dark brown skin woman lays sleeping on her side in bed with her eyes closed and arms tucked underneath her cheek. A white woman is watching her in the far right of the image; only the tips of her hair, her neck and her shoulders can be seen. The sleeping woman is wearing a grey long sleeved shirt and straight black hair; the pillow she’s sleeping on is white, and the lighting casts a grey-blue color on the image.

Light in Dark Places
Lagueria Davis

A genderfluid queer Pilipinx person with medium brown skin and short black hair stands under the shower, with closed eyes, hands gripping both sides of their neck, and mouth slightly parted. They are wearing two large clear jeweled earrings and are naked. The lighting is a warm brown /beige color.

Tessellation - A Take on Intersectionality
MK Veniegas

A closeup shot of a gay Japanese American man with medium brown skin smiling at the camera. He’s positioned to the right of the image, with short black hair and short beard and mustache, wearing a pink bandana. His head is framed by a pink hula hoop and a green metal arch with dark green leaves and tree branches in the background.

every goddamn new jordan
Natalie Kim

A queer half Chinese, half Malay woman with medium brown skin looks fiercely at the camera, one fist raised in front of her face. Her dark brown hair is in two braids, and she’s wearing a black tank top. The lighting is warm, casting an orange hue on her skin, and the background is dark red and black.

16
Kristal Chan

A Filipina woman with medium brown skin is kissing a medium brown skinned Puerto Rican woman in dark orange lighting. The woman on the left of the photo is wearing a red tank top with pierced ears, closed eyes, and long black hair. The woman on the right of the photo is wearing a black tank top and has brown hair.

Love & Pride
Syren Jordan

A close up image of a Black woman with dark brown skin looking to the bottom right of the image, reading a piece of paper. She has black twists with gold beads and is wearing a black tank top. She’s sitting outside, in front of an open white door and blue shingled wall.

Conversations with Atlas
Tierra Frost

An agender Black person with dark brown skin, short curly light brown hair, wearing glasses, a nose piercing, a ring on their third finger, overalls and a floral grey shirt looks down in frustration. A Black Masc Presenting Womxn to their right looks at them; we can see their hair and part of their neck. The background behind both of them is white.

Crashing
Nathalie Isabel Raiz-Anaya

Two women are standing on a beach with blue sky and a hill dotted with houses in the background. On the left, a Black Filipina woman with dark brown skin and curly black hair wears a black wetsuit and holds a bright blue surfboard while looking to the right at a white Latinx woman with light skin and blonde hair. The white Latinx woman is looking to her left and is wearing a black bikini.

Finding Ambiance
Kayla Patterson

A black and white image of two young Black people sitting on a couch, facing each other and laughing. On the left, a young Black woman with medium brown skin and long dark curly hair wears a striped dress. On the right, a young Black nonbinary person points to their left, wearing a fedora, dark sweater over white button down, and slacks.

How to Respect Gender Pronouns
Imani Outen

A young Chinese nonbinary person with medium brown skin and short black hair, and a young Latinx woman with medium brown skin and long brown hair sit outside on a black bench, both holding up yellow fruit and looking at one another. In the background there are dark green rosemary bushes with purple flowers, and green trees with red flowers. The young Chinese person is wearing a dark navy windbreaker over a dark blue t shirt with white lettering. The young Latinx woman is wearing a jacket that’s blue on the outside and white with red stripes on the inside, and a warm brown shirt.

Slice by Slice
Ames Ma & Chey Yen

Two Black queer womyn wrap their arms around each other and smile. The womyn on the left has shoulder-length black hair with gold beads, wearing a black tank top and grinning as she puts her arms around the other woman’s shoulders. The womyn on the right has long black braids with gold thread, wearing a long-sleeved black shirt while looking down and smiling as she reaches her hand up to hold the other woman’s arm. They’re standing against a warm beige background with orange lighting.

Temperance
Shyla Hardwick