Queer film festival starts Monday

Shoreline is hosting the Queer Film Festival every Monday this quarter from 12:30-2 p.m. in the quiet dining room. Everyone is invited to attend and for those that can’t make it the films will be on reserve at the library under “Kleisath, MCS 105”.

Please join us as we watch these films and explores the issues presented.

The lineup of films includes:

• 10/6: “The New Black”
  The New Black is a documentary that tells the story of how the African-American community is grappling with the gay rights issue in light of the recent gay marriage movement and the fight over civil rights
• 10/13: “God Loves Uganda: Have you Heard the Good News?”
  God Loves Uganda is a powerful exploration of the evangelical campaign to change African culture with values imported from America’s Christian Right
• 10/20: “Tales of the Waria: Indonesian Transgender Love Stories”
  Tales of the Waria: Indonesian Transgender Love Stories tells stories of love and longing from transgender women in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim country.
• 10/27: “In God’s House: Asian American Lesbian & Gay Families in the Church”
  In God’s House: Asian American Lesbian & Gay Families in the Church shows how Asian American lesbians and gays have been largely invisible in Christian churches. This honest and thought-provoking film tells a story that the church needs to hear: that of Asian American Christian lesbian and gay people, their pastors, and their parents.
• 11/3: “We Were Here: The AIDS years in San Francisco”
  We Were Here: The AIDS years in San Francisco showcases the story of when AIDS arrived in San Francisco in 1981, and how it decimated a community, but also brought people together in inspiring and moving ways to support and care for one another and to fight for dignity and a cure.
• 11/10: “Mosquita Y Mari”
  Mosquita Y Mari: In a fast-paced immigrant community where dreams are often lost to economic survival, two young Chicanas contemplate life when they stir unexpected desires in each other.
• 11/17: “Pariah”
  Dee Rees’ powerful tale of coming-of-age captures the poignant sense of feeling like a PARIAH. We look at the fine artistic tradition of turning being an outsider into a position of power.
• 11/24: “R/Evolve” with a campus visit from producer, director and star! (Film at 1:30 p.m., Q&A at 3)
  R/Evolve asks “What is the face of equality and what is the price?”