QUEER CURRENTS: A NIGHT OF EXPERIMENTATION IS A ONE-NIGHT SHOWCASE SPOTLIGHTING EMERGING QUEER FILMMAKERS ABDU MONGO ALI, MARKELE CULLINS, RYAN LUIS FULLER, RRAINE HANSON, TRÂM ANH NGUYÊN, AND JADE WONG. THESE EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILMS CHALLENGE LONGSTANDING STRUCTURES WHILE EXPLORING THEMES OF IDENTITY, CULTURE, AND EXISTENCE. WITH A FOCUS ON INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO NARRATIVE AND VISUAL STORYTELLING, THIS PROGRAM CELEBRATES FRESH PERSPECTIVES AND SUBVERTED LENSES WITHIN QUEER CINEMA. JOIN US FOR A NIGHT OF QUEER FILM AND COMMUNITY.
“SINCE HIS BEGINNINGS IN THE CHURCH CHOIR, SERPENTWITHFEET HAS PAINTED SOULFUL MELODIES AKIN TO COLORFUL BRUSHSTROKES WITH HIS VOICE. JUST AS A PAINTER ADDS LAYERS TO CREATE DEPTH AND TEXTURE, THE NEW YORK-BASED ARTIST WEAVES EMOTIONS AND A VIBRANT PERSPECTIVE INTO HIS MUSIC. WITH GRIP, SERPENT’S THIRD STUDIO ALBUM, HE CONTINUES TO BUILD UPON HIS ESTABLISHED STYLE OF ALT-R&B AND NEO-SOUL YET VENTURES INTO NEW TERRITORY, EXPLORING FRESH DIMENSIONS OF SOUND AND STORYTELLING. MUCH LIKE AN IMPASTO PAINTING, HIS WORK IS RICH WITH LAYERS, INVITING LISTENERS TO IMMERSE THEMSELVES IN HIS RHYTHMIC ACCOUNT OF INTIMACY, LOVE, AND CELEBRATION.”
[…] “AFTER WEEKS OF INTERVIEWING TWENTY 20-SOMETHINGS AROUND THE LOS ANGELES AREA AND CAPTURING THEIR PORTRAIT, ONE THING HAS STOOD OUT: WE'RE MORE INTERCONNECTED THAN WE SOMETIMES REALIZE. IN THESE INTERVIEWS, WHERE EACH INDIVIDUAL RANGES IN AGE, CLASS, SEXUALITY, AND RACE, THE COMMON THREAD IS THAT WE ARE ALL NAVIGATING OUR 20S, WHERE EACH YEAR FEELS LIKE A LIFETIME OF CHANGE AND GROWTH. AND OUR EXISTENCE AND THE EXISTENCE OF OTHERS DO NOT LIVE IN A VACUUM, THOUGH INTERMINGLING WITH ONE ANOTHER, WHERE ANXIETIES AND LOOMING DREAD AREN'T ABNORMAL BUT HUMAN.”
