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Altcinema presents
QUEER(Y)ING FEMME
Film screening - FtF: Female to Femme
Lecture - "A Brief History of Femme" by FtF
co-director, Kami Chisholm, Ph.D.
A benefit for Altcinema Productions
Saturday May 24, 2008
7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Tickets: $12 advance, $15 -$100 at the door
San Francisco LGBT Community Center
1800 Market Street
Come out and support queer cinema!
About FtF: Female to Femme
(directed by Kami Chisholm and Elizabeth Stark, Frameline
Distribution, 48 min., 2006):
Imagine a world in which the journey toward femme was
understood to be as radical as journeys to claim and
inhabit other queer bodies. Envisioning more than it
documents, FtF: FEMALE TO FEMME celebrates dyke femme
identities, combining farce and seduction with analysis
and personal history. For years, femmes have forged
community and created space for themselves out of edgy
performance and authentic parody. FtF recognizes these
strategies and builds them into an unforgettable sexy,
funny and moving film. FtF features a host of fabulous
femmes, including actress/writer Guinivere Turner, novelist/activist
Jewelle Gomez, poet Meliza Bañales, rock stars
Leslie Mah (Tribe8) and Bitch (Bitch & Animal),
professors, activists, artists and dancers. The filmmakers
ask these thinkers and performers to use the language
of gender transition to talk about femme identity, opening
up new possibilities for understanding femininity while
reinforcing connections among gender warriors around
the world. A wildly original extravaganza, FtF: FEMALE
TO FEMME presents a saucy, indelible portrait of a people
and a politics central to the gender revolution.
Plus, the new butch-femme romantic
comedy, THE INSOMNIACS (directed by Kami Chisholm, 11
min., 2008):
Bell has insomnia. So one restless night, she decides
to go to the local Insomniac's Anonymous 3 a.m. meeting,
and there she meets Helena, the girl of her waking dreams
About Dr. Kami Chisholm:
Kami Chisholm, founder of Altcinema, holds a Ph.D. in
History of Consciousness from UC Santa Cruz and is a
graduate of Loyola Marymount University's Film Production
department. FtF: FEMALE TO FEMME, Chisholm's first (co-directed)
feature documentary, premiered in June 2006 at Frameline30:
The San Francisco International LGBT Festival. In 2007,
Chisholm produced and co-edited the festival hit GODSPEED,
a short about a trans bike messenger directed by Lynn
Breedlove and Jen Gilomen. Chisholm is also the director
of over 10 short films, including the recently completed
romantic comdedy, THE INSOMNIACS. Currently, Chisholm
teaches feminist/queer/race theory, sexuality studies,
and visual culture at California College of the Arts.
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