Regenerations:
The 13th Annual Women of Color Film and Video Festival

Sat-Sun, August 5-6, 2006
University of California, Santa Cruz

Porter College
Cost Free

PROGRAM

Saturday, August 5th

5:30 pm            Closing Reception for the MALCS Summer Institute/
                        Opening Reception for the Women of Color Film Festival with DJ                         Emancipación

6:30 pm            Opening remarks and presentation of Tortuga Awards

7:00 pm            Introduction of the Wome of Color Film Festival

7:15 pm            Keynote Address: Angela Davis
                       
7:30 pm            Inroduction to the Opening Night Shorts Programs

7:35 pm            Opening Night Shorts:  This is How We Do It
                        The Power of 13, Osa Hidalgo de la Riva, 5min
                        Viernes Girl, Aurora Guerrero and Womyn Inage Makers, 6 min.
                        The After Effect, Ly Thu Anh, 3 min. 22 seconds
                        Neglected, Karla J. Gallardo & Antonette Santiago, 7 min. 10 seconds
                        Eyes and Ears, Karla J. Gallardo, 3 min. 29 seconds
                        Street Violence, La Quita D. Keele, 3 min. 12 seconds
                        The Unheard, Tania Cervantes, 6 min. 3 seconds
                        Welcome to My Unhappy Streets, Alicia Butler, 1 min. 20 seconds
                        Sum Total, Sonali Gulati, 5 min
                        Scene Not Heard, Maori Karmael Holmes, 45 min

9:00 pm            Q & A with Filmmakers moderated by Sandra Alverez and Cindy Bello

 

Sunday, August 6th

9:00 am            Breakfast

10:00 am          Shorts Program: Critical States
                        Echoes of the Future, Oriana Bolden, 19 min
                        Explosions in the Sky, Hong-An Truong, 3 min
                        Manifesting Our Destiny, Claudia Gomez-Arteaga, 10 min
                        American Red & Black, Alicia Woods, 38:50 min

11:00 am          Q & A with Filmmakers moderated by Lulu Meza

11:30 am          Shorts Program: Scenes of Subversion
                        Beat Back Bush Workout, Julia Ahumada Grob, 20 min
                        A Place to Begin, Mónica Enriquez, 13 min
                       The Last Word, Maya Chinchilla, 27 min

12:30 pm          Q & A with Filmmakers moderated by Maia Ramnath
                       
1:00 pm            LUNCH

2:15 pm            Feature, Performance, & Shorts: Breathing Fire
                        NO!, Aishah Shahidah Simmons, 94 minutes

3:45 pm            Break

4:00 pm            PERFORMANCE: Excerpt from Bruising for Besos, Adelina Anthony
                        No Matter What, T. Rahman, 3 min
                        Dani & Alice, Roberta Marie Munroe, 11:26 min

4:30 pm            Q & A with Filmmakers

5:00 pm            Shorts Program: Crossings
                        Whose Dream Which Cut, Masami Kawai, 27 min
                        El Día Que Morí, Maryam Keshavarz, 11 min
                        Silence Between Oceans, Soo Na, 33 min

6:00 pm            Q & A with Filmmakers
                        Break with Refreshments and Appetizers

7:00 pm            Introduction to the Closing Night Feature Film

7:10 pm            Feature Film: Kieu, Vu T. Thu Ha, 74m

8:25 pm            Q&A with Filmmaker

9:00 pm            Closing Night Remarks with Rosa Linda Fregos

 

Please contact Sandra Alvarez (sandraca@ucsc.edu) or Cindy Bello (cbello@ucsc.edu) with any questions.

Revised 07/18/06 by t.s.w.