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DESCRIPTION:Femina Potens Gallery	   March 18th, 2006 8PM  $5 – No One Turned Away 
 for Lack of Funds  Femina Potens Gallery, in conjunction with Shani Heckman 
 of Shanestar Productions, presents its innovative new Quarterly Film Series 
 entitled Down & Dirty: the Intimate World of Queer Filmmaking beginning 
 Saturday, March 18th, 2006.  This ongoing series features film and dialogue 
 with Bay Area Queer Filmmakers as part of Femina Potens 2006 Film 
 Screenings.  Celebrate and promote local queer, trans, and women video 
 artists as we feature intimate conversations with local filmmakers, a 
 shot-by-shot analysis of the filmmaking process, stories from behind the 
 scenes, and the inside scoop on San Francisco’s filmmaking community and 
 scene followed up by Q & A from the audience.  A Night With Shawna Virago, 
 the first in the series, showcases the black-and-white short films of the 
 trans-fox rock star, activist, filmmaker, co-founder Of TrannyFest, and 
 writer Shawna Virago.  Reared in the diy tradition, Virago’s work harkens 
 to that of Goddard and early Scorcese.  “Almost Human” features a 
 compilations of stills and political satiric while “Shut Up, 
 Josephine!” is a punk-rock homage to Goddard’s nascent work.  Shani 
 Heckman is a long-time activist, publicist and creator of Shanestar 
 Productions, recipient of the Film Arts Foundation's STAND grant 2003 and 
 is a second year film student at City College. Her recent short doc, WRONG 
 BATHROOM has been broadcast on National TV and is currently touring the 
 festival circuit.   Shawna Virago was dubbed "the sex symbol laureate of 
 the burgeoning West Coast trans rock music scene" in Eros magazine.  Her 
 band, The Deadly Nightshades, are one of the hottest rising bands in the 
 Bay Area. Ms. Virago is also co-director of TrannyFest, a film festival 
 dedicated to supporting work made by and for transgender and genderqueer 
 people. She is a founding member of TransAction, the police accountability 
 group and she was the first trans woman to serve on the board of directors 
 for San Francisco Woman Against Rape (SFWAR).   Femina Potens is a 
 nationally recognized art gallery and performance space dedicated to the 
 advancement of women and trans-folk through art.  Sponsored by Sister Spit 
 and the Queer Cultural Center, with support from the San Francisco Arts 
 Commission and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Femina Potens is one of 
 the leading queer organizations in San Francisco. Femina Potens has been 
 featured on the Australian television show, Out and About, Q-Television, 
 the documentary TranArchy, Japan's Foil Magazine, Bitch Magazine, and the 
 San Francisco Guardian, which called Femina Potens a crucial bit of 
 justice.      \n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/03/10/91333.php
SUMMARY:Down and Dirty: The Intimate World of Queer Filmmaking
LOCATION:Femina Potens Gallery  465 S. Van Ness btwn 15th and 16th St.  (follow the 
 alley)  SF, CA 94103
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/03/10/91333.php
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