13th Annual WOC Film and Arts Fest at UCSC Aug 3 - 6

The 13th Annual Santa Cruz Women of Color Film and Video Festival will be held at the University of California, Santa Cruz, August 5-6, 2006. This event will be free and open to the public through the generous support of our sponsors.

The theme of this year’s Women of Color Film Festival, Regenerations, draws inspiration from the number 13 in the Mayan calendar, which symbolizes transformation, movement, and change. This event builds upon the tremendous history established by previous film festivals to bring emerging and well-established filmmakers, artists, media activists and community members to our campus. As the longest running festival of its kind, the UCSC Women of Color Film and Video Festival has sparked dialogue across communities – locally, nationally, and trans-nationally – by providing a platform for critical explorations at the intersections of race, nation, class, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality. It has become a much anticipated and acclaimed event for its commitment to visual expression, scholarship, and activism.

Under the sponsorship of Professor Angela Davis, the Festival has shown close to 300 films by women of color as well as hosted workshops and panel discussions with filmmakers, artists, and activists. Past festival participants have included Julie Dash, Cheryl Dunye, Lourdes Portillo Alma Lopez, and Osa Hidalgo de la Riva. This year’s festival will feature over two dozen films by talented directors from the United States and abroad. In addition to film screenings, this dynamic event will also feature art, photography, spoken word, and musical performances.

The Festival will be held in conjunction with the Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS) Summer Institute planned for August 2-5 whose theme is Transfronteras: Geographies and Generations. As a space dedicated to bridging academic scholarship and community activism, MALCS is bringing together a diverse array of students, professors, and community members from all over the country. This summer will be the first time these two long-standing events will be held together at the UCSC campus.

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

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And that's not all!

Don't miss the ART EXHIBIT of the 13th Annual Women of Color Film Festival & MALCS Summer Institute

(Re)Generations & Geographies

August 3-6, 2006

at the Porter College Bridge Gallery, UCSC

FEATURING:

QUICA, Gina Aparicio, Pamela Chavez, Adriana Garcia, Alma Lopez, Yolanda Lopez, Dalila Mendez, Yadhira Perez, Gabriella Santos

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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


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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


UCSC Women Of Color Film Fest
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/08/03/18294349.php

Regenerations: The 13th Annual Women of Color Film and Video Festival
http://www2.ucsc.edu/woc/wocff06/home.html