August 4 - Benefit for Transgender Health Empowerment Project
Saturday, August 4 at 6:00 pm
A Night of Film, Art, and Action
$6-10 sliding scale benefit for Transgender Health Empowerment Project
Bobby Fisher Memorial Building
1644 North Capitol Street, NW
Washington, DC
* Ninetynine (Australia)
* Hope and Anchor (Asheville, NC - Exotic Fever Records)
* Screening of Embodied Revolution
Embodied Revolution: A National Look at Gender-Based and Body Conscious Activism highlights twenty different activists across the United States engaged in direct action, community organizing, performance art, and everyday revolution. Each tackle a variety of issues from gender stereotyping and discrimination to body image, fat identity, queer femme visibility, transgender rights, intersections of race and gender, representations and objectifications of women in the media, safer communities, and more. Film runs 90 minutes.
Filmmaker Erin Remick and featured activists sarahbrown and Darby will have a short dialogue about the film afterwards. Hope and Anchor, Exotic Fever Records’ artists, scored the music for the film, and will perform a live set afterwards. Sarahbrown is a member of the band, and featured in the film. Following their performance, Australia’s Ninetynine will play (featuring Laura MacFarlane, who played drums in Sleater-Kinney and is featured on their album Call the Doctor) as well. Please contact Katy Otto katyotto (AT)gmail (DOT) com for more information.