** PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY **
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Al-Fatiha Foundation
proudly presents
the first-ever
Queer Muslim Film Festival
Six Hours of Films, Documentaries and Shorts!
Featuring a Special Night
of Queer Muslim Culture
Friday, February 13, 2004 - Sunday, February 15, 2004
Los Angeles, CA
Rosenberg Theatre, The Village at Ed Goud Plaza
(LGBT Community Center of Los Angeles)
1125 N. McCadden Place
Los Angeles, CA 90038
(One block east of Highland, just
north of Santa Monica Boulevard)
Directions at http://www.laglc.org
TENTATIVE PROGRAM
*subject to change
Friday, February 13, 2004
7:00 pm - Opening Reception
Opening Film - 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
I Exist (Peter Barbosa and Garrett Lenoir, USA, 2003, 56 mins.)
Voices from the Lesbian and Gay Middle Eastern Community in the US
Program of Shorts - 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Act of Faith (Dan Bree, USA, 2003, 6 min.)
An Imam's Son, a Pakistani immigrant and
a Muslim community leader discuss sexuality
Surviving Sabu (Ian Iqbal Rashid, UK, 1997, 15 min.)
The difficult relationship between a young gay South Asian man and his father
Beauty Parlor (Mehreen Jabbar, Pakistan, 1998, 18 min.)
Women Reveal Secrets in a Beauty Parlor
Mistaken Identities (Hima B., USA, 2003, 15 mins.)
Interviews with six queer New Yorkers of
South Asian and Arab descent immideately after 9/11
10:15 pm - 11:15 pm - Feature Film
Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World
(John John Scagliotti, USA, 2003, 60 min.)
Through the lens of the Cairo 52, this documentary explores
the immense challenges facing LGBT people in the Global South
Saturday, February 14, 2004
9:00 pm - 11:00 pm - Valentine's Day - Love, Sex, Marriage
Clip from Nazrah (Farah Nousheen, USA, 2003, 10 mins.)
Exploring the perspectives of Muslim women on sexuality and Islam
Surrender (Celine Gilbert, Tanzania, 2000, 28 mins.)
A young gay man in Zanzibar is forced to marry a woman by his father
Pangyau (Amir Muhammed, Malaysia, 2003, 8 mins.)
A Malay-Muslim reminisces about a teenage relationship
between him and an ethnic Chinese classmate
Tarik El Hobb - A Road to Love (Remi Lange, Morocco/France, 2001, 70 mins.)
A young man falls in love with one his subjects as he makes a documentary on
gay Arabs
Sunday, February 15, 2004
8:00 pm - 10:30 pm - Queer Muslim Cultural Festival
(featuring Films, Dance, Poetry and Awards)
Feature Films Include:
Haseena 420 (Saeed Rahman, USA, Urdu/Hindi, 2003, 5 mins.)
Photos of Pakistani drag queens in New York City
East (Shamiran Samano, USA, 1998, 9 mins.)
A poetic film exploring Middle Eastern queer identity,
community, and spirituality set to a steady Middle Eastern beat.
In the Name of Allah (Parvez Sharma, USA, 2003, 30 mins)
Documentary work-in-progress about the lives of LGBT Muslims
TICKET INFORMATION:
All Three Nights:
Package Deal - $50
(Package deal must be bought on Friday evening - first day of film festival)
Individual Tickets:
Friday - Opening Reception & Films $25
Saturday - Valentines Day Films - $12
Sunday - Culture Fest & Films - $20
(Individual tickets can be bought the day of the films you are attending.)
** All Tickets Sold at the Door - Please Arrive Early - Limited Tickets
Available **
Ticket sales will begin 30 minutes prior to the start of the film. There are
a limited number
of seats in the theatre. A limited number of tickets will be sold. Entrance
into any of the films
is not guaranteed. Films announced above are tentative and are subject to
change.
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The First Ever Queer Muslim Film Festival is sponsored by
Al-Fatiha Foundation USA and is part of the Third North
American Conference for LGBTIQ Muslims & their Allies,
being held in Los Angeles from February 13-16, 2004.
For more information about the film festival or the
conference contact Al-Fatiha at [email protected].
Registration deadline for the conference is January 30, 2004. No on-site
registration is available!
For more information visit http://www.al-fatiha.org/events
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are available! Contact us for more information!
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