Watch anytime between September 11-21. Dené women reviving centuries-old hide-tanning practices. An Afro-Colombian trans leader finding justice through song. Cuba’s first transgender government official and the cultural hub rewriting what’s possible. Each film carries something forward that was never supposed to survive.

The tradition of tanning hides with brains was once practiced by every Dené person in Alaska. An art that was nearly lost by assimilation, Kathleen Hildebrand works with a group of Dené women at her urban backyard hide camp in the heart of Chen’o (Fairbanks) to revive this tradition. One of the few films out there narrated in Denaakk’e, we learn alongside the women how the hides have healing.

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Deneege Leł Ghu Kk’ots’eedeneeyh Te Heł Hoozoonh Ts’e Denots’edeneeyh

Narrated in Denaakk’e, the film follows a group of Dené women reviving the near lost practice of brain-tanning hides, a centuries-old tradition tied to the health of the land and community.

“Ceroxylon quindiuense,” the Quindío wax palm, is Colombia’s national tree. It embodies a perfect paradox for a country steeped in machismo, misogyny, and transphobia, as it is a plant with the ability to change its sex. It is a trans palm and the inspiration for Magdalena Morales, an Afro-Colombian trans leader, to join the Trans Community Network and plant a seed of rebellious light on the horizon of traditional Colombian Caribbean music. Her song of redemption rises above desolation and celebrates social struggles, from Palestine, the Congo, and Sudan to the streets of Bogotá’s Santa Fe neighborhood, where her trans sisters stand firm.
“Ceroxylon quindiuense”, la palma de cera del Quindío es el árbol nacional de Colombia, encarna una paradoja perfecta para un país machista, misógino y transfeminicida, ya que es una planta con la capacidad de cambiar su sexo. Es una palma trans y es la inspiración para que Magdalena Morales, lideresa afro travesti se una a la Red Comunitaria Trans y planten una semilla de luz rebelde en el horizonte de las músicas tradicionales del caribe colombiano. Su canto de redención se eleva sobre la desolación y celebra las luchas sociales, desde Palestina, el Congo, Sudán hasta las calles bogotanas del barrio Santa Fe, dónde sus hermanas trans se mantienen firmes.

Anti-Black racism, Colorism, Emotional distress, Mention of transphobia and transfeminicide

STANDING TREE

Standing Tree draws on the symbolism of Colombia’s national tree, the wax palm, called “trans” in Spanish, to follow Afro-Colombian trans leader Magdalena Morales as she pursues justice through music.

Against the backdrop of Havana's sun-drenched streets and shimmering coastline, "¡Quba!" blazes a trail through Cuba's LGBTQ revolution. At its heart stands Adela Hernandez, a trailblazing trans politician who rose from the dark days of UMAP imprisonment to become the first transgender person in Cuba's government. Alongside her, the charismatic Ramon Silverio transforms his cultural haven El Mejunje into ground zero for change, taking his rainbow-colored caravan of artists and performers deep into the countryside to challenge prejudice through the universal language of art. As archival footage reveals how machismo and religious bigotry cast a long shadow over the queer community but then a new generation of firebrands - Las Isabellas and Ulises Suarez - picks up the torch, and charges toward the historic 2022 marriage equality victory that would finally let love win in revolutionary Cuba.
Contra el telón de fondo de las calles bañadas por el sol de La Habana y su costa resplandeciente, "¡Quba!" abre camino a través de la revolución LGBTQ de Cuba. En su centro se encuentra Adela Hernandez, una política trans pionera que se elevó desde los oscuros días de encarcelamiento en la UMAP hasta convertirse en la primera persona transgénero en el gobierno cubano. Junto a ella, el carismático Ramon Silverio transforma su refugio cultural El Mejunje en el epicentro del cambio, llevando su caravana multicolor de artistas y performers hasta lo más profundo del campo para desafiar los prejuicios a través del lenguaje universal del arte. Mientras las imágenes de archivo exponen cómo el machismo y los prejuicios religiosos proyectaron sombras asfixiantes sobre la comunidad queer, surge una nueva generación de revolucionarios - Las Isabellas y Ulises Suarez - para reavivar la llama de la revolución. Juntos, lideran una marcha imparable hacia la histórica victoria de la igualdad matrimonial en 2022 que finalmente permitiría que el amor triunfara en la Cuba revolucionaria.

¡Quba!

¡Quba! introduces us to Adela Hernandez, Cuba’s first transgender government official, and El Mejunje, the cultural hub where art and performance are rewriting what Cuban society can look like.

The&nbsp;Filmmaker&nbsp;Q&amp;A&nbsp;following&nbsp;our&nbsp;Saturday 12pm screening Land and Resistance.&nbsp;Moderated&nbsp;by&nbsp;QWOCMAP's&nbsp;Executive&nbsp;Director&nbsp;Madeleine Lim,&nbsp;this&nbsp;Q&amp;A&nbsp;features&nbsp;filmmaker Kim Anno.

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