Watch anytime between September 11-21. A pregnancy that rewrites the household. A 29- year-old trans musician and a 79-year-old lesbian archivist building something together. A daughter asking her father why he left. A queer couple cooking lunch for a skeptical mother. A father whose love never once flinched. These films are about the families we’re born into, the ones we build, and the work it takes to hold any of them together.

Four-month pregnant EBONY isn’t ready for this baby and a podcast about wild childbirth stories only heightens her anxieties. Her wife of 3-months, AUGUST, comforts and reassures her...and it almost works until JUSTIN, her best friend and hook-up-turned-father of her child, bursts into the house, armed with his binder of research. Determined to save these two wholly unprepared mothers-to-be, he invites himself to stay over—much to August’s dismay.
Reviewing Justin’s research only leads Ebony to a crisis of confidence, worsened when August and Justin clash. When Ebony asks for their help to create a birth plan, she’s ignored. She finally scolds August and Justin to work together for her and the baby. The two rivals sheepishly put their rivalries aside to build a plan to get Ebony to the hospital and the throuple form a united front, choosing to weather this lifelong co-parenting journey together.

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August and Ebony

In August & Ebony, Ebony finds herself unexpectedly pregnant after a U-Haul marriage and has to navigate between her new wife August, her best friend-turned-child’s father Justin, and her own footing as a mother-to-be.

At Home is an intergenerational experimental documentary exploring queer friendship as a way of life. Through the voices of a 29-year-old trans musician and a 79-year-old lesbian archivist, the film weaves together stories of self-discovery, chosen family, and community building - from jam sessions and shared gatherings to the legacy of the Brick Hut Cafe and the Bay Area Lesbian Archives.

At Home

At Home pairs two voices: a 29-year-old trans musician and a 79-year-old lesbian archivist. Through jam sessions, shared gatherings, and the legacy of the Brick Hut Cafe and the Bay Area Lesbian Archives, this experimental documentary explores queer friendship as a way of life, across fifty years of difference and everything they share.

A recollection of memory in honor of caretakers everywhere.

Enjoy the View

Enjoy The View is a recollection of memory in honor of caretakers everywhere.

A woman confronting her father about his absence.

If only you knew

In If Only You Knew, a woman confronts her father about his absence, and the pain of growing up without a parent and never fully knowing why.

A queer couple prepares for one of their moms to visit their apartment for lunch in hopes of changing her mind about their relationship.

Home Visit

In Home Visit, a queer couple prepares lunch for one of their mothers, hoping the meal might change her mind about their relationship.

For Indian Pakistani American Khalid Quraishi, his daughter Zunaira’s announcement that she was ready to marry the woman of her dreams was a joyous, even miraculous, occasion. Having lived through the Partition, persecution, and the harrowing threat of nearly losing Zunaira to illness, Khalid never once doubted what his Muslim faith had taught him to believe was most important of all: his love for his family.

Fear of family rejection due to homophobia/organized religion, Mention of cancer and limb loss

Never Stand Down: The Quraishi Family

Never Stand Down: The Quraishi Family follows Indian Pakistani American Khalid Quraishi and his daughter Zunaira, who is about to marry the love of her life, a woman. Khalid has lived through Partition, persecution, and the near-loss of Zunaira to illness. None of it shook what his Muslim faith taught him matters most: his love for his family.

The Filmmaker Q&amp;A following our Sunday afternoon screening Queer Families Belong. Moderated by QWOCMAP Board Member Mel Chen, featuring filmmakers Danna Kim, Anushka Shah, Elena Chang, Ana Chen, Jude Garcia, and Aubrey Pandori.

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Filmmaker Q&A - Queer Families Belong

Queer Families Belong post-screening Filmmaker Q&A

ENCORE: Queer Families Belong

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