The Rage To Live: The Queer Film Legacies of David Wojnarowicz and Marlon T. Riggs

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Marlon T. Riggs and Essex Hemphill, no date

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Griffin Art Projects is partnering with the Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery and The Cinemateque to host a full weekend of film screenings, lectures and panel discussions dedicated to exploring the context of AIDS and activism through art and film. This program is presented in conjunction with Griffin Art Project’s exhibition The Sodomite Invasion, and the Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery’s exhibition David Wojnarowicz: Photography and Film, 1978 -1992.

All panels, discussions and keynotes are free. Screenings are $12.00 (General Admission 18+) and $10.00 (Senior/Student Admission). Tickets can be purchased at https://thecinematheque.ca, see links below for details.

Friday January 31

Location: The Cinematheque, 1131 Howe Street, Vancouver

Opening Keynote: 6:30 pm, Lyle Ashton Harris

Screening I: 7:45 pm, Black Is… Black Ain’t (86 min.)

Screening II: 9:30 pm, Self Portrait in 23 Rounds (70 min)

Saturday February 1

Location: The Cinematheque, 1131 Howe Street, Vancouver

Panel: 1pm, Queer Perspectives: Intersectionality and the AIDS Crisis, Adrian Stimson in conversation with Lorenzo Fusi and Robert Reid-Pharr

Screening III: 2:30 pm, Ethnic Notions & Affirmations (total 66 min)

Screening IV: 4pm, Color Adjustment (87 min)

Panel: 7 pm Keynote, Robert Reid-Pharr

Screening V: 8:30 pm, Tongues Untied + Anthem + Non, Je ne regret (total 101 min)

Sunday February 2

Location: The Cinematheque, 1131 Howe Street, Vancouver

Keynote: 1 PM, Adrian Stimson

Screening VI: 2:30 pm, Fear of Disclosure (7 min) + ITSOFOMO (49 min)

Screening VII: 4 pm, How to Survive a Plague (110 min)

CLOSING RECEPTION: 6 pm

Screening VIII: 7:30 pm, 120 Beats Per Minute (143 min)