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Reframing Histories: 2SQTBIPOC Stories on FIlm will feature documentaries, shorts and films, and community discussions on the importance of storytelling. Curated by Toronto-based filmmaker Kourtney Jackson.
Program Types: Arts and Culture, Drop-in,
Kourtney Jackson is a Toronto-based filmmaker and lens-based artist. Her artistic practice employs experimental forms of storytelling that explore the inner worlds of queer Black women. Her award-winning films have screened locally and internationally at festivals including TIFF Next Wave, BlackStar Film Festival, and the Montreal International Documentary Festival.
Join us for the second in a series of film screenings showcasing stories of 2-Spirit, Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (2SQTBIPOC). All 2SLGBTQ+ folks are welcome to attend this free screening.
Reframing Histories: 2SQTBIPOC Stories on FIlm will feature documentaries, shorts and films, and community discussions on the importance of storytelling. Curated by Toronto-based filmmaker Kourtney Jackson.
Sunday, March 23, we’ll watch Toll (Pedágio) by Carolina Markowicz and La Bruja de Texcoco by Cecilia Villaverde and Alejandro Paredes at 3pm at the Paradise Theatre at 1006 Bloor Street West.
Toll (Portuguese: Pedágio) is a 2023 Brazilian-Portuguese drama film written, directed and co-produced by Carolina Markowicz. The film stars Maeve Jinkings as Suellen, a woman who gets drawn into a criminal gang as she tries to raise the money to send her gay son to a conversion therapy program.
Octavio Mendoza, a Mexico City based musician, embarks on a journey to reconcile with his long lost femininity through his music. After a mysterious encounter with a shaman in Texcoco, Mexico, he embraces his true self: “La Bruja de Texcoco”.
