BELONGING & RESISTANCE

BELONGING AND RESISTANCE

**QUEER AAPI DOCUMENTARIES**
ft. Q&A with Madeleine Lim
Mar 14 at Indigenous Roots

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CELEBRATING 50 YEARS AND 50 MORE

Join the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project, Theater Mu, and Indigenous Roots for documentaries by queer and trans Asian filmmakers. After the free screening, learn more about filmmaker Madeleine Lim’s experiences through a Q&A facilitated by Mu programs manager Morgen Chang.

The lineup:

The Worlds of Bernice Bing, Madeleine Lim’s film about the late Chinese American artist and activist who was also the foremother of Asian American avant-garde art.
Sambal Belacan in San Francisco, Madeleine Lim’s film about three lesbian, Singaporean immigrant women—including Madeleine herself—as they live in San Francisco and try to find spaces where they can fully be themselves.
My Beautiful Resistance, Penny Baldado’s film about their move from the Philippines to the US so they could live as an openly queer person and pursue their dream to open Cafe Gabriela.
Journey to the Nail Salon, Tracy Nguyen’s film about how Black women and Vietnamese women are working together to make change in East Oakland through the community a nail salon provides.

Masks are required at this event. If you do not have a mask, we will provide one for you.

GENERAL INFORMATION

DATE

Mar 14, 2-4 pm

PRICE

There is no cost to attend, but we ask you fill out the RSVP form ahead of time. Seating is general admission.

VENUE INFO

Belonging & Resistance will take place will take place at Indigenous Roots, located at 788 E 7th Street, Saint Paul, MN 55106.

MEET THE FILMMAKERS

MADELEINE LIM is the founding executive/artistic director of QWOCMAP-Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project, and an award-winning independent filmmaker with 30 years of experience. Lim founded QWOCMAP with the belief that a community of artist-activist filmmakers could change the face of filmmaking and the social justice movement. For her extraordinary commitment, leadership, and sustained and pioneering contributions throughout the past 25 years, Lim received: KQED-TV’s LGBT Local Hero Award, Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club’s Bayard Rustin Civil Rights Award, Equality California State Farm Good Neighbor Award, YBCA 100 Arts & Culture Leaders, and the Chinese Culture Center's Lifetime Achievement in Community Building Award. Lim’s films have screened at sold-out theaters at international film festivals around the world. Her work has been featured at universities, museums, and broadcast to millions on PBS. Her documentaries include Jewelle: A Just Vision (2022), The Worlds of Bernice Bing (2013), and Sambal Belacan in San Francisco (1997), which continues to be banned in Singapore.

PENNY BALDADO (they/siya) was born and raised in the small town of Davao City, Philippines. They migrated to the Bay Area and have lived here for 20 years. They are the proud owner and operator of Cafe Gabriela, a community hub and foodie destination in Downtown Oakland, which opened in 2010. The cafe actively supports the community and is named after the honorable Gabriela Silang, a Filipina revolutionary who led a revolt against Spanish colonizers on the archipelago. Passionate about food and social justice, Penny created this intentional space that can embrace all of their experiences as transmasculine/queer person of color, a formerly undocumented immigrant, and as a person of working class background, as well as provide a safe, welcoming space for their workers, customers, and friends.

TRACY NGUYEN (she/her) was born and raised in San Jose, CA. Growing up with refugee parents from Vietnam largely defines who she is today: a driven community organizer with a creative, entrepreneurial spirit. Tracy received a BA in media studies and ethnic studies from UC Berkeley, which seeded her activist journey. During the last 15 years, Tracy has worked within the nonprofit sector to uplift the voices and power of refugees, immigrants, workers, women, youth, LGBTQ community, and incarcerated individuals. With her creative passion for visual storytelling, she decided to take my own vision into own hands and became a freelancer in videography and graphic facilitation. After a five-year stint in corporate, she is now continuing her career hopping to explore nursing, inspired by her dad's final months in hospice.