Film
It Runs in the Family + Queenie
- 4:30PM
Q&A with directors Victoria Linares and Cai Thomas following the screening.
Dir. Cai Thomas, 19min
Queenie is a 73-years-young Black lesbian who’s called the Marcy Projects home since 1988, but she’s ready to move to a building that better meets her mobility, safety, and social needs as an aging elder. She applies to Stonewall Residences, NYC’s first affordable housing for LGBT elders, hopeful that she’ll be able to live out her final days in a new place.
Dir. Victoria Linares, 84min
In Spanish with English subtitles
Dominican filmmaker Victoria Linares sets out to reclaim personal and national history in this deeply personal work illuminating the life and art of her uncle Oscar Torres. A pioneering Caribbean filmmaker and queer political activist who lived in the Dominican Republic during the authoritarian regime of Trujillo, Torres’ memory has been largely forgotten both internationally and within her family. As Linares unearths her uncle’s legacy—giving form to his experiences under Trujillo and bringing her family together to stage his unproduced screenplays—she both creates and embraces her lineage.
This evocative work from Miryam Charles weaves together her family’s personal tragedy with the story of their immigration from Haiti, paired with a short exploring the historical memory of the body.