Official selection of the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival
Ọya: Something Happened On The Way To West Africa!
Saturday, November 14 at 7:30pm at The Roxie Theater.
Bustin’ Out: TRANSGENDER SHORTS
3117 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103
www.sftff.org/calendar to purchase their tickets!
Tickets are $12-15 sliding scale, and $65 for a Festival Pass.
Schedule
http://sftff.org/2015-festival-schedule/
1. Trans Lives Matter! Justice for Islan Nettles film
Power, Protest, and Resistance: The Art of the Revolution (group) exhibition
(an NYC exhibition by Rush Arts and Corridor Gallery)
Opening Reception: Friday, September 25th, 2015 6-7pm
Fri, Sept 25th, 2015- Sun, Nov 8th, 2015
Location: Skylight Gallery
Restoration Plaza Corporation
1368 Fulton Street
3rd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11216
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1184558753
2. Visiting Artist with The Laundromat Project Field Day 2015 Hunts Point
Bronx Brilliance: Art, Activism + Action (1-5pm)
2- 2:45pm this Saturday 9/26
Location: Serrano Galleries, 835 Dawson Street (off Longwood Avenue)
https://www.facebook.com/events/932720256799368/
Field Day is an annual festival showcasing the rich spectrum of local arts and culture in Bed-Stuy, Harlem, and Hunts Point / Longwood.
3. Photographic Exhibition
The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance puts the ARTS part of BAAD!
into action by exhibiting the photos of Seyi Adebanjo
Trans Lives Matter! Justice for Islan Nettles photographs
Closing September 30th, 2015
Location: 2474 Westchester Ave, Bronx, NY 10461
718-918-2110
1. A Day of Activism & Inspiration with Reel Sisters of the
Diaspora Film Festival
Oct 3 Celebrating Spirit Section — 1:30 pm – 2:34 pm
Earth, Water, Woman – 22:26 min
Oya: Something Happened on the Way to West Africa – 30:03 min.
Location : ImageNation's Raw Space in Harlem
2031 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. (bet. 121 & 122 Street).
https://reelsisters2.wordpress.com/schedule-oct-3-2015/
2. Baltimore International Black Film Festival.
Oct 7-12, 2015
Location: Charles Theatre & the University of Baltimore Learning
Commons.
3. “I Luv Africa” Film Festival in Ghana
October 21-24,2015
Location: Goethe-Institut Accra Ghana
FREE TO THE PUBLIC
Dates: Oct. 21-24, 2015
http://luvafricafilmfest.weebly.com/
4. NewFest: The NYC LGBTQ Film Festival
Trans Shorts (10/22)
October 22 @ 4:00 pm
Bow Tie Chelsea Cinemas, 260 W23rd St
New York, 10011 United States
Trans Shorts (10/26)
October 26 @ 9:15 pm
The LGBT Community Center, 208 W 13 St
New York, 10011 United States
http://newfest.org/film/shorts-1/
5. Gender Reel
Minneapolis, MN – October 6th, 8th, 15th and 22nd
Location: Bryant Lake Bowl & Trylon Microcinema.
Omaha, MN — October 18th
Location: the Joslyn Art Museum.
Boston, MA — September 30th & October 1st
Location: Fenway Community Health Center.
Durham, NC — October 10th & 11th
Location: LGBTQ Queer Center of Durham.
Houston, TX --- November 20th, 21st and 22nd.
November 20th — Location: Rice Media Center
November 21st — Location: Frenetic Theatre
November 22nd — Location: Montrose Center
http://genderreelfest.com/?page_id=1752
Ọya: Something Happened On The Way To West Africa!
Follow my journey as a Queer Gender Non Conforming Nigerian Seyi Adebanjo as I return home to speak directly with ancestors, connect with Òrìṣà (African God/dess) tradition, and follow a trail back to the powerful legacy of my great grandmother, Chief Moloran Ìyá Ọlọ́ya. . This personal and political story vibrantly investigates the heritage of command, mythology, gender fluidity and womyn’s power in indigenous Yorùbá spirituality. As I encounter obstacles of a national strike and anti-gay marriage legislation to find the roots of the practice, will I be able to find affirmation for myself as a person between genders/ worlds and take on this inheritance?
distribution
happy to announce
Ọya: Something Happened On The Way To West Africa! &
Trans Lives Matter! Justice for Islan Nettles
has been picked up for distribution by Candian Filmmakers Distribution Center (CFMDC).
educational distribution to be confirmed shortly with U.S. distributor.
community engagement
i will be doing screening and a speaking tour with the film to educational institutions and community groups starting this fall season.
please keep me mind and bring me out to your community/educational institutions/ museum, etc..
you can contact me directly adebanjo.seyi@gmail.com
or cfmdc
Aimée Mitchell
Distribution Manager
Educational Development + Outreach
aimee@cfmdc.org
Trans Lives Matter! Justice for Islan Nettles @ Skylight Gallery
Trans Lives Matter! Justice for Islan Nettles multimedia photography by Seyi Adebanjo
Power, Protest, and Resistance: The Art of the Revolution (group) exhibition (an NYC exhibition by Rush Arts and Corridor Gallery) Opening Reception:
Friday, September 25, 2015 6pm-8pm
Show Dates
Fri, Sept 25th, 2015- Sun, Nov 8th, 2015
Location: Skylight Gallery
Restoration Plaza Corporation
1368 Fulton Street 3rd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11216
In this episode NOSTRINGS catches up with Seyi Adebanjo, A queer gender non-conforming Nigerian, discussing gender related issues, talk’s reasons why they do not exactly identify as either male or female in its entirety, the challenges that comes with changing one’s identity, sometimes having to live a double life, what it means to be queer, dealing with the hate, and how people constantly confuses them for something else or try really hard to gender them up. We are taken humorously along with them on their journey of transition.
http://nostringspodcast.com/2015/07/20/i-will-not-be-gendered-up-seyi-adebanjo/
interviews of queer artist including myself in FormatMag
“I don’t think artists should shy away from representing their Queerness in their work. It serves our world when people make “Queer and Brown work,” and are able to show the full complexities of our experiences and lives. We all have the critiques of how dominant culture usually shows heterosexist, homophobic and racist depictions of the Queer and Trans* community. Representing art that breathes life from our perspectives creates a space for us to thrive and hopefully counter those other narratives. People want and need these stories through all art forms, so let’s feed our audience in a conscious and responsible way.”
https://www.format.com/magazine/dialogue/art/queerness-in-art