Curated by Lion’s Main Art Collective

Enjoy this selection of shorts by queer people of color that reflect the joys and challenges of our intersectional identities.

CRYSTAL LAKE
Jennifer Reeder
2016; USA; 20 min.
A group of girls take over a skate park, forming an all-female force field on the half-pipe.

BAIL
Ben Kadie
2015; USA; 6 min.
In a seedy nightclub in 1926 Harlem, Prohibition gave cover to a huge, but fleeting, underground queer scene in New York that wouldn’t emerge again for decades.

KEEP THE CUMBIA GOING
Candy Guinea
2015; USA; 8 min.
A documentary about the Oakland-based dance party Queer Qumbia, and the importance of queer and trans people of color creating inclusive spaces in a quickly gentrifying region.

DIANE FROM THE MOON
Hanna & Marco
2016; USA; 11 min.
In the aftermath of a hurtful breakup with her girlfriend Alice, Diane (Mya Taylor, TANGERINE) begins living out of a posh 1960s hotel in Palm Springs.

GAYSIANS
Vicky Du
2015; USA; 12 min.
Queer and trans Asian-Americans from New York City reflect on their family and culture in this patchwork documentary.

US
Avery Archie
2016; USA; 10 min.
This comedic web series explores the lives of Joshua and Avery, a unique duo in Los Angeles, as they explore Uber, exercise, and privilege.

TATTLE-TALE HEART
Lark Buckingham
2016; USA; 18 min. A dystopian portrait of blurred boundaries between body and machine in the form of an app that calculates your true mood and posts it directly to your feed.

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