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Black Queer-Story Month | Three Dollar Bill Cinema Online Event
February 10, 2022 @ 8:00 am - February 18, 2022 @ 11:30 pm
Join us for Black History Month as we celebrate Black voices across the cinematic spectrum, with a collection of features and shorts that highlight and raise up the Black queer experience. Co-presented by Langston Seattle, Black Cinema Collective, and POCAAN.
This program can be viewed any time between February 10 at 12:00am and February 18 at 11:59pm*. Once a film is started, you have 72-hours to watch.
Available for streaming in WA/OR/AK/ID! 
This is a fundraiser and all proceeds from the event benefit TDBC’s year-long mission!
15% of profits will be donated to
WA BLACK TRANS TASK FORCE, an intersectional, multi-generational project of community building, research, and political action addressing the crisis of violence against Black Trans people.
WA BLACK TRANS TASK FORCE, an intersectional, multi-generational project of community building, research, and political action addressing the crisis of violence against Black Trans people.
Tickets per film/shorts block are sliding scale from $5-$25
Passes (including all films) are $30 (does not include workshop)
Queering the Romance workshop tickets are sliding scale $20-$100
Passes (including all films) are $30 (does not include workshop)
Queering the Romance workshop tickets are sliding scale $20-$100
*tickets purchased (with film started) on final day are honored for 72hrs beyond closing.
February 11th and February 13th from 5:00pm-7:00pm
(VIRTUAL ONLY)
Taught by Saira Barbaric of Scumtrust, a Seattle nonbinary porn company, this two-day workshop is for filmmakers and writers interested in creating new paths for their characters and stories via romantic and erotic moments.
This virtual workshop will consist of two sessions (2 hours each).
CONTENT WARNINGS: NUDITY, NON-EXPLICIT SEXUAL SITUATIONS, EXPLICIT SEXUAL SITUATIONS
::FEATURING::
ALL BOYS AREN’T BLUE 
Nathan Hale Williams; 2021; USA; 40-min.
Nonbinary author and journalist George Matthew Johnson’s transparent and sparkling memoir is the perfect source material for this moving and heartfelt adaptation.
THE WATERMELON WOMAN Cheryl Dunye; 1997; USA; 90-min.
… Playing a version of herself, Cheryl is a young filmmaker researching “The Watermelon Woman” a fictional actress from 1930’s black and white films. The first ever feature film directed by an out Black lesbian!
::SHORTS BLOCK::
THE BEAUTY PRESIDENT Whitney Skauge; 2021; USA
In 1992, Joan Jett Blakk made a historic bid for the White House as one of the first…
SUNDAY’S CHILD Maisie Richardson-Sellers; 2020; USA
Through the discovery of a vibrant QTPOC artist community…
PEACE Adomako Aman; 2021; USA
A love story that dives into the complexities of…
HOW TO RAISE A BLACK BOY Justice Jamal Jones; 2021; USA
Four Black boys disappear one night…
NI AQUÍ NI ALLÁ Ley Comas; 2020; USA
A conversation between filmmaker…
A FINE GIRL Darcy McKinnon & BIliana Grozdanova; 2020; USA
An optimistic portrait of a thriving woman…
OCTAVIA’S VISIONS Zara Zandieh; 2021; Germany
A visual poem, interweaving Octavia Butler’s worlds.
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