Down and Dirty: The Intimate World of Queer Filmmaking

Sat, Mar 18
8PM-?
$5

Femina Potens Gallery, in conjunction with Shani Heckman of Shanestar
Productions, presents its innovative new Film Series "Down & Dirty:
the Intimate World of Queer Filmmaking" beginning Saturday, March
18th, 2006.

This ongoing series features film and dialogue with Bay Area Queer
Filmmakers as part of Femina Potens 2006 Film Screenings. Celebrate
and promote local queer, trans, and women video artists as we feature
intimate conversations with local filmmakers, a shot-by-shot analysis
of the filmmaking process, stories from behind the scenes, and the
inside scoop on San Francisco's filmmaking community and scene
followed up by Q & A from the audience.

"A Night With Shawna Virago," the first in the series, showcases the
black-and-white short films of the trans-fox rock star, activist,
filmmaker, co-founder Of TrannyFest, and writer Shawna Virago.
Reared in the diy tradition, Virago's work harkens to that of Goddard
and early Scorcese. "Almost Human" features a compilations of stills
and political satiric while "Shut Up, Josephine!" is a punk-rock
homage to Goddard's nascent work.

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SHAWNA VIRAGO was dubbed "the sex symbol laureate of the burgeoning
West Coast trans rock music scene" in Eros magazine. Her band, The
Deadly Nightshades, are one of the hottest rising bands in the Bay
Area. Ms. Virago is also co-director of TrannyFest, a film festival
dedicated to supporting work made by and for transgender and
genderqueer people. She is a founding member of TransAction, the
police accountability group and she was the first trans woman to
serve on the board of directors for San Francisco Woman Against Rape
(SFWAR).

FEMINA POTENS is a nationally recognized art gallery and performance
space dedicated to the advancement of women and trans-folk through
art. Sponsored by Sister Spit and the Queer Cultural Center, with
support from the San Francisco Arts Commission and the Sisters of
Perpetual Indulgence, Femina Potens is one of the leading queer
organizations in San Francisco. Femina Potens has been featured on
the Australian television show, Out and About, Q-Television, the
documentary TranArchy, Japan's Foil Magazine, Bitch Magazine, and the
San Francisco Guardian, which called Femina Potens a crucial bit of
justice.

Venue:

Femina Potens Gallery
465 S. Van Ness
San Francisco
415/217.9340
www.feminapotens.com

Additional Info:

415/217.9340
www.feminapotens.com