Nov 4 :: PLEASURE PRINCIPLES: Bad Asians, Bottomhood, & the Belated Archive

Pleasure Principles: Bad Asians, Bottomhood, & the Belated Archive screenings & discussion with Erica Cho, Nguyen Tan Hoang, & Eve Oishi, and moderated by Gayatri Gopinath November 4, Friday 7 to 9 pm RSVP required. Click here to register. Curated by Leeroy Kang, A/P/A Institute Visiting Scholar As a historical, temporal, and aesthetic exploration into queer experimental Asian/Pacific cinema, this …

Oct 3: De Sidere 7, film screening & discussion

De Sidere 7 a screening & discussion with Nicolas Grandi & Lata Mani October 3, Friday 5 to 7pm Renowned Indian feminist scholar Lata Mani and Argentinian filmmaker Nicolas Grandi present their recent collaboration, an experimental 38 minute video entitled De Sidere 7, a meditation on desire, queer embodiment, and urban space shot in New …

Oct 9: New Queer Cinema: New Politics?

New Queer Cinema/New Politics? a Bentson Dean’s Lecture Series lecture by B. Ruby Rich Wednesday, October 9 5:30 to 7 pm B. Ruby Rich, Film & Digital Media, UC Santa Cruz Rich will revisit the terrain of this 1990s cinema movement movement by examining it—-with film clips-—in the context of our contemporary sociopolitical order. Rich, …