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'Black Nations/Queer Nations?' Screening

Tuesday, June 18, 2024 3:00 PM
  • The Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr., Brentwood
FREE with RSVP; Parking: $25
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A vintage photograph of film reels, tap recorders, and a vinyl album.
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Now the longtime curator of the New Frontiers category at the Sundance Film Festival, Shari Frilot’s 1995 documentary Black Nations/Queer Nations? chronicles a conference on lesbian and gay sexualities in the African diaspora. It’s a rare chance to check out this groundbreaking film with a talk featuring Frilot and Columbia University’s Dr. Jafari Sinclaire Allen.