Lights! Camera! Women of color filmmakers are at the center of the action! This season we celebrate our twelfth year of screening exceptional works by fresh and accomplished, award-winning filmmakers from the African, Asian, Latina, Middle Eastern, and Native diasporas. Bringing you an array of colors from the infinite film palette, our festival has five programs at PFA, two presentations at San Francisco Cinematheque, and Bay Area–based filmmaker Lourdes Portillo in residence, too.
While particularly concerned with Latino and Chicano issues, Portillo's work transcends borders. Nominated for over thirty awards, her creations have moved the imaginations of generations of young filmmakers and her original documentary film style continues to challenge the way stories are told and viewed. Please join us as we meet and celebrate Portillo along with the other excellent artists featured throughout the festival. It has been a treat to program this year's festival; we hope it will inspire, incite, and make you laugh.
For details on the March 17 program at San Francisco Cinematheque, visit www.sfcinematheque.org or phone (415) 552-1990. For the entire festival program, visit www.wocff.berkeley.edu.
The 22nd Annual Empowering Women of Color Conference will be held on March 3 on the UC Berkeley campus. For more information, please consult the conference website at ewocc.berkeley.edu.