In honor of the opening of our highly-anticipated exhibition Radical Women: Latin American Art, we’r
In honor of the opening of our highly-anticipated exhibition Radical Women: Latin American Art, we’re kicking off our Mujeres Rebeldes film series this Thursday with a screening of the award-winning documentary Chavela (Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi, 2017, 93 min.), which celebrates the life of the game-changing queer icon and legendary ranchera singer. Since it’s Chavela’s birthday week (shoutout to Aries season!), queer rancherx and climate justice organizer Ceci Pineda will open the evening with a special birthday tribute to Chavela! Afterwards, directors Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi join us for a post-screening conversation.Come celebrate the life and legacy of one of our queer Latina foremothers with this profound tribute to a woman who defied the conventions of her time and culture expanded what it meant.Tickets are only $10 so gather your mujeres and get them here!Mujeres Rebeldes: Radical Women on Screen is a documentary series that features intimate portraits of fierce women in Latin America and the US who resist various forms of oppression and carve out spaces for their own liberation. Check out the full lineup here.Posted by Lauren A. ZelayaChavela Vargas. (Photo: © Alicia Perez-Duarte/Courtesy of Music Box Films) -- source link
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