nostalgic for nothing cinema is a new mobile cinema collective showing militant and revolutionary films in the Bay Area!
This event is a fundraiser for Kyoko’s cancer treatment. A beloved queer Japanese American community artist, Kyoko - @jinjabrew, has been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma cancer. Kyoko can beat this, with the fierce and loving support of community. Join us as we share some independent short films that Kyoko has been a part of, and ensure that Kyoko has access to the healthcare, resources, tools, and love they need during these challenging, extraordinary times.
MOVIES BEING SCREENED;
Little Sky / Dir. Jess X. Snow / 2021 / 14 mins, starring Wo Chan and Kyoko Takenaka
LITTLE SKY follows the journey of SKY, a Chinese-American pop star who returns to the city they were raised in to find their estranged immigrant father. Packed with original songs, LITTLE SKY is a film about the power of chosen family.
Home / Dir. Kyoko Takenaka / 2017 / 11 mins
In HOME, artist and filmmaker Kyoko Takenaka unveils a visual and sonic portrait of belonging and memory in four chapters. Calling upon the experiences that underline their otherness as an Asian-American, the film chronicles their contemplations through original song and poetry, as well as video clips, audio recordings and digital conversations captured from real-life experiences over the span of seven years. Through references to pop culture, racist imitations of Asians, and a defining return to their childhood home, HOME is a multimedia statement on how the affirmation of culture, resistance and resilience can disrupt enduring myths and redeem our histories.
Criminal Queers / Dir. Chris E. Vargas & Eric A. Stanley / 2015 / 65 mins
CRIMINAL QUEERS visualizes a radical trans/queer struggle against the prison industrial complex and toward a world without walls. Remembering that prison breaks are both a theoretical and material practice of freedom, this film imagines what spaces might be opened up if crowbars, wigs, and metal files become tools for transformation. Follow Yoshi, Joy, Susan and Lucy as they fiercely read everything from the Human Rights Campaign and hate crimes legislation to the non-profitization of social movements. CRIMINAL QUEERS grows our collective liberation by working to abolish the multiple ways our hearts, genders, and desires are confined.
$10 ~ 20 donation
Donate online at https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-kyoko-beat-cancer or cash at the door