The Queer Review reports on the “Pioneers of Queer Cinema” series at UCLA Film & TV Archive: “Let us as a community be reinvigorated by the work of these pioneering queer filmmakers and strive to support and even create our own uncompromising queer stories that examine our lives from within.” Coming Out Under Fire screens February 20, 2022. Read the full article here. Watch the post screening Q & A here.
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Pioneers of Queer Cinema
After years of planning and pandemic-delays, Pioneers of Queer Cinema “brings together a diverse group of filmmakers who showcase radical explorations of sexual orientation and gender identity.” Coming Out Under Fire is screened Feb 20. Read the Q Voice News article here. Watch the post screening Q & A here.
Coming Out Under Fire Restoration Screens
February 20, 2022: The 4k restoration of Coming Out Under Fire has its theatrical premiere at UCLA Film & Television Archive‘s Pioneers of Queer Cinema, a retrospective celebrating LGBTQ+ cinematic achievements from the last seven decades. 12 nights, 33 films. Watch the post screening Q & A here. More info: https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/…/pioneers-of-queer-cinema
Headdress Acquisition
We’re delighted to share this photo of Chinatown nightclub dancer/nightclub owner COBY YEE in a vintage 1960s photo on the right. On the left is the actual headdress that was gifted to our archives by her daughter Shari Roh Matsuura and dancer Frankie Fictitious — THANK YOU for entrusting us with the stewardship of such a beautiful relic of our history!
L.A. Blade Reports on Licensed to Kill
“…it’s clear that LGBTQ+ individuals continue to be targeted for violence in our society, no matter how far we may have come in our fight for acceptance and equality. It’s important – perhaps more important than ever – to raise awareness in the community about this issue, and that’s why the timing is perfect for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’s upcoming public screening of Licensed to Kill” —John Paul King, Los Angeles Blade
Composer Miriam Cutler Feted
Licensed to Kill screens December 14, 2021 at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’s final program of “Sound Off: A Celebration of Women Composers.” For composer Miriam Cutler, “This is the film and filmmaker that changed the course of my composing career.” The evening’s moderator Kimberly Peirce said “I will discuss the making of the movie, it’s score by Miriam Cutler and it’s profound influence on my movie Boys Don’t Cry.” Tickets: https://www.academymuseum.org/…/licensed-to-kill…
Academy Museum Launched
The Los Angeles-based Academy Museum has opened to critical and popular acclaim. “Movie Museum Rethinks Exhibitions in Response to a Changing World,” reports the New York Times. Since 2017, Arthur Dong has served on the museum’s Inclusion Advisory Committee to help develop curatorial, programming, educational, and public engagement content. Pictured: Arthur stands by his quote on display in the “Future of Cinema” installation.
The Queer Review Interview
Writer James Kleinmann explores the personal and artistic processes behind the films in the Criteron Channel retrospective, “Stories of Resistance: Documentaries by Arthur Dong.” Read more.
Film Preservation & Presentation
“Do I now change my artistic vision that I had 25 years ago?”—Arthur Dong. The Center for Asian American Media reports on the filmmaker’s efforts to preserve and present films for his Criterion Channel retrospective.
SF State Alum Recalls Student Days
To mark the Criterion Channel’s retrospective of seven films by Arthur Dong, San Francisco State University catches up with the 2007 Alumnus of the Year recipient. Read the article here.