This Is Not A Fiction Film Festival

Schedule of Events:

7:00 PM: KANEHSATAKE: 270 YEARS OF RESISTANCE
$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Co-presented by The National Film Board of Canada

‘This Is Not A Fiction’

In July 1990, a dispute over a proposed golf course to be built on Kanien’kéhaka (Mohawk) lands in Oka, Quebec, set the stage for a historic confrontation that would grab international headlines and sear itself into the Canadian consciousness. Filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin—at times with a small crew, at times alone—spent 78 days behind Kanien’kéhaka lines filming the armed standoff between protestors, the Quebec police and the Canadian army.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: National Film Board of Canada

COUNTRY: Canada

10:00 PM: TONGUES UNTIED / BLACK IS... BLACK AIN'T
$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | ‘This Is Not A Fiction’

TONGUES UNTIED, 1989, Dir. Marlon T. Riggs, 55 Min, Frameline, USA

In the seminal documentary on Black gay life, Emmy Award-winning director Marlon T. Riggs uses poetry, personal testimony, rap, and performance (featuring poet Essex Hemphill and others), to describe the homophobia and racism that confront Black gay men.

FORMAT: DCP

BLACK IS…BLACK AIN’T, 1995, Dir. Marlon T. Riggs, 87 Min, Frameline, USA

The final film by Marlon Riggs jumps into the middle of explosive debates over Black identity. Riggs uses his grandmother’s gumbo as a metaphor for the rich diversity of Black identities. His camera traverses the country, bringing us face to face with Black folks young and old, rich and poor, rural and urban, gay and straight, grappling with the paradox of numerous, often contested definitions of Blackness.

Riggs mixes performances by choreographer Bill T. Jones and poet Essex Hemphill with commentary by noted cultural critics Angela Davis, Bell Hooks, Cornel West, Michele Wallace, Barbara Smith and Maulana Karenga to create a flavorful stew of personal testimony, music, and history.

FORMAT: DCP