THIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen :: For the last week of Pride Month, we hear about two exciting new lesbian documentaries playing at the Frameline LGBTQAI film festival.
FIRST … Lisa Dettmer talks to to Madeleine Lim about her new documentary Jewelle: A Just Vision about the powerful and extraordinarily talented visionary writer, activist, and community-builder Jewelle Gomez – who also joins the conversation. Through humorous and thoughtful interviews with Jewelle and a group of friends and collaborators (including Dorothy Allison, Cheryl Clarke, and Ajuan Mance), this doc radiates with the warmth and sharp intelligence of a prolific Black and Native femme lesbian feminist who’s an enduring force across LGBTQ+ organizations and communities.
THEN … we hear from Lisa Marie Evans, co-director of the new documentary In Her Words: 20th Century Lesbian Fiction. Narrated by LGBTQ+ historian Lillian Faderman and illuminated through interviews with trailblazers like Jewelle Gomez (The Gilda Stories), Dorothy Allison (Bastard Out of Carolina), and Sarah Waters (Fingersmith), In Her Words: 20th Century Lesbian Fiction charts a literary journey from post-war lesbian pulp to modern bestsellers- through a lens of broader American history.
(With thanks to KPFA Women’s Magazine.)
WATCH: Both films are available online, streaming until July 2nd. Tickets: http://frameline.org
Wednesday at 7 on KPFK
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FM June 28 :: Lesbian Docs / Jewelle: A Just Vision / In Her Words
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