Upcoming: Sounded Text - The NYC reprise + AIDS documentary fundraiser

SOUNDED TEXT - intensely poetic multimedia...

SOUNDED TEXT is an evening of multimedia music theater that explores the relationships of the performative body to music, text, and new media, fearturing works by composers MR Daniel, Anne Hege, Andrea Mazzariello and Samson Young.




Friday, October 19 @ 7:30PM
THE TANK
279 Church Street (between Franklin & White)
NYC
$7
INFO: http://www.thetanknyc.org/
DIRECTIONS: http://www.thetanknyc.org/?q=contact

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Filmmaker Hima B. has been working on this important documentary for a few years now, and is raising additional funds for its completion.

Tuesday, October 23,  6pm - 8 pm
And I Do Survive Fundraiser
Rubyfruit Bar & Grill
531 Hudson St (between Charles St. & West 10th St. in
the West Village)
New York, NY 10014
(212) 929-3343
SUBWAYS:  1 to Christopher St; A,B,C,D,E,F, V to West
4th St
DONATION:  $35 to $150


AND I DO SURVIVE (AIDS)
This feature cinema vérité documentary chronicles Trinidadian lesbian Michelle Lopez as she pursues the American Dream in a country that denies her citizenship because she is HIV+ immigrant. Her AIDS activism entails trying to reverse this discriminatory law & other practices that infringe on the quality of life for HIV+ people.  As the gay marriage lightning rod strikes the nation, Michelle’s own relationship mirrors the divide within the LGBT community and she must decide whether to tie the knot with her girlfriend of 7 years. Michelle increasingly devotes herself to AIDS activism & her children (one is also HIV+) become teenagers who seek greater independence and she balances being a responsible single parent
while remembering her own turbulent coming of age.  Determined to leave the Bronx and make Brooklyn her home so that she’s closer to her church & work, Michelle juggles an eviction and other housing issues so that she & her children have a better quality of life.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
Director/producer Hima B. is a queer South Asian who makes documentaries, narratives, & experimental videos that explore the intersections of race, immigration, gender, sexual orientation, labor, & economics, especially as they impact queer women.  Her previous LGBT documentaries profiled sex workers, Asian/Pacific Islanders, & those impacted by domestic violence.  And I Do Survive is a notable creative departure from her past work as she uses cinema vérité (capturing events as they happen in real time), interviews, & archival media, to create an intimate non-fictional portrait that delves deeply into her protagonists’ experiences.


CONTACT:
Hima B.
aidsfilm@yahoo.com


PLEASE DONATE TO THIS DOCUMENTARY

Your Donations to this documentary are 100% tax-deductible when paid to MIX NYC.

Check Donations are payable to MIX NYC.
Write in the Memo line: “And I Do Survive.”
Mail to:
Hima B.
P.O. Box 395
NY, NY 10276-0395

Credit Card Donations can be paid online at http://mixnyc.org.  Find the “Donate” link after going to the tab “Enter 2006 Website for More” After you donate, please email both:  skj@mixnyc.org  and  aidsfilm@yahoo.com  and provide us with your name, address, telephone #, & the amount you donated.  This will ensure that your donation goes directly to “And I Do Survive.”