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My True Colors Festival: Feature Film: Major! + Shorts (A WOW Rental)
June 29, 2019 @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
My True Colors Festival
Major!
In Honor of Stonewall 50
Shorts: Gay Baby, Homies, Stuck, Way With Words
(A Rental at WOW)
Saturday June 29, 2019
3:00pm – 6:00pm
$15 admission advance tickets
Part of the My True Colors Festival
My True Colors Festival reflects the whole spectrum of multicultural LGBTQIA+ lives thru Theater, Film, Original Web Series, Spoken Word, Visual Arts, Dance & Music. See the Festival website for programs at other venues, June 14 – 28, 2019
Description
Major! in celebration of the 50th anniverary of the Stonewall Uprising. This candid film follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a lifelong human rights activist and among one of the oldest living veterans of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising. A survivor of Attica State Prison, Miss Major is a Black transgender elder and activist who has been fighting for the rights of trans women of color for over 40 years.
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Shorts: Gay Baby, Homies, Stuck, Way With Words
HOMIES follows two friends with benefits or is their relationship an unspoken love; Deonte, an unapologetically gay man worried about his mortality, sets out on a quest for fatherhood in GAY BABY; Cassandra struggles with a toxic and abusive relationship in STUCK; music converts a Sunday church service into an LGBTQ+ celebration of love and life in WAY WITH WORDS.
Post-Screening Talkback
Total Running Time: 32 Minutes
Doors Open at 2:45pm, Screening Starts at 3:15pm