Diner and a Movement - next Sunday at 5pm

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Hi folks,

As decided at our wonderful last Diner and a Movement (for a description of the concept see below!) there will be a screening of the documentary of Susan Strykers and Victor Silvermans Screaming Queens (2005) on transgender people in the US during the mid 60ies and early 70ies. For more details see the description of the documentary: 

Screaming Queens tells the little-known story of the first known act of collective, violent resistance to the social oppression of queer people in the United States - a 1966 riot in San Francisco's impoverished Tenderloin neighborhood, three years before the famous gay riot at New York's Stonewall Inn. 
Screaming Queens introduces viewers to street queens, cops and activist civil rights ministers who recall the riot and paint a vivid portrait of the wild transgender scene in 1960s San Francisco. Integrating the riot's story into the broader fabric of American life, the documentary connects the event to urban renewal, anti-war activism, civil rights and sexual liberation. With enticing archival footage and period music, this unknown story is dramatically brought back to life. 
Screaming Queens is a production of Victor Silverman and Susan Stryker produced in association with ITVS and KQED, with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 

Bring vegetarian foods and drinks!

Next Sunday, March 17th at 5 pm

at Which Beach, 1414 Lincoln Pl., one block from A & C stop Crown Heights/Utica Av. The access to the house includes some few stairsteps. The film has english subtitles.

Looking forward to a delicious potluck, moving documentary and inspiring thoughts!

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Dinner and a Movement! -- a radical success story documentary screening night (of course success being open to interpretation). 

Despite the bleak times we are living in, there are some inspiring mobilizations of communities rising up, amazing radical movements that have facilitated structural or community change and even some (dare we call it...) success stories out there. It would be wonderful to share these stories with each other, learn from them and discuss what this means to us as agents of change or as (spect-)actors on this stage.