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Treasures from the Yale Film Archive: Madame Satã

Madame Satã (Karim Aïnouz, 2002, 35mm, 105 mins)

Based on the true story of a drag queen, folk hero, and small-time gangster who rose to cabaret stardom in 1930s Brazil, this gritty drama “doesn’t glorify dos Santos but examines the hot, reckless fever of his life in all its thorny complexity” (Edward Guthmann). “It’s a vivid, emotionally charged snapshot that makes no apologies or excuses” (Chris Vognar). In Portuguese with English subtitles. 35mm print from the Yale Film Archive.

Trans Dudes with Lady Cancer: Film screening and community conversation with filmmakers Yee Won Chong and Brooks Nelson

What are the chances that two transmasculine people living under the same roof would be diagnosed with “lady cancer” in the same month—one with breast cancer and the other with ovarian cancer?

Join filmmakers Yee Won Chong and Brooks Nelson for a public screening of Trans Dudes with Lady Cancer, followed by a panel discussion. This courageous short film documents the personal journey of the filmmakers, their family, and their community as they navigate a medical system that is scrambling to figure out how to provide affirming care for transgender people.

2024 James Weldon Johnson Memorial Lecture, "Love the Blood: Carl Van Vechten, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Pleasures of Civil Disagreement" by Emily Bernard

Emily Bernard is the author of Black is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and Mine, which was named one of the best books of 2019 by Kirkus Reviews and National Public Radio. Bernard is the winner of the 2020 Los Angeles Times Christopher Isherwood Prize for autobiographical prose.

Opening Reception: Take Me As I Am - Redemption and Grace for the Discarded

Join us for an opening reception at Miller Hall for the ISM’s new art exhibit, Take Me As I Am: Redemption and Grace for the Discarded, featuring appearances by exhibit artists Lance Flowers, Robert Hodge, and Jason Woods (aka Flash Gordon Parks). Reception begins at 5 p.m and panel discussion begins at 5:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Institute of Sacred Music’s Religion, Ecology, and Expressive Culture Initiative.

Free and open to the public.

Exhibit curated by Robert Hodge.

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