Sistah Sinema's Series The Beautiful Struggle: Overcoming Discrimination

You may have heard about Sistah Sinema, that combines films about Black womyn in Queer roles followed by a moderated discussion section.  They began this past January in Seattle and are expanding to New York City Memorial Day Weekend.  The newest series is 'The Beautiful Struggle: Overcoming Discrimination' that will screen Dream Deferred:  The Sakia Gunn Story and Training Rules.

Dream Deferred:  The Sakia Gunn Story

Saturday, May 28th, 2011

3pm - 7pm

Broadway Grill

314 Broadway East, Seattle WA. 98102 - 206-328-7000

http://www.thegrillonbroadway.com/

Tool Box

1742 Second Avenue New York, NY 10128-3572.
http://www.thetoolboxnyc.com/

 Dreams Deferred: The Sakia Gunn Story

This documentary tells the little known story of Sakia Gunn, a 15 year old student who was
fatally stabbed in a gay hate crime in Newark, New Jersey. Sakia was an Aggressive. Sakia
held promise as a basketball player and was an 'A' student.

Dreams Deferred: The Sakia Gunn Story depicts the homophobia that caused this murder and questions the lack of media coverage of the murder of a Black Gay teenager. The documentary follows the reaction of the Newark community where several rallies and vigils were held, galvanizing the community and prompting several LGBT organizations to form, including the Newark Pride Alliance and Sakia Gunn Aggressives & Femmes, as well as a scholarship fund in her name.

 Watch the moving trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXydJ4iHmto.

Tickets are $10 online at www.sistahsinema.webs.com and $15 at the door. $5 for each ticket sold will benefit Youth Eastside Service’s B-GLAD initiative that provides group counseling for queer youth in the Seattle area.

Training Rules

Saturday, June 4th, 2011

3pm - 7pm

Hula Hula

106 First Ave N Seattle, WA 98109 (206) 284-5003

http://www.hulahula.org/

Tool Box 

1742 Second Avenue New York, NY 10128-3572.
http://www.thetoolboxnyc.com/

Training Rules celebrates the start of the WNBA season. The Seatte Storm’s first regular season game is Saturday, June 4th at 12noon against Phoenix Mercury, 2007 and 2009 WNBA champions. The New York Liberty season will start Sunday, June 5th against the Atlanta Dream.

Training Rules documents the discrimination experienced by Lesbian basketball players at Penn State University for nearly three decades under Coach Renee Portland. The lead protagonist is Jen Harris, African - American star basketball player.

Watch trailer here: http://www.trainingrules.com/trailer.html 

Tickets are $5 online at www.sistahsinema.webs.com and $10 at the door. There will be ticket giveaways to upcoming WNBA games.

Sistah Sinema was created to showcase the nuances of Black Queer Womyn culture. It is hoped that the movies will serve as a vehicle to foster honest dialogue on struggles and opportunities unique to Black Queer Womyn. While discussion will focus on Black Queer Womyn, all members of the Queer community are invited to attend.
For more information, please visit website: www.sistahsinema.webs.com , phone: 425.954.6372, email: sistahsinema@gmail.com.  Seattle Announcement thanks Sistah Sinema for this information.