LGBTQ Latinx Sci-Fi Film Fundraiser
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About the Film:
In the near future, a widowed dressmaker’s memories of fashion school are repossessed by a student loan company before she can finish making her daughter’s quinceañera dress.
Why this film:
Stories and films are sacred medicine that call into existence the worlds we wish to live in, as well as preserving the cultures and communities we come from. This film is essential, powerful, and of our time. It blesses our future with a story of hope, survival, and healing.
En Memoria tackles timely themes including:
- Student loan crisis & the impact on low-income communities of color
- Techno colonialism
- Cultural erasure and the endurance of Indigenous resilience
- Queer family
- Ancestral connection
- Queer futurism
Funding:
Please join us and our team of queer, trans, and people of color filmmakers in raising $10,000 to cover:
- Living wages for our local LGBTQ, Latinx, Black, Indigenous and AAPI crew [60%]
- Equipment rentals [lenses, walkies, lighting] [25%]
- Catering & craft services [11%]
- Additional funding to cover GoFundMe services charges [4%]
About the Creators:
Roberto Fatal [writer, producer, director] is a 2 Spirit, mestize Chicano filmmaker. Their descend from Raramuri, Tewa Pueblo and Spanish ancestors. Their film and video works center queer, 2 Spirit futurism and spirituality. They are a Sundance Film Institute Indigenous Film Lab alum and an ImagineNative Feature Film Director's lab alum.
Ali Meyers-Ohki [writer, producer] is a queer cis writer of color. Her ancestors are from Japan, France and the Eastern European Jewish Diaspora. Her work deals in themes of intergenerational trauma and resilience, queer history and the power of community.
Organizer and beneficiary
Ali Meyers-Ohki
Organizer
Sacramento, CA
Roberto Fatal
Beneficiary