The San Francisco Cinematheque presents
INFRARED: In Celebration of the Compton Transgender District
The Dragon is the Frame, Mary Helena Clark
Guest curated by Malic Amalya
Program 2: Dislocation of Existence
CounterPulse: San Francisco, CA
October 16, 2018
About Program 2, Dislocation of Existence:
A circular poem. A detective film. A performance of endurance.
Hair flips. Hormone injection.
Bodies adjoining bodies. Bodies being left behind.
Messages from post-apocalyptic times. Dispatches from Standing Rock.
The films in this program shift between embodiment and disassociation. They offer ephemeral glimpses into what’s possible and pulverizing flashes of what’s been stolen. Interlacing the physical with the ethereal, affects rapidly alter between despondency and euphoria.
About INFRARED: In Celebration of the Compton Transgender District:
In 2017, the city of San Francisco indicated intention to designate a portion of its Tenderloin neighborhood (a portion which includes CounterPulse and the office of San Francisco Cinematheque Cinematheque) as the “Compton’s Transgender, Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual District” in reference to a 1966 protest action held at Compton’s Cafeteria, located at the intersection of Turk and Taylor Streets in San Francisco. This pre-Stonewall action is recognized as a significant milestone in queer and transgender political activism. In celebration of this designation—the first legally recognized municipal transgender district in the world—San Francisco Cinematheque is proud to present INFRARED, four nights of experimental films by and about transgender, nonbinary and gender nonconforming artists curated by transgender filmmaker Malic Amalya.