Name: Jewel the Gem presents TANGERINE — QUEER | ART
Start: 2020-10-05T20:00:00-0400
End: 2020-10-05T21:00:00-0400

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Streaming links here: https://www.queer-art.org/streaming-links-for-qaf-fall-2020

TANGERINE

2015. 88 minutes. Directed by Sean Baker.

TANGERINE is an irresistibly chaotic buddy film that chronicles the friendship of two Black trans women sex workers, Sin Dee Reel (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) and Alexandra (Mya Taylor). Their friendship and loyalty to each other anchors the film as we traverse a 2015 West Hollywood where infidelity, a mysterious clear plastic stiletto, and the many personalities we meet push the film forward. Directed by Sean Baker, the script for TANGERINE was co-created with the lead actors, Kitana and Mya, based on their life experiences. Organizer and healer Jewel the Gem presents this film because “Black Trans Lives Matter. Black Sex Workers Matter. Black Trans Visibility in Media Matters.” TANGERINE garnered a lot of attention for not just being recorded entirely on an iPhone, but for also having two trans women play the leading roles.

Jewel the Gem on TANGERINE

“I chose this film because Black Trans Lives Matter. Black Sex Workers Matter. Black Trans Visibility in Media Matters. Films that feature these communities need to be award-winning on all levels... including BET. My hope is that people join me in viewing this film and rally together to ensure that we don't continue to live in a world where Black Trans People are being left out of being honored for their talent.”

Jewel the Gem Born and raised in Brooklyn, East New York by a Haitian Single Mother, Jewel is a Black Queer abolitionist and freedom fighting Femme for Black lives. She is Social Justice Organizer for the rights of Women, Girls, Femmes and for the Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Community. As the Director of Programs at the Center for Anti-Violence Education in addition to her passion projects that include hosting her own talk show, owning her own Event Planning Business, and curating community spaces for Black Joy & Education, Jewel’s tireless advocacy for marginalized people drives her work everyday. Multi-awarded both locally and nationally from BET to NYU, Jewel is recognized as a dynamic force. As a speaker and educator who values the healing that comes with being vulnerable to her experiences as an Intimate Queer Partner Violence Survivor, Jewel’s life’s mission is to amplify the voices of those who are silenced and support them on their journey to resilience.