Upcoming Events at The New Parkway Theater
Sat Sep 17, 3:00 PM - Sat Sep 17, 4:30 PM
474 24th Street, Oakland, CA 94612
Community: Downtown Oakland
Description
Locally Grown Docs is hosting a special showcase of films made by Oakland residents or about Oakland as part of The New Parkway Theater's Oakland Week.
Event Details
Please come join us for an afternoon of entertaining and educational documentary films.
"Crush" by Sonya Redi. A female vineyard worker shares her story about life as an undocumented worker in California's affluent wine country.
"Growing Resistance" by Shadia Fayne Wood. Community organizers face several crises in the Central Valley: the historic drought fueled by climate change, dangerous forms of drilling for oil and gas, and related health issues.
"The QUARE in There" by Taryn Lee Crenshaw. Defying gender boundaries and deconstructing traditional views of Blackness, this film chronicles the Oakland black queer community’s use of body, voice, and movement as sources of liberation.
Event includes a Q&A with filmmakers and guests at the end.
"Crush" by Sonya Redi. A female vineyard worker shares her story about life as an undocumented worker in California's affluent wine country.
"Growing Resistance" by Shadia Fayne Wood. Community organizers face several crises in the Central Valley: the historic drought fueled by climate change, dangerous forms of drilling for oil and gas, and related health issues.
"The QUARE in There" by Taryn Lee Crenshaw. Defying gender boundaries and deconstructing traditional views of Blackness, this film chronicles the Oakland black queer community’s use of body, voice, and movement as sources of liberation.
Event includes a Q&A with filmmakers and guests at the end.
