5th Annual Marlon Riggs Film Festival: Rights and Respectability - 2/21 and 2/22

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                      

February 11, 2014  

 

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Sondra Roney

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South Dallas Cultural Center

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5th ANNUAL MARLON RIGGS FILM FESTIVAL: RIGHTS AND RESPECTABILITY

AT THE SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER

February 21 and 22, 2014

 

DALLAS: The South Dallas Cultural Center hosts the 5^th Annual Marlon Riggs Film Festival: Rights and Respectability honoring the late Fort Worth filmmaker and AIDS activist. Riggs is known for his cinematic work in expanding the depiction of and exploring myths about the black, gay community. The Festival takes place Friday, February 21 and Saturday, February 22, 2014 at the South Dallas Cultural Center, located at 3400 S. Fitzhugh Avenue in Dallas. Each film will be followed by a post-screening question and answer period. The Festival is free, but donations are accepted. The 5^th Annual Marlon Riggs Film Festival: Rights and Respectability schedule is as follows:

 

Friday, February 21, 2014 at 9:00 p.m.
Queerly Speaking: Marlon Riggs Film Festival Edition
Queerly Speaking is dedicated to giving a voice to the creative gay community and its allies with poetry, music and fellowship. There's always a welcoming environment for all who come to share their creativity. This month, Queerly Speaking will also feature short films including Jatovia Gary’s Cakes Da Killa: No Homo. Cakes da Killa is a young up and coming rapper who also happens to be an out and proud gay man whose provocative lyrics explore sexuality and gender politics.

Saturday, February 22, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.
Keep the Promise
Narrated by Margaret Cho, Keep the Promise: The Global Fight Against AIDS is a music/protest documentary that profiles advocates from around the world who attended the Keep the Promise Rally and March that unfolded in Washington, DC in July 2012 as part of AIDS Healthcare Foundation's 19th International AIDS Conference.

The Marlon Riggs Film Festival sponsored by Avita Drugs, Gilead Sciences, AIDS Healthcare Foundation and Abounding Prosperity. For more information about the South Dallas Cultural Center visit http://www.dallasculture.org/SDCulturalCenter or call 214-939-2787. You can also follow the SDCC on Facebook at facebook.com/SouthDallasCulturalCenter. The SDCC is a program of the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs and supported in part by Texas Commission on the Arts.

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ABOUT THE SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER

The South Dallas Cultural Center is the result of efforts of key individuals in the African-American community who encouraged the City of Dallas to develop a multi-purpose arts facility in South Dallas. Under the leadership of city officials and Park Board members, funds were allocated through the 1982 bond program to construct a $1.5 million, 24,000 square foot facility near Fair Park. In 2007, the South Dallas Cultural Center was renovated and expanded, adding 10,000 square feet. A 120-seat black box theater was added along with a visual arts gallery and studios for dance, two-dimensional arts, fiber media, printmaking and photography. The Center also has a full service digital recording studio. The South Dallas Cultural Center is a division of the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, a member of the Dallas Art Dealers Association and a partner in the National Performance Network.

 

ABOUT THE OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS

The City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA) works to enhance the vitality of the City and the quality of life for all Dallas citizens by creating an environment wherein arts and cultural organizations can thrive so that people of all ages can enjoy opportunities for creative expressions and the celebration of our community’s multicultural heritage. The mission is to establish a cultural system that ensures that ALL Dallas citizens and visitors have an opportunity to experience the finest in arts and culture. The OCA is advised by an 18-member Cultural Affairs Commission appointed by the Dallas City Council. The OCA manages the city’s Cultural Contracts, Community Artists and Public Art Programs; oversees six cultural centers including the South Dallas Cultural Center; the Bath House Cultural Center, Latino Cultural Center, Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, and Oak Cliff Cultural Center It also operates the city’s classical music radio station, WRR101.1FM. For more information on the programs and services provided by the OCA log onto www.dallasculture.org.

 

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