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SUMMARY:Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution
DESCRIPTION:A Paper Plains Zine Fest film screening and panel discussion presented in partnership with KU Libraries and Trans Lawrence Coalition. \nDue to mature content\, this film is recommended for ages 18+. \nABOUT THE FILM: \nQueercore: How to Punk a Revolution is a documentary by former Lawrencian Yony Leyser about the rise of pop artists who used queer identity to push back against gay assimilation and homophobic punk culture. Chronicling the cultural phenomenon known as Queercore\, the film traces its underground origins in the 80’s as a punk subculture aimed at radical artistic and political expression\, and its growth into a global activist movement for queer youth. \nABOUT THE PANEL: \n“Part of an Ongoing History”?: The Past\, Present\, and Future of Queer and Trans Zine Culture \nThis panel\, moderated by Monty Protest\, features contemporary queer and trans zinesters rachel j. atakpa\, Zach Frazier\, and Bones discussing their responses to the documentary Queercore; their relationship to queer and zine and/or punk culture of the past and present; as well as their thoughts on the role of zines in creating a liberatory future for queer and trans people. \n\nMonty Protest (he/him & she/her) is a member of Lawrence’s punk zine scene as well as a Zine Fellow with the Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity at KU and a co-organizer of Paper Plains Zine Fest.\nrachel j. atakpa (rae/raje) is a poet\, artist\, and grower. atakpa’s writing\, artwork\, and garden are concerned with transtemporality\, body politics\, and ecosomatics; rae practices Black feminisms. atakpa is a Charlotte Street Foundation studio resident (2022-2024) and the author of one chapbook\, FITS: a biomythography (2023). rae has made and distributed political zines since age 16. find raje work @ atakpa.cargo.site\nZach Frazier (they/them & he/him) is an art director/educator whose research × creative practice exists in order to promote and celebrate historically minoritized narratives. They are the founder and publisher of Astringent Press\, an independent qBpoc press that seeks to publish and distribute visual and/or literary narratives which would otherwise go unheard or unseen. Zach also serves as the Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Missouri – Kansas City.\nBones AKA James Owsley (any pronouns) is a pansexual\, agender punk and zinester. Bones is the head writer and editor of the Wichita-based DIY punk zine “Oi! Bones!\,” published monthly with their collaborators writer Indigo and artist Hamilton.\n\n 
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/queercore-how-to-punk-a-revolution/
LOCATION:Lawrence Arts Center\, 940 New Hampshire St\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,Ideas
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SUMMARY:Kansas City Dreamin'
DESCRIPTION:There’s a saying\, “Jazz was born in New Orleans\, but it grew up in Kansas City.” This new documentary by filmmaker Diallo Javonne French celebrates Kansas City’s African American music culture and its importance to American music from jazz to hip hop\, rock-n-roll and soul music genres. The film spotlights area artists such as Charlie Parker\, Count Basie\, Bobby Watson\, Oleta Adams\, Janelle Monae and Tech N9ne who have had global influence throughout music history. \n7:00pm Pre-show music by Chalis O’Neal\n7:30pm Film screening\n8:30pm Filmmaker Q&A with Diallo Javonne French moderated by KU School of Music’s Eddie Moore \n\nDiallo Javonne French\nABOUT THE FILMMAKER\nA Kansas City native\, Diallo Javonne French started as a musician. His love for music eventually evolved into music photography and filmmaking. Diallo Attended Clark Atlanta University majoring in Mass Communications\, Radio/T.V./Film. While in school\, he worked as a production assistant on music videos that included such artist as TLC\, Outkast\, Goodie Mob\, Xscape\, and with director Hype Williams. He is an award winning filmmaker and music photographer with a BET (Black Entertainment Television) film to his credit. His photographs have been used on Hallmark Cards and exhibited in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art\, American Jazz Museum\, Box Gallery\, Vine Street Studio\, Buttonwood Art Space\, and Keyhole Gallery. \nChalis O’Neal\nABOUT THE MUSICIAN\nChalis O’Neal picked up the trumpet at the age of eleven and began studying music at Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts. Chalis majored in Jazz Studies with a minor in Classical Trumpet under the direction of Jazz legend Bobby Watson at the University of Missouri Kansas City. His playing style creates a soulful and creative approach to improvisation. O’Neal released his debut album “Flirting” in 2021 which the Jazz Ambassador Magazine called “innovative\, bright and unified as a collective.” O’Neal has had the opportunity to perform with artists like Bobby Watson\, Jeff ‘“Tain” Watts\, Harold O’Neal\, Tivon Pennicott\, Marcus Strickland\, Stephen Scott\, Ben Williams\, Lewis Nash\, Curtis Lundy\, Lonnie McFadden\, Dan Thomas\, Sullivan Fortner\, Lisa Henry\, and David Basse. \nCONTRIBUTE TO KC DREAMIN’S GO FUND ME CAMPAIGN HERE
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/kansas-city-dreamin/
LOCATION:Lawrence Arts Center\, 940 New Hampshire St\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,Ideas,Music
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