Guyana’s Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD Guyana)
continues its “Painting the Spectrum 14” Film Festival with two screenings that
explore lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) rights, culture
and history. Advocacy for rights through music, vlogs, carnival costumes,
recounting histories of violent oppression or (quite literally) “messing around”
with cardboard politicians, the films scheduled for the third week of Spectrum
14 celebrate queer culture and show that, whether willingly or not, being part
of the LGBTQ+ community can immediately become political.
On Tuesday, September 18,
at 18:00 hours, SASOD will be presenting “Tchindas”, a co-production between
Cape Verde and Spain. The movie focuses on Tchinda, one of most beloved women
in Cape Verde, especially after she came out as a transgender person in the
local newspaper in 1998. Every February, the month leading up to the Carnival,
the slow-paced atmosphere of the island transforms into a frenzied hustle and
bustle as thousands flock to the streets. Tchinda and other LGBT Cape Verdeans
are, of course, part of the celebration. This documentary is as trip to an
unknown side of Africa that very few may have ever imagined. The Hollywood
Reporter praised the film, writing it was "a beautifully shot vérité
chronicle of the all-consuming Carnival preparations on São Vicente."
Since its international premiere 'Tchindas received several awards at festivals
such as the Outfest, the Chicago Reeling LGBT Film Festival, Miradas Doc, and
Les Gai Cine Mad.
On Thursday, September
20, the Festival continues with a screening of six shorts. A transgender
vlogger in Spain; a gay man deported during Italy’s fascist regime; a queer and
feminist Hip Hop artist in Germany- they all come together to show the many
layers of queer culture and the many ways LGBT communities can resist
oppression and advocate for their human rights.
“Painting the Spectrum”
will continue every Tuesday and Thursday of September. The screenings take
place at SASOD’s office, 203 Duncan Street, Lamaha Gardens (between Durubana
Sq. and Eastern Highway) at 18:00 hours each evening. For more information on
the screenings, visit the festival’s website: www.spectrumguyana.wordpress.
Admission to the film festival is free. The films are intended for mature audiences. SASOD reserves the right to refuse admission to minors who are not accompanied by a parent or guardian or persons who do not have identification to prove that they are not minors.
Admission to the film festival is free. The films are intended for mature audiences. SASOD reserves the right to refuse admission to minors who are not accompanied by a parent or guardian or persons who do not have identification to prove that they are not minors.
The Festival aims to both
offer a safe space for the LGBTQ+ Guyanese to interact and communicate, and to
educate the general public by presenting queer-themed films, which are almost
never screened in mainstream cinemas in Guyana. SASOD is a local and
international award-winning, 15-year old, human rights movement and
organization, leading change, educating and serving communities, to end
discrimination based on sexuality and gender in Guyana.
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