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Cup of Culture
Seeds of All Things
a film by Yehuda Sharim
Film Screening/Online
Amid the backdrop of a contentious presidential election, a health clinic in Southwest Houston is run by and for immigrants and refugees. A family from Iran is bound by love as they build a new home in the city’s most diverse neighborhood. Post-film discussion with filmmaker, Yehuda Sharim, to follow. 1h 34m. 2018.
Resilient Love Series
Self Care: How I learned what it means to Survive
Brandon Wolf
MCC Theater
Audre Lorde said, “caring for myself is not self indulgence, it’s self-preservation”. Following the shooting at Pulse Nightclub, Brandon quickly learned the power – and necessity – of self care. This presentation explores the real life application of self care; the challenges of caring for one’s self in a world that prioritizes productivity; and the incalculable need for community when healing. The truth is, you don’t have to save the world to earn your place in it. This talk will empower the audience to demand the ultimate form of resistance: self care.
Co-Sponsors: UCSB MCC and RCSGD
Brandon Wolf is a nationally recognized LGBTQ civil rights advocate, leader in the movement to end gun violence in America, and survivor of the 2016 shooting at Pulse Nightclub. After narrowly escaping that night, during what was the deadliest mass shooting in US history at the time, Brandon channeled his life into fighting for a safer world for future generations and honoring victims of injustice with action.He is a frequent face on MSNBC, CNN, Black News Channel, and is a featured voice in CNN digital, Newsweek, USA Today, and others. Brandon has graced the cover of Dazed Magazine and LGBTQ publications nationwide, recently being named one of the Logo TV 30.He has been recognized as one of Huffington Post’s 30 LGBTQ Influencers under 30 and Business Equality Magazine’s 40 LGBTQ Leaders Under 40. Brandon was a national surrogate for Senator Elizabeth Warren’s Presidential Campaign and an advisory committee member for President Biden’s General Election bid. He is a co-founder and current Vice President of The Dru Project, a nonprofit organization that empowers safe spaces in schools for LGBTQ youth, and an Advisory Board Member for the National Organization for Victim Assistance, the oldest advocacy organization for victims of crime in the country.Brandon’s work is done through the same lens of intersectionality through which he experiences the world, centering those living at the crossroads of identity and acknowledging that the simple act of caring for oneself is radical in society today.Learn more about Brandon by visiting brandonwolf.us and on social media @bjoewolf.
Cup of Culture
Seoul Searching
MCC Theater
During the 1980s, the Korean government created a special camp where gyopo (foreign-born teenagers) could spend a summer in Seoul learning about their motherland. While the intentions of the program were honorable, the activities of the teens were sometimes not. The program was eventually cancelled because the government could not control the youth. Seoul Searching is a teen comedy and coming-of-age film based on a true story about one of the 1986 summer camps. Dr. Suk-Young Kim, Professor of Theater and Dance at UCSB, will lead a post-film discussion. (110 min, Korean w/ English subtitles, 2015)
Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AQGDxCS-64
Cup of Culture
Shoplifters
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
In-person: MCC Theater
A Japanese family of small time thieves and cons take in a young child off the street and into their cramped apartment. When the girl is shown on the news as missing, the family must go to elaborate lengths to keep her with them, further distancing themself from legality. 2018. 2h 1m.
