Join Me in Supporting QWOCMAP's Film Resistance

Have you noticed the moment we're in? It's an Octavia Butler novel come to life, n'est-ce pas? We are in a time where there is regular passing of legislation to silence and erase marginalized people, including queer and trans people of color.

Historically, the arts have been a place to resist and call out the harm done to marginalized people. Now, intentional steps to minimize access to the arts is occurring by the federal government cutting important funding.

While this is happening, so has the following...

Recently, QWOCMAP $500,000 in already awarded funding was abruptly taken away, which would have supported their Critical Juncture program for Black queer and trans filmmakers and their QTWork Apprenticeship program. As someone who believes in the power of storytelling to change hearts and minds, and as a donor for almost 15 years, I am recommitting my financial support of QWOCMAP.

Will you join me in supporting QWOCMAP?

What Your Support Does:

• Funds free filmmaker training programs for communities systematically excluded from filmmaking
• Ensures livable compensation for the QWOCMAP team and program participants
• Maintains comprehensive accessibility services including ASL, captions, and audio description
• Preserves and distributes films that document our communities' struggles, triumphs, and visions

Knowing that QWOCMAP does all of these things and more to support our community, will help me sustain the life-changing work of QWOCMAP by becoming a Producer in this resistance? Together, we can help protect QTBIPOC stories at a time when they're actively being erased.

With deep appreciation,

Cassandra

QWOCMAP Board member, Filmmaker, & Donor

Film As Resistance: Join the Producers Circle for the Producers Circle 

When legislation targets QTBIPOC lives, experiences, and stories, film becomes our most powerful tool of resistance.

For 25 years, QWOCMAP has transformed filmmaking—historically art's most expensive medium—into a tool for liberation. No other organization combines free filmmaker training, exhibition, and distribution specifically for LBTQIA+ BIPOC creators with a deep commitment to disability justice and accessibility.

We recently lost $500,000 in already awarded funding that would have supported our Critical Juncture program for Black queer and trans filmmakers and our QTWork Apprenticeship program. As arts funding is dismantled at all levels and corporations retreat from supporting queer content, QWOCMAP's independent, community-centered approach becomes necessary for survival.

In the film world, producers create ecosystems that make stories possible. By becoming a Producer through our Producers Circle, you're making an investment in collective resilience that can withstand political shifts and funding challenges.

Our goal is to raise $75,000 by June 30 to ensure QWOCMAP can continue this essential work through our 25th anniversary year and beyond.

When they say we shouldn't exist, we make films that document our joy. When they try to erase our histories, we create archives of our resistance. When they cut funding for our stories, we build our own pathways to create.

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