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the official website for the film is: stillblackfilm.org

the site list all upcoming screenings and news about the film and filmmakers.

the official website of filmmaker kortney ryan ziegler is: blackstarmedia.org

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stillblackfilm.org

please contact the producer: awilda@blackstarmedia.org to arrange how you can host a screening of the film! if you are a non-profit or an institution, we have an online screener avilable at your request.

peace,
-k.r.z.

excerpts from still black will be screened at translastions: seattle’s transgender film festival. may 10th @ 5 p.m. will be the last time official excerpts from “still black” will be shown to the public before it’s official release this fall!

so, if any of you are in the pacific northwest, check it out. also check out the list of other trans/genderqueer films at the festival: Translations

(don’t you wanna be like these folks?)

the screenings, thus far, have been awesome. the response and feedback we have recieved for the project has been nothing short of magical. as such, we have an added screening of select excerpts of “still black: a portrait of black transmen.”

april 26th @ 8 p.m. @ GENDER FUSIONS 4 (Columbia College Chicago: Conaway Center, 1104 S. Wabash, 1st Floor) $5 students / $10 general

The headliners of the event:
Marga Gomez, Matthew Hollis, Ryka Aoki de La Cruz, and Teatro Luna

*all proceeds of GENDER FUSIONS will support the post-production of the film. if you can’t make it to the event and still want to donate to the project, please visit our website. we are still seeking to reach our goal of raising $5,000 to complete the project.

save the dates
for the first time ever, official excerpts from still black: a portrait of black transmen will be presented to the public at the following venues:

april 9th @ 8:30 p.m. at the university of illinois urbana-champaign’s “reel queer film festival”

april 25th @ 8 p.m. at northwestern university’s queertopia!–$5 students/$10 general

april 26th @ the center on halsted (glbtq center) in chicago

the director (me) and producer will be in attendance at all of the events, two of which are free! for more information, email awilda@blackstarmedia.org

my recent film, “still black: a portrait of black transmen” is STILL in the fundraising process. as such, we have started a campaign to sell t-shirts. check out one of our shirts below and visit our cafepress store by clicking here to contribute to this groundbreaking and VERY important film. if you purchase a t-shirt, you not only get an awesome shirt, but a credit in the final film!

peace,
-krz

experimental documentary about black trans men.

please visit stillblackfilm.org

a visual portrait of black trans men.
a film by kortney ryan ziegler

this is a quick preview of my current experimental film project which is the first documentary to investigate the lives of black transgender men.

contact: kortney@blackstarmedia.org for more info or visit stillblackfilm.org

peace
-krz

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