Solidarity Cinema

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KALW's Solidarity Cinema presents an hour long program of 3 short films by queer Filipino filmmakers at this screening & fundraiser. Tickets are available on a sliding scale of $5–$25 (NOTAFLOF), with proceeds going to mutual aid efforts in the Phillipines and KALW Public Media. This is a masks encouraged event and we will be providing masks at the door for anyone who needs it. The venue is wheelchair accessible. If you have any access needs please contact hanisha.harjani@kalw.org In addition to the films there will be vegan sinigang (a yummy tamarind based soup) and other goodies for donation! Films on view this month: Yakap (2016, dir. Margo Manalo) Alee learns that the truth is loudest in the silence when an unexpected encounter alters her plan of coming out to her conservative mother. [13 min] Leslie, Germie, Benjie, Trixie (2025, dir. Allen A. Prodigalidad) Four science high school students struggle to complete their capstone project—all while dealing with an oppressive principal, academic pressure, personal conflicts, and questions about identity. [22 min] Oliver (1983, dir. Nick Deocampo) A documentary about Oliver, a dancer who supports his family by performing in Manila's gay bars. [33 min] **Note this film is explicit and should be regarded as an 18+ rating Solidarity Cinema is a community-run archive of more than 9,000 films documenting solidarity, struggle, and social movements around the world. By providing free access to radical cinema and supporting grassroots screenings, the project helps organizers, educators, and communities use film as a tool for learning, collective action, and social change. 📍 220 Montgomery St., San Francisco, 2 blocks from BART/MUNI 🚪 Doors open at 7:30 🍷 Refreshments for donation (and KALW members get their first one on the house)