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As a community event with an annual attendance of 60,000, Frameline film festival is the most prominent and well-attended LGBT cultural arts program in the San Francisco Bay Area. An ongoing threat to boycott the Festival due to the inclusion and support of Israeli culture provides a community organizing model to learn from. This document provides a summary of how one organized Jewish community continuously responds and prepares for ongoing threats of identity in a peaceful and collective manner. Included in the following pages are some of the published and unpublished statements and reactions. Additionally included are a few behind the press interactions between community lay leaders and professional staff to comprehensively ensure that general support for this local festival continues along with the ongoing inclusion of Israeli programs.
Bay Area Reporter: Editorial ..............................................................................................................................................................2 Standing with Frameline ........................................................................................................................................................................ 2 Bay Area Reporter: Open Forum .......................................................................................................................................................3 QUESTIONING FRAMELINE ON ISRAELI SUPPORT ................................................................................................................................. 3 Bay Area Reporter: Letters to the Editor ...........................................................................................................................................4 Kudos to Israeli Consulate...................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Frameline and Israel .............................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Lights, camera, action! .......................................................................................................................................................................... 5 LGBTs must show solidarity with Palestine ........................................................................................................................................... 5 Israel is a member of world community ................................................................................................................................................ 6 Worsening situation for Palestinians ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 San Francisco Bay Times: News Feature ............................................................................................................................................7 Controversy Plagues San Francisco LGBT Film Festival.......................................................................................................................... 7 San Francisco Chronicle: Community Reporting ................................................................................................................................8 Frameline34 and the Israeli Consulate .................................................................................................................................................. 8 Bay Area Reporter: News Feature .....................................................................................................................................................9 Protests target Frameline screenings .................................................................................................................................................... 9 Bay Area Reporter: Political Notebook ............................................................................................................................................ 10 Queer activists reel over Israel, Frameline ties .................................................................................................................................... 10 Behind the Press: Supporting Frameline .......................................................................................................................................... 12 Hi from the Israel Center & the Jewish Federation .............................................................................................................................. 12 Thanks & Support ................................................................................................................................................................................ 13 Drafting Letters to the Bay Area Reporter ........................................................................................................................................... 13 Community Partner Outreach.............................................................................................................................................................. 14 QUIT Bus Shelter and Out in Israel Posters .......................................................................................................................................... 16 Social Media: Supporting Frameline ................................................................................................................................................ 17 Twitter on Frameline @JEWISHLGBT ................................................................................................................................................... 17 Get Out to Frameline! .......................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Visual images: QUIT at work ............................................................................................................................................................ 20
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Film Festival, not accept financial sponsorship by the Israeli Consulate. We cannot say that we are for the liberation of
all queers, if we do not respect the call of Palestinian queers to act in solidarity with their struggle for liberation. The Israeli government is specifically targeting the LGBTQI community in a campaign to "rebrand" Israel as a progressive, queer-friendly democracy. We call this a "pinkwashing" of the brutal realities that Palestinian face under an illegal military occupation. We ask filmmakers, whether or not they are submitting to this year's festival, to support the struggle for peace and justice by letting Frameline's directors know they cannot allow their films to be shown at an event with Israeli sponsorship. We also urge organizations that are invited to co-present films at the festival to ask Frameline whether they are accepting Israeli sponsorship before agreeing to participate. (Note that we are not trying to tell Frameline what films to show and are not yet calling for a boycott of the festival.) In joining the cultural boycott, you will stand with a growing number of queer filmmakers for human rights, including Elle Flanders, John Greyson, Maher Sabry and Sonia deVries, and writers such as Adrienne Rich and Sarah Schulman. Queer rights are human rights, and human rights are queer rights. For more information go to www.quitpalestine.org Sonia deVries, director, Gay Cuba ; John Greyson, director, Fig Trees and Lilies; Elle Flanders, director, Zero Degrees of Separation ; Erica Marcus, director, My Home, My Prison; Eric Stanley, co-director, Criminal Queers and Homotopia ; Matthilda Bernstein Sycamore, co-director, All That Sheltering Emptiness; Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism; South West Asian and North African Bay Area Queers; ASWAT Palestinian Gay Women; Israeli Queers for Palestine; Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (Toronto); QTEAM (Montreal); and Birthright Unplugged Page 3 of 20
Ruvim Braude, President Rabbi Doug Kahn, Executive Director, Jewish Community Relations Council Jennifer Gorovitz, Chief Executive Officer, Jewish Community Federation
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Those of us who oppose Israel's policies that continue to deny basic human and civil rights to Palestinians are gathering at 6 p.m. to picket the opening night (Thursday June 17) of the festival, declaring that, as LGBTs concerned with justice, we don't want or need Israel's money in support of our film festival. Our community should join with other artists such as Adrienne Rich, Elvis Costello, and Arundahti Roy to pressure the Israeli government to honor the rights and selfdetermination of all Palestinians. Carla Schick Oakland, California
the LGBT Freedom Day Parade this year, told me that the Opening Night picket line is going to be pretty darn visible Page 7 of 20
and loud, and she hopes the LGBT folks and their allies who respect human rights will not cross it. We hope that this will convince festival organizers not to accept Israeli blood money and support in the future. Jennifer Morris, Frameline Festival Director, explains their point of view, As long as the protesters are polite to folks who are coming to Opening Night, I totally support their free expression of speech. The Jewish Community Federation and the Israeli Consulate together are just providing funds to fly the director of the film Gay Days (6/25, Castro) from Israel. No other entities have ever offered to provide us with airfare for a filmmaker. Only consulates or other cultural organizations like the Goethe Institute have done this in the past. This year, the Norwegian Consulate is also supporting filmmaker travel. Raphael replied We are not trying to tell the festival what films to show or what directors to bring as guests, and we are not asking people to boycott the festival. What we are saying is that taking sponsorship from an Israeli Half-dozen supporters of Israel outside government that consistently violates international law, most recently by killing unarmed international civilians in international waters violates the spirit the Castro Theatre on Frameline Opening Night June 2010 of Stonewall. Hmm, those commandos attacking the Gaza aid flotilla were pretty upsetting, and I can only imagine that the drag queens who stood up to the police at Stonewall would not want Frameline to take money in their name. So I guess I am going to honor the picket and boycott and miss the Opening Night film, The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister.
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we don't see in front of us. Broadening our worldviews, listening to everyone, is the whole point. Sitting there in the dark is supposed to be illuminating.
Protests against the pulling of a film from Frameline's schedule, and Israeli sponsorship of another movie, book-ended the first weekend of the LGBT film festival. Half a dozen demonstrators, including a trans man and a trans woman, stood outside the Roxie in the Mission Friday night to protest the removal of The Gendercator, a short film about a lesbian who wakes up in a future where butch dykes are forced to become men, after it had been accepted into the festival. Frameline made the unprecedented decision to pull the film by director Catherine Crouch after transgender activists and their allies launched a petition drive, calling the movie transphobic. The action angered many lesbians who have decried what they see as censorship and the silencing of a lesbian filmmaker. They have demanded Frameline apologize to Crouch, reinstate the film in the festival prior to its completion this Sunday, and pledge to never pull another film after it has been accepted. "We think it is a bad precedent," said San Francisco resident Marcy Fraser as she passed out fliers to moviegoers and passersby. "We think it is counter to the mission of Frameline." Fraser, who saw the film last week, said while "it is not a great movie, that is not the issue. If all the movies have to meet some standard, there won't be any films shown." A nurse and former member of Frameline, Fraser said she still planned to see films in this year's festival. As for renewing her membership, she said, "It depends on how they handle it." Joachim Post, a programmer with the Hamburg International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, in town scouting for movies to screen, exited from the theater to find the protest. He said his festival, despite some opposition, will screen the film in October. "I still think you should screen the films and let the audience discuss it," said Post. "The whole thing is really unpleasant. It is good someone is telling the audience because they would not know otherwise." Frameline artistic director Michael Lumpkin, speaking to the protesters that night, said he understands their concerns but was fearful showing the film would have resulted in "an angry mob" showing up to the theater. "We also had the fear of the transgender community walking away from Frameline and our film festival," he said. Oakland resident Max Dashua, a butch lesbian and organizer of the protest, retorted, "What about the lesbian community? Is it important for us to feel welcome?" Oakland resident Alicia "Joey" Brite, in a phone interview, called Frameline's decision "shameful" and could make filmmakers self-censor themselves in order to ensure their films would be screened by the festival. "If they start down that path it is going to change our culture into one riding right along in lockstep with homeland security, the Bush administration, all of this stuff we are already in fear of now. Artists are already being squelched in this atmosphere of fear and political correctness," said Brite. Brite said there are talks of screening the film in San Francisco sometime this summer. Crouch did not respond to a request for comment last week, and Lumpkin said nothing has been planned of yet. If anything, Brite said the controversy will not end when the festival does. "Frameline would not want a bunch of our big mouths contacting their big sponsors and saying we are seriously going to consider pulling our sponsorship of those companies as well," said Brite. "Michael Lumpkin made a huge mistake and pulled out a big old can of whoop-ass from lesbians. We will take our money elsewhere." Protesters outside the Castro Theatre prior to the screening of Eytan Fox's The Bubble Monday, June 18 would like to see nothing more than one Frameline sponsor drop out: the Israeli Consulate-General for the Pacific Northwest. Page 9 of 20
Supporters of an international cultural boycott of Israel due to its "illegal occupation of Palestine" handed out fliers to those waiting to see the film, calling on Frameline to sever ties with the Israeli Consulate. The consulate paid for Fox to come to San Francisco, and Consul General David Akov and his wife, Tamar, whom Lumpkin thanked from the stage, attended the screening. In his remarks to the audience, Fox addressed the controversy surrounding his film and asked that no one "disrupt" the showing of the movie."The film is trying to demonstrate against what you are," said Fox of the movie he directed and co-wrote about the tragic gay love story between a Jew and a Palestinian. "There are people trying to live in coexistence together. We can talk about, even shout about, these things after the film." The film opened in Israel last July, two weeks prior to the country's war with Lebanon. The title is a derisive term for Tel Aviv, viewed as a progressive, anti-war city largely unmarred by the violence experienced in the rest of the country. The film flopped, largely due to a nationalistic attitude sweeping Israel during the fighting, though Fox said DVD sales this spring have been brisk. Fox is also an outspoken critic of his country's policies. "Israel's done so many mistakes in the Middle East with our relationship to Arabs and Palestinians," he said. Arab film festivals have refused to show the movie, said Fox, because along with its homosexual story line, the Israeli government and Army backed it. The movie has also been criticized because the Arab character becomes a suicide bomber in the end. Fox said he struggled with the ending and allowed the film could have done better to explain why the character makes such a decision. Nonetheless, he said, "I think it is the only ending possible. I don't think the film portrays a man who wants to go kill Jews. He wants to kill himself. He feels no way out." "It is a tragic, terrible ending, but so are so many stories in our area of the world," he added.
At issue is the fact that for the last several years, the Israeli Consulate-General in San Francisco has been listed among the sponsors of the festival. The consulate, as the French, Canadian, and other consulates do for their own citizens, mainly helps to cover the transportation costs for Israeli filmmakers whose movies are being screened. "It is not a huge amount of money. It allows us to have the filmmaker here and really enriches the experience for our audience," said Frameline managing director Matt Westendorf. But queer cineastes are petitioning festival organizers to drop Israeli sponsorship due to what they see as the Jewish state's mistreatment of Palestinians. "It is disingenuous when people talk about Israel as some beacon of hope for queers. It is impossible to talk about freedom of queer folks in an apartheid state," said Heba Nimr, who is of Palestinian and Egyptian descent and who has attended Frameline for more than a decade. "It is a racist state and a particularly egregious violator of human rights and has been since its founding." A spokeswoman for the Israeli consulate did not respond to a request for comment.
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About a year ago, Palestinian artists and their allies, including some Israelis, called for a cultural boycott of the Israeli government because of what they contend is an "appalling disregard for international law and human rights." More than 100 artists and writers including filmmakers Sophie Fiennes, Elia Suleiman, Ken Loach, Haim Bresheeth , and Jenny Morgan ; writers John Berger , Arundhati Roy, Ahdaf Soueif, and Eduardo Galeano; and musicians Brian Eno and Leon Rosselson have signed on to a petition being circulated and presented to cultural events around the world. Petition organizers said film festivals in Edinburgh, Scotland and Locarno, Italy have headed their call and are now pressing Frameline to sign on to the boycott. The local pressure is being organized by members of QUIT! Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism and the Southwest Asian and North American queer community. They liken it to the boycott against Coors Brewing Company due to the owner of the beer maker funding antigay groups. "Israel has violated 90 resolutions of the United Nations. We feel many queers would not want our cultural institutions to be partnering with a government like that," said QUIT! founder Kate Raphael, who also led a boycott against the World Pride held in Jerusalem. In March, Frameline received the petition with more than 100 signatories, including a dozen film festival members and volunteers, and several Frameline visionary and benefactor donors. Supporters are quick to note that they are not seeking a boycott of Israeli films or in any other way trying to interfere with artistic decisions, but only asking Frameline to not partner directly with the Israeli government. "We want to have a conversation with the festival," said Nimr. "Our preference is to meet with them before this year's festival. We will see what happens, but we would love to talk to them." Frameline's board and top management discussed the petition request, but decided not to discontinue its relationship with the Israeli consulate. Westendorf said while the board felt joining in a cultural boycott falls outside of Frameline's mission, the festival is open to having a dialogue with the petition organizers. "We recognize they are bringing up legitimate issues and an important debate," said Westendorf. "Our goal is to use media arts to build understanding between cultures. We really looked to our mission to make the decision. "We just feel part of our mission is engaging foreign governments and promoting queer film around the world," he added. "It has the potential to create dialogue and debate regarding queer issues, especially among government officials and that could affect policy. And that is a good thing." The dustup has some longtime Frameline contributors threatening to pull their financial support and activists mulling over what sort of protest or action to mount at this year's festival. "The last few years it has been really distressing to sit there at the Castro Theatre and see up on the screen or hear" about the Israeli consulate's involvement with the festival, said Campbell resident Soher Ussef, who donates $1,200 to be a Frameline visionary member each year. Ussef, a lesbian from Egypt, said many of her queer Middle Eastern friends are Palestinian and support the cultural boycott. "None of my friends are heavy attendees of the film festival as I am, but they will come to see certain films. We look at each other and our jaws drop when Israeli sponsorship comes on the screen," she said. Ussef contends that the festival's refusal to end its ties to the Israeli government is hurting its fundraising in the Bay Area's LGBT Arab community. "Absolutely, at this point I am really reconsidering whether I should continue my support," she said. "I really, really hope Frameline will reconsider and make the right decision not to accept further sponsorship from the Israeli consulate." Nat Smith, a black transgender queer filmmaker who has a short documentary in this year's festival, said he is perplexed as to why Frameline is jeopardizing its financial support over such a small amount of money. Were the festival to drop the Israeli sponsorship, Smith believes those backing the boycott would make up for the lost funds. Page 11 of 20
"I don't want to keep that filmmaker from coming to the festival. I am sure if people did a call to support funding to bring this filmmaker, people would come up with the money. I would donate and I have never donated before," said Smith, who intends to discuss the issue at this year's festival. "Hopefully, we can at least meet and they will make a decision about next year's funding." This year, at least, the Israeli government will be back on the sponsor's list. It is paying to fly filmmaker Eytan Fox , the director of The Bubble, to take part in a Q&A about his new movie, described as a queer Romeo and Juliet in which Noam, a handsome record-store attendant in Tel Aviv who serves part-time with the Israeli Army at a checkpoint on the border of the Palestinian territories, falls for Ashraf, a soulful Palestinian who crosses through the checkpoint one day, then turns up again on the gay party scene in Tel Aviv. According to a synopsis of the film, Noam and his group of gay friends oppose Israel's Palestinian policy and organize anti-occupation raves. Yet when Ashraf moves in with Noam, the couple is forced to confront political and family pressures that threaten to tear them apart. The 117-minute movie, shot in Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles, will be shown Monday, June 18 at the Castro Theatre and is co-presented by the Jewish Community Federation's LGBT Alliance.
I sent you the documentary Thats Gila, Thats Me, and have recently talked to Jonathan Segall, a filmmaker whose Lipstika (Odem) was recently in Berlin (not sure theyll send a screener). Do you have anything else thats worthy? What are the prospects? Lisa Finkelstein & I would love to help in any way, naturally. Let me know, Best, Donny
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sense to me, so the last sentence would need to be re-written or deleted. My current 500 word letter is attached. After making a few more edits, I plan to submit it by tomorrow. Arthur Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2011 10:55 PM I really like this, Akiva. But I would delete the last line: to me it doesn't work because I don't know what "chauvanism" means nor what it has to do with the subject. Al Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 9:17 AM Arthur I think your letter is excellent. I prepared an additional text which takes on the boycotters a bit more stridently. It might be good if it arrived at BAR as an additional letter from someone else perhaps JCRC or Israel Center. In any case we should definitely respond in full force. I spoke to Frameline yesterday they are annoyed by the attack on them and expect a very strong Jewish community response. Best Akiva - Akiva Tor Consul General Consulate of Israel to the Pacific Northwest 456 Montgomery St. San Francisco, CA 94104 Tel: 415-8447501 Email:
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More photos & some video of protest @framelinefest of sponsorship by @sfIsrael http://flickr.com/ari/sets/72157624179612179/ #frameline 3:41 PM Jun 18th Discussion We Were There @framelinefest http://wewereherefilm.com #frameline http://flic.kr/p/8bXjK2 Jun 20th Just a few of the fabulous noise makers welcoming us to attend @framelinefest http://twitpic.com/1xoxqf Jun 17th Thank u @framelinefest We love u! Thanks for supporting queer LGBT independent film http://twitpic.com/1xou4l Jun 17th Frameline34 Tickets are now on sale to the General Public. Two programs are already at rush. Get your tix fast! http://bit.ly/9ETl5x 2:02 PM Jun 4th Give back to the community in a way that works for you final @framelinefest Volunteer Orientation 7:30 tonight 145 9th St 9:34 AM Jun 10th Zsa Zsa Gershick made a queer #ish short film 'Door Prize' screens 6.19 at 1:30 at Castro Theatre http://bit.ly/dCSq0j 11:43 PM Jun 9th Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 4:36 PM Dear Lisa, I'm writing to extend a huge THANK YOU to the LGBT Alliance & Israel Center of the Jewish Community Federation for being a Community Partner for Frameline34! We had an excellent festival, and couldn't have done it without you! This was a phenomenal festival, with a truly outstanding program, great Q&A sessions, and several sold out houses. Here are some specific highlights: We screened 219 films -- features, documentaries, and shorts -- including work from 31 countries, including The Bahamas, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hong Kong, Nepal, Peru, and Tunisia. We were also lucky to have 22 first-time feature filmmakers, 35 local filmmakers, and hundreds of filmmakers from out of town. Our attendance this year topped 57,000 guests! I'm thrilled to have worked with a fantastic group of 85 Community Partners to co-present films this year, representing diverse constituencies, vital services and many areas of work. And, through our Community Ticket Giveaway program, we gave away more than 7500 tickets, helping to make the festival affordable to our community's lower-income members and volunteers! Frameline once again presented several awards, including the AT&T Audience Awards and the return of the juried awards for Outstanding First Feature and Documentary. To see the list of winners, visit our brand new blog: http://blog.frameline.org/2010/06/frameline34-awards/. As we continue to struggle through tough economic times -- especially for many social service and arts organizations -I'm proud and humbled by the community support Frameline receives. The festival is truly about bringing people together, and I'm honored to be part of such a strong and resilient community. Along with my thanks, I still have two quick requests of you: 1) If you haven't already, please send me any EXAMPLES of PROMOTIONS you did around your film or the festival (emails, newsletter clippings, etc.). This helps me document the success of the Community Partner program. 2) Please share any FEEDBACK about this year's festival or the Community Partner program, as we do try to improve the festival each year! And, of course, we'll be in touch next year about being part of Frameline35! Thanks again, Harris Kornstein Community Engagement & Communications Coordinator Frameline 145 9th Street, Suite 300 San Francisco, CA 94103 P 415.703.8650 x 304 F 415.861.1404 http://www.frameline.org
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Harris, We selected Donny Inbar as our LGBT Alliance & Israel Center primary contact for Frameline this year. So if he approved of the selection - Eyes Wide Open - you sent him too then please consider that our LGBT Alliance approval as well. Donny can also speak for the LGBT Alliance (if we are given the opportunity to speak before the show) and you can give him our 4 tickets to distribute. We will show up with our Jewish Fed. Postcards if possible on the show night to distribute ourselves. Best to you for a happy Pride season! Lisa Sent: Mon Apr 12 16:04:39 2010 Greetings, Thanks again for being a Community Partner for Frameline34 -- I'm so happy to have LGBT Alliance, Jewish Community Federation on board. I'm writing to let you know that we'd love LGBT Alliance, Israel Center Jewish Community Federation to present the following films program as our Community Partner at this year's festival: Eyes Wide Open & Gay Days with director Yair Qedar. Please note that we are still in the midst of scheduling the festival, so our film pairings are subject to change, and we cannot yet guarantee a specific screening date, time, or location. We are also busy writing synopses for our publications deadlines, so we cannot yet provide complete film information for all films. Again, we have done our best to pair your organization with a film that relates to your mission or appeals to your members; in many cases, you can find more information about your particular film on the Internet. Remember, as a co-presenter you receive the following benefits: Your organization will be listed in our program guide and on our website An opportunity to speak about your organization for one minute before the screening (excluding Castro Theatre screenings) An opportunity to distribute promotional materials at the theatre before the screening Four Complimentary Program Tickets In return we ask that you publicize your screening to your constituency via your website, newsletter, email blasts, and/or social networking sites -whatever works best for your organization. I will be in touch as the Festival gets closer with additional details for your screening, including materials to help with your outreach. Please do not publicize this film until we have announced our complete schedule in late May. Also, please help us in our mission to make the Festival accessible to everyone! If your group serves low-income or youth clients who cannot afford tickets to the festival, let me know and I'll add your organization to our Complimentary Ticket Giveaway database. Tickets will be for weekday matinee screenings at the Castro Theatre and will be mailed in June. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me via e-mail at hkornstein@frameline.org or via phone at 415.703.8650 x304. Thanks again -- I look forward to your participation in our festival! Yours, Harris
Out in Israel bus signs vandalized with the statements, Tell Frameline to say NO! To blood money & pink washing Picket Opening Night of Frameline!
BETWEEN DONNY INBAR, AKIVA TOR, DOUG KAHN, LISA FINKELSTEIN, LITAL CARMEL & KC PRICE
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Dear friends, Please have a look at the truly disturbing new QUIT poster & let's talk over the phone 1st thing in the morning about the way we prepare for/react to the planned QUIT protest at the Frameline opening on Thursday. Best, Donny Donny Inbar, Ph.D. | Associate Director for Arts and Culture | the Israel Center of the Jewish Community Federation | 121 Steuart St., San Francisco, CA 94105 | (o) (415) 512-6293 | (c) (415) 309-2494 | (f) (415) 278-0646 | www.jewishfed.org/israelcenter | donnyi@sfjcf.org Sent: Sun 6/13/2010 4:44 PM Hi Donny, As promised, here is the photo I took of the one in front of the Diesel store. It's so outrageous. Also, right after we talked, I spoke to John Haley from SF MTA (Bevan Dufty had him call me) and he's trying to get them taken down right now. Let's talk tomorrow, and as I mentioned I emailed Neta about this too and sent her the picture. Best, K.C.
an interesting look into the many eyes of sf lgbt queer conflict on israel http://bit.ly/c5R8Rb #frameline @framelinefest 11:13 PM Jun 20th nice. city of borders playing on kqed right now! another kesher moment as a queer jew in the bay area 11:03 PM Jun 20th More photos & some video of protest @framelinefest of sponsorship by @sfIsrael http://flickr.com/ari/sets/72157624179612179/ #frameline 3:41 PM Jun 18th Discussion after We Were There @framelinefest http://wewereherefilm.com #frameline http://flic.kr/p/8bXjK2 4:05 PM Jun 20th @MarcSmolowitz "Postcard For Daddy" by Michael Stock is an unflinching, raw & honest look at sexual abuse, HIV, and reconciliation. A #frameline34 must-see 10:46 PM Jun 19th These 2 Bay Area LGBT Jewish leaders r powerful mentors & inspire my #ish activism http://twitpic.com/1xou4l #Jewish #LGBT 11:37 AM Jun 18th Queers singing out against Israel makes some feel under attack others part of a #ish community http://twitpic.com/1xosze 11:33 AM Jun 18th This fabulous queer Jew feels super #ish volunteering each year at @framelinefest http://twitpic.com/1xouwk We loved watching The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister the opening film @framelinefest 34 #Lesbian #LGBT 9:20 PM Jun 17th We love independent lgbt queer films & the @framelinefest board! Thank you! http://twitpic.com/1xp3i2 7:40 PM Jun 17th KC & Jennifer introduce the 219 films from 31 countries that @framelinefest screens http://twitpic.com/1xp1dx 7:33 PM Jun 17th Just a few of the fabulous noise makers welcoming us to attend @framelinefest http://twitpic.com/1xoxqf 7:20 PM Jun 17th A bit loud outside @framelinefest but not too loud to support LGBT independent film http://twitpic.com/1xovji 7:12 PM Jun 17th This fabulous queer Jew supports @framelinefest by volunteering! Todah! http://twitpic.com/1xouwk 7:10 PM Jun 17th Thank u @framelinefest We love u! Thanks for supporting queer LGBT independent film http://twitpic.com/1xou4l 7:07 PM Jun 17th Feeling a bit under attack...now we are inside the fabulous Castro Theatre! http://twitpic.com/1xosze 7:03 PM Jun 17th @framelinefest @indiewire named Frameline one of the Top 50 Film Festivals in the world! http://bit.ly/duM3dF What makes Frameline one of your faves? 4:35 PM May 12th via CoTweet framelinefest Frameline34 FilmFest iApp is now out! Download for your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. Free! Thanks @FilmFestReviews! http://bit.ly/aBRq0J 6:45 PM Jun 3rd framelinefest Frameline34 Tickets are now on sale to the General Public. Two programs are already at Rush. Get your tix fast! http://bit.ly/9ETl5x 2:02 PM Jun 4th New blog post: Allen Ginsberg's Lover Peter Orlovsky Passes Away http://bit.ly/btitOB 3:55 PM Jun 4th New blog post: Weekend Roundup: Frameline in the News http://bit.ly/dlX9JB 4:25 PM Jun 13th Blog Post: Support LGBT queer Israeli Jewish themed film at SF Frameline http://wp.me/pdKkX-13E #LGBT #Israel #Jewish #gay 11:45 PM Jun 13th New Blog Post: Support LGBT queer Israeli Jewish themed films at Frameline! http://wp.me/pdKkX-13E 3:22 PM Jun 11th
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Get Out to Frameline! http://wp.me/pdKkX-13E 12:14 PM Jun 11th via WordPress.com from The Embarcadero, San Francisco Give back to the community in a way that works for you: final @framelinefest Volunteer Orientation 7:30 tonight 145 9th St 9:34 AM Jun 10th Zsa Zsa Gershick made a queer #ish short film 'Door Prize' screens 6.19 at 1:30 at Castro Theatre http://bit.ly/dCSq0j 11:43 PM Jun 9th
A few hundred community members gathered in front of the Castro Theatre on Frameline Opening night in June 2011. Some held signs reading, "Dont pink wash Israels crimes"
San Francisco Bay Area culture jammers targeted ads posted by the Israel advocacy group Stand With Us in Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) stations in January and February 2011. The posters placed over the Stand With Us posters which once read, Stop Palestinian Terrorism Teach Peace now read, Stop Israeli Apartheid. Human Rights for all is the Answer. Boycott Israel. The Stand With Us Posters were also requested to be removed due to the group complaints that the posters contributed to a climate of anti-Arab sentiment and Islamaphobia. San Francisco Bay Area culture jammers targeted ads posted by the Israel advocacy group Stand With Us in BART stations in February 2011. One of the posters placed over the Stand With Us poster read, Israel, Youre not fooling anyone. All Wolf since 1948
QUIT protester Kate Raphael demonstrated outside one of the Out in Israel events at the Roxie Theatre April 2010 Photo: Jane Philomen Cleland as reported in the BAR
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