TWN stands for the rights of women and all persons to control their own bodies, and against the forces that are attempting to push the nation and particularly our communities of color back into the painful past. We continue to present films, filmmakers, events, and seminars promoting communities organizing for progressive change, and we encourage all to be part of that effort, now more than ever!
With great sadness, we regret to announce the loss of Gloria Allen, better known as Mama Gloria, who passed on Monday, June 13, 2022, at the age of 76. Mama Gloria was a trans activist and inspired trans youth, especially in Chicago. She pioneered a charm school for young transgender people at Chicago’s Center on Halsted, offering lessons on love, makeup, and manners that she received from her mother and grandmother. Her kindness and inspiration led people to nickname her “Mama Gloria.” A life so beautifully lived deserves to be beautifully remembered. Please join us to mourn the passing of Mama Gloria.
The Color Congress is a new collective of 80+ people of color-led organizations aimed at centering & strengthening nonfiction storytelling by, for and about people of color across the U.S. They just awarded $1.3 million in grants to 17 organizations. TWN is honored to be one of the organizations that received unrestricted 2-year grants from the Color Congress. Thanks to all our students, fellows, filmmakers and community members for working with us, and thanks to the Color Congress for supporting us!
SWEET SUGAR RAGE
July 17 6:00 PM EST & July 19 8:45 PM EST
In-Person Screening at Anthology Film Archives in New York
The film shows the work of, and explores the methods used by, the theatre collective Sistren to highlight the harsh conditions facing female workers on a Jamaican sugar estate. Within the film, members of the collective are shown interacting with Jamaican women who work on sugar plantations and raising awareness of the women’s labor conditions and daily experiences through discussion and performance.
NOW PRETEND
July 16, 5:45 PM EST & July 18, 8:45 PM EST
In-Person Screening at Anthology Film Archives, New York
NOW PRETEND is an experimental investigation into the use of race as an arbitrary signifier. Drawing upon language, personal memories, and the 1959 text “Black Like Me”, it deals with Lacan’s “mirror stage” theory of self-perception and the movement from object to subject.
WATER RITUAL #1, FINDING CHRISTA and UP AGAINST THE WALL MS AMERICA
Part of No Master Territories Exhibit at HKW, Germany
June 19-August 28, 2022
Curated by Erika Balsom and Hila Peleg

Please check out our Vimeo Channel for recordings of our previous seminars.
THE EARLY WORK OF CHRISTINE CHOY
AVAILABLE ON THE CRITERION CHANNEL
Another Brother
Black Nations/Queer Nations?
In a Perfect World...
A Dream Is What You Wake Up From
The Work of Camille Billops
Black and Blue
The People United
Voices of the Gods

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TWN is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the New York State Legislature, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council, the National Film Preservation Foundation, New York Humanities and the Peace Development Fund, as well as individual donors.