Elliat Graney-Saucke’s Conflict of Identity (2012, 47 min) considers mixed cultural realities – Afro-German Femme Performer, Palestinian-Israeli Sex Worker Performance Artist, et al – in Berlin, Germany. Conflict of Identity is preceded by The US Culture Wars (2011, 27 min), a doc about the defunding of the National Endowment for the Arts in the 1990s by the New Christian Right.

This web screening is part of WHO’S ALLOWED TO MAKE MONEY?, a 22-hour edutainment marathon (that doubles as a birthday celebration for Black Sex Worker Collective founder MF Akynos)! The BSWC invites you to help raise $43,000 of direct support for US-based sex workers and freelancers who are being impacted by COVID-19. Sex work is one of many forms of labor that are delegitimized by government and left out of policy decision-making. The exclusion of these laborers leaves them vulnerable to exploitation, compromises their eligibility for government relief funds during the coronavirus pandemic, and needlessly puts the security of their legal status, health, and housing at risk.

Artists and performers across Australia, Canada, Europe and the US will take part in this groundbreaking, one-of-a-kind-and-one-day-only, 22-hour party and Global Impact Event. Elliat’s films are just a small part of the experience: DJ sets, burlesque showcases, workshops, symposiums, poetry readings and other activities will take place around the world, at all hours!

Each event is ticketed separately, all benefiting BSWC’s worker relief fund. Your ticket is for the performance of your choice, and will include information on how to access that particular event. Visit the WHO’S ALLOWED TO MAKE MONEY? Eventbrite page for the most up-to-date schedule! You can also purchase T-shirts to support, or give to the BSWC GoFundMe.