Who's Allowed to Make Money? – Two docs by Elliat Graney-Saucke
Program on view for 24 hours starting
Wed Jul 22: 12.00am PDT (9.00am CEST)
Wed Jul 22: 12.00am PDT (9.00am CEST)
$22 General Admission; proceeds support The Black Sex Worker Collective! No password is required to view these films, but donations are strongly encouraged.
Northwest Film Forum is SCREENING ONLINE! NWFF’s physical space is temporarily closed in light of public health concerns around COVID-19, but community, dialogue, and education through media arts WILL persist.
• • HOW TO WATCH • •
- Purchase a ticket through Eventbrite. All proceeds support The Black Sex Worker Collective.
- Return to this webpage at showtime to view the program, which will screen for 24 hours on July 22 starting at midnight PDT (9am CEST).
- If you encounter any issues logging in, please contact louie@nwfilmforum.org for a quick follow-up.
Content Warning: These films include frank depictions of white supremacy at work and artists’ comments upon it, which use accordingly strong imagery and language that includes racist and homophobic slurs. This is not an exhaustive content warning by any means, as NWFF programmers have not viewed the films in full.
Elliat Graney-Saucke
US
2011-2012
1h 14m
About
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.
More about the Black Sex Worker Collective
https://www.blacksexworkercollective.org
https://www.facebook.com/thebswc
The Black Sex Worker Collective seeks to address the needs of current and former Black sex workers by providing education, legal assistance, healthcare resources, and affordable housing referrals in order to successfully leave & maintain a life outside of the industry. Our goal is to create a safe space where the unique experiences and needs of Black sex worker voices are validated and responded with appropriate needs based resources.