Trans lives matter! Justice for Islan Nettles- Excerpt

read about the work in Shadow & Act by Kiratiana Freelon

http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/watch-experimental-short-film-trans-lives-matter-justice-for-islan-nettles-20150610

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Brooklyn Museum FirstSaturdays Presents
 June 6th, 2015 
International LGBTQ Pride

Seyi Adebanjo


Film 6 p.m.


Trans Lives Matter! Justice for Islan Nettles 


A powerful and intensely moving document of a community vigil for Islan Nettles a transgender Womyn of Color.

Excerpt of Ọya: Something Happened On The Way To West Africa!

A talkback with the filmmaker follows.


Free tickets (25) at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.

Brooklyn Museum


200 Eastern Parkway
 Brooklyn, New York 11238-6052

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/visit/first_saturdays.php

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Official Selection of PBS Channel 13 WNET

Saturday Night Oct 25th @ 9PM

Trans Lives Matter! Will be screened with a Classic and Indie film

Tell your friends & tune in

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Official Selection of the 28th BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival

Official Selection of the Black Star Film Festival,

Official Selection of the Gender Reel Performance & Film Festival,

Official Selection of the Black Trans Media

Official Selection of the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival

Official Selection of the Minneapolis Underground Film Festival,

Trans Lives Matter! Justice for Islan Nettles

- a multimedia photography piece by Seyi Adebanjo

A powerful and intensely moving document of a community vigil for Islan Nettles a transgender Womyn of Color and victim of hate crime.

Because the personal is political.

Because the brutal and increasing attacks on Trans Womyn of Color are outrageous their victimization causes outrage.

Because healing and action tighten our fists and boom our voices.

Islan’s murder was a hate crime, she was beaten to death in front of an

NYPD precinct in Harlem. She was only 21.

August 27th, 2013 Vigil at Jackie Robinson Park in Harlem steps away from where she was murdered.

This endeavor captured the love and support community brought to sustain each other and her family; along with the continued oppression that occurs in the Queer community noting the increasingly particular targets of transgender and gender non conforming people.

Trans Lives Matter! Justice for Islan Nettles

by Seyi Adebanjo

read more here:

http://janetmock.com/2013/08/28/islan-nettles-vigil-trans-women-of-color/

a letter to my sisters who showed up for islan nettles & ourselves at the vigil

http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/08/26/another-day-another-anti-lgbt-violent-attack-new-york-city

transgender woman dies after beating in front of nypd precinct

Rest in Power Islan Nettles

Special Thanks to:

The Nettles Family

Janet Mock

Jevon Martin

Mayowa Obasaju

Videographer &Instructor

Mike Kamber

Bronx Documentary Center

City Lore Documentary Institute

Elena Martínez

Steve Zeitlin

Amanda Dargan

Pam Sporn

Community:

Ronald Caldwell

Lourdes Ashley Hunter

Sasha Alexander

Egypt

Miss Kim & Cris

Community Kinship Life (CkLife)

Chanel Lopez

Anti Violence Project

Laverne Cox

Mariah Lopez

Ni'Ja Whitson

Kokumo Kinetic

Imani Henry

Sean E. Coleman

Destination Tomorrow

Audre Lorde Project

Harlem Pride

New York City Black Pride

Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD)