Riding the waves of American history, THE WORLDS OF BERNICE BING explores the life, activism and art of this Abstract Expressionist painter, Beat-era Existentialist, Buddhist, feminist, and Chinese American lesbian. This poignant documentary is a lush tribute to Bernice Bing, the little known fore-mother of Asian American avant-garde art. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Madeleine Lim, this film does justice to her legacy as a San Francisco icon.
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PRODUCED & DIRECTED by Madeleine Lim
Executive Producers
Asian American Women Artists Association
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project
Edited by Amal Kouttab
Music Performed by Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra
Made Possible With Support From
Cal Humanities, Community Stories Grant
San Francisco Arts Commission, Individual Artist Commission
The San Francisco Foundation, Bay Area Documentary Fund
AUDIENCE AWARD
2013 Queer Women of Color Film Festival
FILM FESTIVALS Official Selection
Amsterdam Feminist Art Fest, The Netherlands
Athena Film Festival, NY
Berlin Feminist Film Week, Germany
BFI London LGBT Film Festival, UK
Bologna Lesbian Film Festival, Italy
Boston LGBT Film Festival, MA
CAAMFest San Francisco Asian American Film Festival, CA
Cambridge Queer in Shorts, UK
Frameline San Francisco LGBT Film Festival, CA
Glasgow Glitch Film Festival, Scotland
Out Takes Film Festival, Auckland & Wellington, New Zealand
Queer Women of Color Film Festival, SF
Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, WA
MUSEUMS
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
UNIVERSITIES
California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Mills College, Oakland, CA
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
University of California, Berkeley, CA
University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
