Laure McElroy

Laure McElroy joined the Festival in 2009 as film curator. Xtascene (her trade name ) is a health worker, a former sex worker (until someone makes a big enough offer), an afropunk and a welfare QUEEN. She loiters on the board of directors at POOR Magazine. She has a love/hate relationship with her own creative endeavors, and a hate/hate relationship with all forms of oppression and pedantry. She lives in San Francisco, CA with a teenager, a partner, and one tiny Chihuahua overlord who rules over everyone with a soft love.