San
Francisco Sex Workers Film and Arts Festival
Detailed
Event Descriptions
1.
Listing for Whole Event- 7th San Francisco Sex Worker Film and
Arts Festival
Short blurb:
The San
Francisco Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival provides a forum
for the accomplishments of sex worker performers, artists and
video makers from San Francisco and around the world. The 10
day long 2011 Festival introduces a number of new events including
"Roaming Hookerfest," (AKA Up Against The Wall: Sex
Workers in Public Spaces); Whores Bath, a magical healing spa
for sex workers; Get The Money Up Front Cabaret with Alotta
Boutte’; and movies such as “Transfrancisco,”
"Fridas Informal Economy" and “Devious, Inc."
and much, much more
Long Description:
http://www.sexworkerfest.com/swfest2011/presskit2011.html
Date:
Friday May 20, - Sunday May 29th
Event Website: http://www.sexworkerfest.com/
Photos: http://www.sexworkerfest.com/swfest2011/hi_resSWFEST_2011.html
Time: various
Price: Festival
Pass $75-150 (sliding Scale): Includes All Day/Night Movies at The Roxie,
Friday Workshops, Modern Day Asian Sex Slavery, The Musical; Intersections:
Hook Collective Sex Worker of Color Arts Show,and Get The Money Up Front
Cabaret
Fest
passes and Advance Tickets Available: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/profile/60201.
Individual
event tickets also available.
Location: Roxie Cinema, 3117 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94110; SOMArts
Cultural Center, 934 Brannan San
Francisco, CA 94103; Center
for Sex & Culture
Phone for publication: 1(415) 671-6117
Festival
Pass $75-150 (sliding Scale): Includes All Day/Night Movies
at The Roxie, Friday Workshops, Modern Day Asian Sex Slavery,
The Musical; Intersections: Hook Collective Sex Worker of Color
Arts Show,and Get The Money Up Front Cabaret
Saturday
Movie Pass-Roxie $40.00
1. LOVE FOR $ALE:
A Sweet Talking ~Street Walking Burlesque Cabaret Benefiting St. James Infirmary
Kicking off the 2011 San Francisco Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival
Date: Friday May 20, 2011
Event Website: http://www.sexworkerfest.com/swfest2011/loveforsale
Photos: http://www.sexworkerfest.com/swfest2011/hi_resSWFEST_2011.html
Date: Friday May 20, 2011
Time: 9:00pm - 11:00pm
Price: $15-50 (sliding scale) Fest passes and advance tickets through
Brown Paper Bag tickets May 1st
Location: Roxie Cinema
Location Address: 3117 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone for publication: 1(415) 671-6117
Short Blurb: Derrick Hanson (Rent Boy's Hookies Best SF Escort Award
Winner http://www.rentboy.com/ListingPopup.aspx?lid=179490
) teams up with SF's original "musical comedy cabaret porn star"
Tom Orr, to present an exciting and arousing evening of hookers, hustlers,
hussies and high class ho's as we celebrate the folks who entertain you
in the world's oldest profession, benefiting the St.James Infirmary.
Long Blurb:
San Francisco's Best Male Escort 2011 Derrick Hanson http://www.rentboy.com/ListingPopup.aspx?lid=179490
teams up with SF's original "musical comedy cabaret porn star"
Tom Orr to present LOVE FOR $ALE: A Sweet Talking ~ Street Walking Bawdy
Burlesque Cabaret to benefit the St. James Infirmary and kickoff for
the 2011 San Francisco Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival.
Award winning porn star & sex worker activist Derrick Hanson &
Tom Orr, the creator of the smash hit musical parody revue Dirty Little
Showtunes!, promise an exciting and arousing evening of hookers, hustlers,
hussies and high class ho's as we celebrate the world's oldest profession.
LOVE FOR $ALE boasts an all-star roster of some of the Bay Area's best
and brightest cabaret and burlesque stars.
St. James Infirmary is the ONLY free health and social service clinic
in the United States for current and former sex workers & their partners.
It provides comprehensive health care from clinicians, nurse practitioners
& peer counselors offering testing, treatment, advice, counseling,
holistic services and other crucial services to San Francisco's sex workers
& adult film industry.
2.
Roaming Hookerfest (AKA Up Against The Wall: Sex Workers in Public Spaces)
presented in conjunction with the San Francisco Sex Worker Film and Arts
Festival
Date: Saturday May 21, 2011 (additional dates TBA)
Time: 9:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: Locations will be announced immediately before and during the
event through secret messages...on Twitter
Website: http://www.sexworkerfest.com/swfest2011/roaminghookerfest
Photos: http://www.sexworkerfest.com/swfest2011/hi_resSWFEST_2011.html
Price: Donations appreciated. Visit http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/18637495/up-against-the-wall-sex-workers-in-public-spaces
Advance
Tickets Available: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/profile/60201
Short
Blurb:
Sex workers bring our films and dancers to the street, projecting stories
about our work on walls and distributing sundries, gifts and safer sex
materials through the streets and alleys of San Francisco. Accompanied
by GLITTERACTION! A Radical Queerlesque
Cabaret, we will be screening short films by and about sex workers,
about our lives, visions and rights. The event is structured as a night
of community building, as we share resources, make connections, and exchange
the latest info about sex workers around the world. Visit us at Kickstarter
and join the fun! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/18637495/up-against-the-wall-sex-workers-in-public-spaces
Long Blurb:
Sex workers bring our films and dancers to the street, projecting stories
about our work on walls and distributing sundries, gifts and safer sex
materials through the streets and alleys of San Francisco. Accompanied
by GLITTERACTION! A Radical Queerlesque Cabaret, we will be screening
short films by and about sex workers, about our lives, visions and rights.
The event is structured as a night of community building, as we share
resources, make connections, and exchange the latest info about sex workers
around the world. We are honored to be included on Kickstarter, the worldÕs
premiere fundraising site for creative projects. Visit us at Kickstarter
and join the fun! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/18637495/up-against-the-wall-sex-workers-in-public-spaces
The concept of this outdoor cinema event was developed by Erica Fabulous
who wanted to develop cultural events which would reach out to sex workers
and others who are not usually represented in the sex worker arts communities,
so she conceived of this guerrilla art event. With movies curated by
Laure McElroy (Race, Poverty and Disability Scholar at Poor magazine,
welfareQueens performer and writer/editor of System Bitch) the event
will take during the 7th Biennial Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival,
a 10 day long series of sex worker sponsored events in San Francisco.
Participants include Sex Worker's Outreach Project (San Francisco); GLITTERACTION!, http://www.facebook.com/#!/glitteraction
Center for Sex and Culture's Sex Worker Media Library, the
7th Biennial San Francisco Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival and many
more.
3.
The Art of Webcamming: How to make money online and have fun doing it
for former, current and future sex workers
sponsored by Whore College benefit for SWOP, Sex Workers Outreach Project
Monday, May 23, 6-10 PM
Cost: $25-50, Scholarships available. NOTAFLOF
Website:http://www.sexworkerfest.com/swfest2011/webcam.html
Contact: 415-671-6117
to find out more and sign up. Spaces are limited!
Advance
Tickets:http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/176426
Short
Blurb
Attendance by reservations only, email sexworkerfest@gmail.com. This
interactive workshop will cover the basics of what you need to know to
be a webcam model as well as share some tips on how to maximize your
profits and fun in the business!
Long
Blurb
Attendance
by reservations only, email sexworkerfest@gmail.com. This interactive
workshop will cover the basics of what you need to know to be a webcam
model as well as share some tips on how to maximize your profits and
fun in the business! We will discuss tech and supply needs for the job,
popular hosting sites, free show and tipping formats, webcam publicity,
and any questions you might have. We will also practice ways to get clients
to spend more money and time in your show. You will leave this workshop
ready to get on the internet, get sexy, and make some cash!
4. Modern Day Asian Sex Slavery: The Musical by Mariko Passion;
developed with direction by Saria Idana
presented in conjunction with the San Francisco Sex Worker Film
and Arts Festival
Dates:
Tuesday May 24th 8PM
Wednesday May 25th 8PM
Thursday May 26th 11 PM
Friday May 27th 8 PM
Saturday May 28th 12 noon
Location: Center for Sex & Culture
Location Address: 1349 Mission St. , San Francisco, CA 94103
Location telephone (415) 552-7399 (if needed)
Contact email: sexworkerfest@gmail.com
Website: http://www.sexworkerfest.com/swfest2011/moderndayasiansexslavery.html
Photos: http://www.sexworkerfest.com/swfest2011/hi_resSWFEST_2011.html
Event Telephone: (415)671-6117
Price: $15-20; Fest passes and advance tickets through Brown
Paper Bag tickets May 1st
Short Blurb:
A response to the portrayal of all Asian sex workers as victims
of trafficking when the real enemy is racism, marginalization
and ignorance of the lives of the sex workers doing the work.
The show uses popular music and aims to entertain, educate and
stimulate! Happy Ending, no extra charge!
Long Blurb:
Mariko Passion, self identified whore revolutionary tackles
themes of colonialism, racism, imperialisim, hegemony, misogyny,
"modern day slavery" and other trafficking rhetoric
in her full length, one-woman show.
Ms. Passion is a seasoned one off and street performance artist,
filmmaker and vocalist that has traveled across the U.S and
internationally speaking and singing about her own ?whore revolution'ary
sex worker rights politics in places as far as Taiwan and as
local as the Venice Beach.
This piece focuses on the plight of the Asian sex worker through
a historical pop culture snapshot of clips from Full Metal Jacket,
Apocalypse Now, Miss Saigon, Flower Drum Song and Me So Horny!
A response to the media portrayal of all Asian sex workers as
victims of pimps and traffickers, juxtaposed against the true
victimization of racism, marginalization and ignorance around
the real lives of sex workers of Asian descent in the U.S and
in Asia.
The show uses popular music, humor and titillating visuals that
will lend a backdrop to her words which aim to entertain, educate
and stimulate. Happy Ending, no extra charge!
5.
Tuesday, May 24th
Last
Minute Mini Fest: A collection of video debuts
& great shorts by whores and friend
plus
a reception for filmmakers in Person including Dee Dee Russell,
mariko Passion, PJ Starr and Meg Smaker.
10
PM Show; Admission is only $5.00 or free with entry to Mariko's
play at Center
for Sex & Culture, 1349 Mission St. 415-671-6117 All are
welcome!
Advance
Tickets:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/60201
6. INTERSECTION: Stories Through Art by Sex Workers of Color
Dates: Opening Thursday, May 26 7 PM
Location: Galeria
de la Raza
Location Address: ,
2857 24th St @ Bryant St, San Francisco, CA,
Websites: http://hookcollective.wordpress.com/
Photos: http://www.sexworkerfest.com/swfest2011/hi_resSWFEST_2011.html
May 26th, Thursday - Hook Collective Opening! INTERSECTION:
Stories Through Art by Sex Workers of Color curated by Tobias
Ex. Visual Art opening and Multimedia show on Thursday, May
26 · 7:00pm - 11:00pm, Galeria de la Raza, 2857 24th
St @ Bryant St, San Francisco, CA, INTERSECTION challenges the
representation of the identity "sex worker," often
portrayed as the image of a white empowered middle-class worker.
"Because the sex industry encapsulates an expansive range
of experiences and identities, the goal of INTERSECTION is to
provide an intentional space where the stories and art of people
of color in the sex industry take the principal role."
Everyone welcome! - Hook Collective has decided to pursue an
independent route for the show, which we fully support, so please
attend and enjoy, we will see you there!.
http://hookcollective.wordpress.com/
7. Sex
Workers Skill Share and Worksops- Day of workshops 10am
- 6pm
presented in conjunction with the San Francisco Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival
Date: Friday, May 27, Friday
Location: SOMArts Cultural Center
Location Address: 934 Brannan St. San Francisco, CA 94103
Location Telephone (if needed) (415) 863-1414 #105
Event Telephone: 415-671-6117
Event website: http://www.sexworkerfest.com/swfest2011/workshops.html
Price: Suggested donations $5-$50 (NOTAFLOF) (Fest passes and advance tickets through Brown Paper Tickets)
Advance Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/60201
Sex Workers Only 10 am to 3 PM
General Public Invited 3 PM to 6 PM
Sex Worker Skill Share brings a series of workshops for sex workers, our friends, families, advocates and allies. The early workshops are specifically developed for sex workers but the later workshops are all open to the public. Please check the schedule or call for more information about specific workshops.
In addition to Fridays sessions, on Monday, May 23th, from 6-10 we will be offering a webcam workshop at a separate location. Space is limited.Email sexworkerfest@gmail.com or call 415-671-6117
Visit http://www.sexworkerfest.com/swfest2011/webcam.html
Workshop Schedule:
*Clients Are Not The Enemy (sex workers only)-Sabrina Morgan
10am-10:50am
*Meet The Neighbors -Kirk Read
11am-11:50am- focus on male sex workers (sex workers only)
*Lunch provided by the Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival
12-1
*Sex Workers Speak to Our Lovers and Family Lusty Day
1:10pm-2pm (sex workers , friends and allies)
*An Elephant in the Room: Sex work in the age of HIV- Cyd Nova
2:10-3pm (sex workers only)
*Green & Sexy!! Ecosex For Whores w/Annie Sprinkle Ph.D.; Plant Medicine w/Tara
3:10-4pm (open to the public)
*Real Feminists and Human Rights Activists Don't Buy Ashton: How Irrational Panic over 'Modern Day Slavery' Harms Women- Emi Koyama
4:10-5pm (open to the public)
*Sex Workers and Social Justice-Miss Majors and Cris Sardina-Panel - 5:10-6:10pm
(open to the public)
8. Get The Money Up Front Cabaret curated by Erica Fabulous
presented by San Francisco Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival
Dates: Friday, May 27 PM, 8PM to Midnight
Location: SOMArts, 934 Brannan St. San Francisco 94103
Website: http://www.sexworkerfest.com/swfest2011/getthemoney
Photos: http://www.sexworkerfest.com/swfest2011/hi_resSWFEST_2011.html
Event telephone: 415-671-6117
Price: $10-50 sliding scale, NOTAFLOF
Advance
Tickets Available: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/profile/60201
Short blurb:
America's Got Talent, Beach Blanket Babylon and the Leather Alliance
award winner performers join the line-up in the San Francisco Sex Worker
FestivalÕs Get The Money Up Front Cabaret hosted by San Francisco luminary
Annie Danger, trans artist and activist, a comedian and featuring Alotta
Boutt?, from Beach Blanket Babylon.
Erica Fabulous presents another amazing evening of superstar sex worker
performances at the fun SOMArts Gallery (the best place to hang out for
the evening, munch on snacks, chill in the Garden, check out the art
show).
Long Blurb:
America's Got Talent, Beach Blanket Babylon and the Leather Alliance
award winner performers join the line-up in the San Francisco Sex Worker
FestivalÓs Get The Money Up Front Cabaret.
Erica Fabulous presents another amazing evening of superstar sex worker
performances at the fun SOMArts Gallery (the best place to hang out for
the evening, munch on snacks, chill in the Garden, check out the art
show). Hosted by San Francisco luminary Annie Danger, trans artist and
activist, a comedian, performance, visual and tattoo artist.
Alotta Boutte', consummate international performer, from Beach Blanket
Babylon has just returned from Helsinki, Finland. The Stripping Granny,
78 year old Lynn Ruth Miller, was dubbed the new Joan Rivers of Fringe
Comedy. Appearing on AmericaÕs Got Talent, 2008, she won PeopleÕs Choice in 2009 Branson
Comedy Festival, and semi-finals in the SF International Comedy Competition.
BeBe Sweetbriar moved to SF and won the town, as Miss Gay San Francisco
2008 and Miss Desperate DIVA 2008. Bebe has worked as a fundraiser for
the AIDS Housing Alliance, Larkin Street Youth, Lyric, GLAAD and many
more earning her recognition by the California State Senate with a Proclamation
from Senator Mark Leno and winner of the Sylvester Inspiration Award.
Dee Hana Two Spirits has been playing guitar and singing for folks since
she was 14 and her songs reflect her life, her struggles and her recovery.
Matthew Walker presents FiSTOViD2011: A one-man, Electro-Grunge
recital of Ovid's "Metamorphoses". Matt has worked as a Prostitute,
SKYY Guy, Go-Go Dancer, Nude House-cleaner, Burlesque Dancer, Pimp, Porn
Star, footman, slave. He has appeared several times as a model for Kink.com's
'Men In Pain'. Matt graduated "Magna Cum Onme" from The Center
for Sex and Culture's 'Whore College'.
GLITTERACTION! A Radical Queerlesque Cabaret uses the power of art and
sparkle to create beauty and to challenge ourselves and others, our collective
infiltrates and liberates.
Seeley Quest is a queer crip gender traitor who's featured at the 2002
first international Queerness and Disability Conference, the 2003 national
True Spirit Conference, Trannyfest, the 2002 and 2004, Bay
Area Ladyfests, on tour with the 2005 and 2006 Tranny Roadshows
and much more.
Ckiara Rose is an author (Ckiara Song of Men Slaves) and erotic performer,
a libertine, humanist, philosopher and is fluent in several languages
Qilo Matzen is an improviser, dance maker and movement artist. Ze performs
all over the place, including Bay Area bathrooms. Thanks to paige
for the sleaze and intimacy.
9.
Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival-Movies all day at the Roxie
Date: Saturday May 21, 2011
Event Website:http://www.sexworkerfest.com/swfest2011/SWFESTRoxie.html
Photos: http://www.sexworkerfest.com/swfest2011/hi_resSWFEST_2011.html
Time: 2 PM PM - Midnight Show
Price: $8-$10; Fest passes and advance tickets through Brown Paper Bag
tickets May 1st
Location: Roxie Cinema
Location Address: 3117 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone for publication: 1(415) 671-6117
Short Blurb
Films and videos for the Festival focus on prostitutes' rights; sex work
migration and the anti-trafficking framework; sex work as a labor issue
on the international agenda; sex workers as artists; queer and trans
sex workers; sex work and gender identities; sex education, sex art,
porn, fetish culture and erotica. Movies include ÒTransfranciscoÓ; ÒDevious,
IncÓ;.ÓMutantes: Punk Porn FeminismÓ features sex work sheroes Annie
Sprinkle, Lydia Lunch, Scarlot Harlot and Michelle Tea; ÒTrans-entities,Ó
"Titty Fuck Me" starring Trauma Flinstone and much more.
Long Blurb
Films and videos for the Festival focus on prostitutes' rights; sex work
migration and the anti-trafficking framework; sex work as a labor issue
on the international agenda; sex workers as artists; queer and trans
sex workers; sex work and gender identities; sex education, sex art,
porn, fetish culture and erotica; portraits of strippers, prostitutes,
doms, and madams, and much more.
The San Francisco Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival has, since
1999, provided a forum for sex worker film and video makers to screen
works about sex workers and the sex industries from around the world.
The Fest will be screening around the clock, from 2 PM to midnight porn
with the provocative "Trans Entitites," Courtney Trouble's
"Bordello" and a special short featuring Jiz Lee and Mariko
Passion.
Documentaries include "Transfrancisco" by Glenn Davis and "Sex
on Wheels" by Jennifer Worley," "Red Lips: Cages for Black
Girls," and "Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism" from France
featuring sex work sheroes Annie Sprinkle, Lydia Lunch, Scarlot Harlot
and Michelle Tea (among many others). "Devious Inc" is THE
new and brilliant San Francisco fetish musical, screening along with
"Titty Fuck Me" by Sion Shankel starring Trauma Flintstone
in this San Francisco style musical montage of campy, sexy bliss. International
work includes Bad Rehab (version of Lady Gaga's Bad Romance) from Asian
Pacific Network of Sex Workers and Good Women of Taiwan" featuring
COSWAS (Collective of Sex Workers and Supporters. The afternoon line-up
of shorts starts at 2 PM with the show titled "Cages and Consent,"
co-presented with CUAV (Community United Against Violence) and 4 PM with
the "Sex Workers World Cup." Both are fascinating collections,
providing a wide array of stories and glimpses into the humorous, dire
and mundane complexities of sex work. Join us to be educated, entertained
and aroused!
10.
Whores Bath, a day of self-care, spa treatments, and magical healing
for sex workers
presented in conjunction with the San Francisco Sex Worker Film and Arts
Festival
Date: Sunday, May 29th 12PM-12AM
(Sex workers only- reservation required-call 415-671-6117 leave your
number for a return call re: location and confirmation)
Website: http://www.sexworkerfest.com/swfest2011/whoresbath
Photos: http://www.sexworkerfest.com/swfest2011/hi_resSWFEST_2011.html
Price: Sliding Scale $25-50. Scholarships provided. NOTAFLOF
Call
503-348-7666
for information
Short blurb: Our closing event for the Festival is "Whores Bath,"
a spa and magical healing event where sex workers from all of our communities
can be pampered, pamper each other, and reclaim our role as healers and
provide compassionate self-care.
Long Blurb: For the first time the festival presents "Whores Bath,"
a spa and magical healing event where sex workers from all of our communities
can be pampered, pamper each other, and reclaim our role as healers.
Our closing event, Whore's Bath will feature practitioners in various
healing modalities from herbal treatments to massage to Reiki and more,
as well as beauticians, mani-pedi providers and others. Catering will
be provided by Solace, San Francisco.
"Whores Bath" contributes to the 21st century lexicon with
a new entry in the Urban Dictionary (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=whores%20bath)
Space is limited, and reservations will also be offered through health
service outreach agencies. If you are a program director or a practitioner
volunteering your services, please contact us. Call 503-348-7666 or email
sexworkerfest(at)gmail.com if you are interested in being part of this
community building event.