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DTSTART:20261024T133000Z
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SUMMARY:QDoc Film Festival: Here I Am
DESCRIPTION:Rayya Elias lived big. A musician\\, writer\\, hairstylist an
 d fixture of New York’s downtown scene\\, she survived addiction\\, hom
 elessness and incarceration before rebuilding her life on her own terms. 
 Then\\, at 56\\, she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. By her side was 
 her best friend-turned-partner\\, Eat\\, Pray\\, Love author Elizabeth Gi
 lbert\\, who put everything else aside to care for the woman she loved. W
 ith remarkable intimacy\\, award-winning filmmaker Marc J. Francis follow
 s Rayya through her final year as making music becomes more essential tha
 n ever\\, and she finds her way back to family\\, Detroit and the Arabic 
 roots she once pushed away. Raw and deeply moving\\, "Here I Am" is a lov
 e story\\, a homecoming and a portrait of an unforgettable woman determin
 ed to live fully to the end.\\nQ&amp\\;A with Director Marc J. Francis to
  follow the screening.\\n“I am so grateful for the existence of this po
 werful and unflinching chronicle. She wanted her death to be a work of ar
 t\\, and so it is.” — Elizabeth Gilbert\\nhttps://www.gayout.com/usa-
 canada/united-states/portland-or/events/qdoc-film-festival-here-i-am-2026
 -10-24
LOCATION:Cinema 21
URL:https://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/portland-or/events/qdoc-film-festival-here-i-am-2026-10-24
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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