Pratibha Parmar Shorts x Lesbian Cinema Club

Join Lesbian Cinema Club for a special screening of the short films of groundbreaking queer filmmaker Pratibha Parmar. Special merch will be on sale in advance of the screening.
Pratibha Parmar is an award-winning filmmaker whose groundbreaking films center marginal stories in bold creative ways. She has collaborated on a film project with the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker, made a film on Angela Davis, one of the most wanted women by the FBI, and stood on the stage at the iconic Castro theatre in San Francisco to receive a lifetime achievement award from the renowned African-American poet June Jordan. One of her first videos, Sari Red, lives in the permanent collection at MOMA in NYC and the Pompidou Centre in Paris. A globally recognized filmmaker and human rights activist her films, WARRIOR MARKS and KHUSH helped gain much needed rights for women and girls as well as contributing to the visibility of marginalized LGBT communities. My Name Is Andrea (2022) featuring Oscar-nominated actors Ashley Judd and Andrea Riseborough premiered at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival to rave reviews from The New Yorker, Hollywood Reporter, and NY Times. Sari Red and Reframing AIDS were included in the groundbreaking exhibition, Women In Revolt at Tate Britain (2024-2025).
ON SCREEN: Pratibha Parmar Short Films
Emergence. 1986. Directed by Pratibha Parmar. Runtime: 18 min
Flesh and Paper. 1990. Directed by Pratibha Parmar. Runtime: 26 min
Khush. 1991. Directed by Pratibha Parmar. Runtime: 24 mins
Wavelengths. 1997. Directed by Pratibha Parmar. Runtime: 15 min