at BAAD (Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance)
841 Barretto Street, 2nd FL / 718.842.5223

RITES & ROBES: EmPowered Womyn

MIX NYC returns to the legendary BAAD Ass Women Festival for the third year running to present RITES & ROBES: EmPowered Womyn, a program of queer short films and videos, featuring fascinating womyn expressing their power through what they choose (or choose not) to wear.  From a spirited Muslim teen who likes to rock out in her selendang, to an androgynous pair who turn knotting each other's neckties into a sensual act of intimacy, RITES & ROBES celebrates and contemplates our age of presidents in pumps with a bold lineup of work by female, trans and male artists, including Felix Andara, Dan Borden, Gracie Bucciarelli, Campbell, Ali Cotterill and Chris Chong Chan Fui.

Bro Crush
Felix Endara, video, color, sound
A rite of passage for FTMs that also doubles as a loving gesture: learning how to tie a tie.

Fem
Campbell, 2007, UK, film, color, sound, 10 min.
A tender ode to femme-dom from the heart of a besotted butch.

Just Because You Can
Gracie Bucciarelli, 2006, USA, video, B&W, sound, 7 min.
One selection from a series of portraits about personal identity and performance in public space. A volcanologist cracks her bullwhip in the great outdoors… You would too, if you could.

Toi et Moi
Ali Cotterill, USA, video, color, sound, 5 min.
A hot pink fantasy world with dance offs & drag queens.

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Tuesday Be My Friend
Chris Chong Chan Fui, 2005, color, sound, 5 min.

Within Malaysia’s modern-day pluralistic society, much antagonism and tension still exists between the many ethnic and cultural groups. In this award-winning film about making choices, a young Chinese Malaysian girl’s secret love for Muslim headscarves (tudung) leads her to overstep her boundaries. With the little interaction between the Chinese and Malay communities, Shiuan fears that none of her friends or family will understand. So on this Tuesday, she decides to take a leap of independence towards her own self-discovery.

Beautifulli Broken
Zy-Tasia Gaines, 2007, USA, video, color, sound,
World Premiere Have you ever been in love? Have you ever tried to describe that kind of love once its gone? Imagine what that would sound like. Imagine what that would look like, it’s one thing to tell someone about lost love. What if they could see it from your perspective? My documentary is based on being able to see what I felt.

A BX Chula
Erika Perez, 2007, USA, video, color, sound, 5 min.
A Bronx chula is heartbroken as she remembers being cheated on by her past girlfriend and tries to be present with her new girlfriend.

Bi Di
Zatasia Barrett, 2007, USA, video, color, sound, 5 min.
Should she butch it up for the grrl or femme it up for the boy? A young woman chooses between her girlfriend and her boyfriend.

DIRECTIONS TO BAAD via Subway
#6 TRAIN
#6 to Hunts Point Avenue. Cross under the Bruckner Expressway (1 Block). Right onto Garrison Avenue. Left onto Barretto Street and walk up to middle of block to BAAD! on the right hand side, red door.

#2 & #5 TRAINS
2 or 5 to Simpson Street. Walk along Southern Blvd. until it intersects with 163rd Street and Hunts Point Avenue.