Following the screening of Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things, join guest programmer Harlan Pruden for a free workshop!
This workshop is open to everyone interested in learning about decolonization and reconciliation, and how Indigenous communities are working to restore and (re)claim Two-Spirit traditions of gender diversity and sexual orientation that prevailed pre-contact. Spoiler alert: this workshop may involve tactile activities with soft things and hard things!
Vancouver Queer Film Festi...
Following the screening of Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things, join guest programmer Harlan Pruden for a free workshop!
This workshop is open to everyone interested in learning about decolonization and reconciliation, and how Indigenous communities are working to restore and (re)claim Two-Spirit traditions of gender diversity and sexual orientation that prevailed pre-contact. Spoiler alert: this workshop may involve tactile activities with soft things and hard things!
Vancouver Queer Film Festival, along with guest curator Harlan Pruden of Two Spirit Journal, present Two‐Spirit REELness – a three‐film spotlight and workshop on Indigenous stories, sponsored by Vancity. Thank you to our Community Partners: Full Circle: First Nations Performance, Gvncs Two-Spirit, Salmon n' Bannock Bistro, UBC Jane Rule Endowment, and Two Spirit Journal. Details about the spotlight: http://queerfilmfestival.ca/blog/first-spotlights-of-2016-announced/
Harlan Pruden (First Nations Cree/nēhiyaw) is a UBC PhD student and is also the Managing Editor of TwoSpiritJournal.com. Harlan is a co-founder and former Director of the NorthEast Two Spirit Society and works with the Two-Spirit (LGBT Native) community locally, nationally, and internationally. Harlan serves as the principal Two-Spirit consultatant to USA Federal Agency Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration's Tribal Training and Technical Assistance Centre. In August 2014, Harlan was appointed to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS where he works to provide advice, information, and recommendations to the Secretary of Health & Human Services and the White House. In the spring of 2013, Harlan was appointed to be an American representative to the International Indigenous Peoples Working Group on HIV/AIDS.
