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Pinkwashing Exposed [In-Person Only]
Sun Jun 09: 7.00pm PDT
$14 General Admission
$10 Student/Child/Senior
$7 Member
** 60% of proceeds benefit Gaza relief efforts **
** Featuring a panel discussion with director Dean Spade and local activists interviewed in the film! **
About:
Pinkwashing is a term activists have coined for when countries promote themselves as gay friendly to divert attention from terrible human rights violations in this case, from the brutal colonization of Palestine. Israel is the country most famous for pinkwashing, engaging it as a strategy in their rebranding campaign for the last decade.
In 2012, activists in the Pacific Northwest responded to an Israeli Consulate-funded pinkwashing tour featuring Israeli gay and lesbian activists that was coming to the region. Local queer activists for Palestine solidarity exposed the Rainbow Generations tour as pro-Israel propaganda and got some of the events, including the tours centerpiece event hosted by the City of Seattle's LGBT Commission, cancelled. A significant backlash ensued involving the Seattle City Council and some of Seattle's leading organizations dedicated to LGBT issues and HIV awareness. Through the inspiring story of these activists victory, Pinkwashing Exposed explores how pinkwashing works and what local activists are doing to fight back.
(Dean Spade, US, 2015, 57 min, in English)
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LocationNorthwest Film Forum (View)
1515 12th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122
United States
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Ticketing, concessions, cinemas, restrooms, and our public edit lab are located on Northwest Film Forum's ground floor, which is wheelchair accessible. We have a limited number of assistive listening devices available for programs hosted in our larger theater, Cinema 1. These devices are maintained by the Technical Director, and can be requested at the ticketing and concessions counter.
The Forum does NOT have assistive devices for the visually impaired, and is not (yet) a scent-free venue. Our commitment to increasing access for our audiences is ongoing, and we welcome all public input on the subject!
If you have additional specific questions about accessibility at our venue, please contact our Patron Services Manager at maria@nwfilmforum.org
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