APIQWTC Dinner & Movie w/ Kitty Tsui This Sunday 6/23

Join us Sunday June 23rd for an conversation & dinner with Chinese-American lesbian writer, poet, activist, body builder and elder Kitty Tsui before heading across the street to view Frameline Film Festival’s “Homegrown” screening, including the West Coast premiere of “Nice Chinese Girls Don’t” (https://www.jenniferabod.com/films/nice-chinese-girls-dont.htm?doing_wp_cron=1561070367.0912840366363525390625), a documentary on Kitty’s “coming of age in San Francisco in the 1970’s, her challenges, and her continued rise to celebrity by being re-discovered by a whole new generation of feminists.”

I (Tiff Chang) have been working with Kitty to sort through her materials to be archived, and as a young QTAPI person would like to share the joy of learning my history and getting to know my elders with others. Come chat and share a meal with me, Kitty, Kitty’s partner Ellen, and possibly the director! Young people, elders and everyone in-between welcome. Come to both, or just the movie or just the dinner. For headcount, RVSP to highly encouraged.

Date & Time
Sunday June 23rd
– 7:00 pm Dinner & conversation at Mission Hunan Restaurant, 2960 16th Street, SF
– 9:30 pm Viewing of Homegrown Shorts (https://www.frameline.org/festival/film-guide/homegrown-x4612) (87min then Q&A with directors and subjects) at Frameline Film Festival at Victoria Theater, 2961 16th Street, SF

Cost:
– See menu: https://www.missionhunan.com/menu.aspx
– Screening: $13 student/senior/disabled or $15 general. Buy tickets here: https://www.frameline.org/festival/film-guide/homegrown-x4612
– For financial assistance please email

Transportation:
– BART: Mission Hunan Restaurant and Victoria Theater are within 1 block of 16th St. & Mission BART Station.
– Bus: 14 Mission, 22 Fillmore, 33 Ashbury/18th & 19 Van Ness/Mission
– Parking for Victoria Theater: https://www.frameline.org/festival/attend/festival-venues/victoria-x3917

Access:
– Mission Hunan said that the restaurant area is wheelchair accessible with no stairs, and regarding the bathroom “not too big but the wheelchair can go in can go out.”
– Victoria Theater is wheelchair accessible, has curb cuts, ADA seating on right side of theater with small ramp, early seating, ADA accessible stalls available and “the men’s room is also the ADA bathroom.” Dial soap in the bathrooms. Folks have been asked to refrain from wearing perfume or other scented products. No ASL interpretation provided at this screening. Victoria Theater does not appear to offer assisted listening devices, and Frameline is not providing closed captioning/subtitles or audio description (enables viewers to hear what characters are doing). Info: https://sffilm.org/accessibility-by-venue/ and https://www.frameline.org/festival/festival-archive/festival2018/attend/accessibility

Links:
Nice Chinese Girls Don’t: https://www.jenniferabod.com/films/nice-chinese-girls-dont.htm?doing_wp_cron=1561052681.7323620319366455078125
Frameline “Homegrown” & tix: https://www.frameline.org/festival/film-guide/homegrown-x4612
Menu: https://www.missionhunan.com/menu.aspx