BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Oakland Asian Cultural Center - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Oakland Asian Cultural Center X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://oacc.cc X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Oakland Asian Cultural Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200128T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200128T213000 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20191220T195234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200203T201005Z UID:7405-1580239800-1580247000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Quiz For Cause to Benefit the Oakland Asian Cultural Center DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/a-quiz-for-cause/ LOCATION:Paulista Brazilian Kitchen and Taproom\, 4239 Park Boulevard\, Oakland\, CA\, 94602\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/quiz-for-a-cause.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200119T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200119T150000 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20191122T022056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200121T195146Z UID:7355-1579442400-1579446000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Chicken of the Sea: A Children's Book Reading DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/chicken-of-the-sea-a-childrens-book-reading/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/20200119ChickenWebsiteThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200110T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200110T210000 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20191226T213012Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200116T022250Z UID:7421-1578682800-1578690000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:OACC Movie Nights: Nailed It! DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/oacc-movie-nights-nailed-it/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/20200110NailedItThumbnail.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191224T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200101T235900 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20191126T013935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191126T013935Z UID:7368-1577145600-1577923140@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Closed for Holidays DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/closed-for-holidays/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191220T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191220T200000 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20191114T224025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191226T211117Z UID:7337-1576866600-1576872000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:The Southeast Asian Diaspora DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/the-southeast-asian-diaspora/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/20191220SEAsianDiaspora_WebsiteThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191206T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191206T203000 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20191206T223316Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191212T194525Z UID:7385-1575658800-1575664200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Everybody\, Everybody: A community dance workshop DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/everybody-everybody-a-community-dance-workshop/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/everybdy_dec6.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191206T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191206T203000 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20191104T231324Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191212T194518Z UID:7314-1575657000-1575664200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Wherever There's A Fight: 10th Anniversary Reading DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/wherever-theres-a-fight-10th-anniversary-reading/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/20191206WTIAF_WebsiteThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191128T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191201T235900 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20180126T013348Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191126T013528Z UID:7366-1574899200-1575244740@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Closed for Thanksgiving DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/closed-for-thanksgiving/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191123T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191123T163000 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20191023T005331Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191125T195628Z UID:7280-1574517600-1574526600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Body\, Mind\, Spirit: Healing Through Martial Arts DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/body-mind-spirit-healing-through-martial-arts/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20191123MartialArtsThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191123 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200201 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20191104T231749Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200203T201307Z UID:7321-1574467200-1580515199@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Calligraphies in Conversation: Wisdom of the East DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/calligraphies-in-conversation-wisdom-of-the-east/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Digital-Social-Media-600x600.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191122T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191122T203000 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20191011T045014Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191126T190055Z UID:7254-1574443800-1574454600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:OACC Friendsgiving DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/oacc-friendsgiving/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Friendsgiving-Instagram-Post.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191120T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191120T200000 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20191031T204339Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191206T221959Z UID:7306-1574272800-1574280000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Transgressions on Humanity Reception DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/transgressions-on-humanity-reception/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/201910TransgressionsThumbnail.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191117T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191117T200000 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20190921T160210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191121T004841Z UID:7185-1574013600-1574020800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Family Sacrifices: Book Talk with Dr. Russell Jeung DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/family-sacrifices-book-talk-with-dr-russell-jeung/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20191117FamilySacrificesThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191117T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191117T170000 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20190927T204446Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191121T004900Z UID:7216-1574004600-1574010000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Manga\, Comics & Illustration with Oliver Chin and Chris Sasaki DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/manga-comics-illustration-with-oliver-chin-and-chris-sasaki/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20191117MCWebsiteThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191115T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191115T210000 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20190927T204109Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191121T004833Z UID:7213-1573844400-1573851600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:OACC Movie Nights: The Farewell DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/oacc-movie-nights-the-farewell/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20191115TheFarewellThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191103T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191103T203000 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20190927T203653Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191109T173601Z UID:7210-1572805800-1572813000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:The Sweetest Fruits: A Reading & Conversation with Monique Truong and Soleil Ho DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/the-sweetest-fruits-a-reading-conversation-with-monique-truong-and-soleil-ho/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20191103SFWebsiteThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191103T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191103T160000 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20190808T024535Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191109T173545Z UID:7035-1572775200-1572796800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Free Kidney Disease Screening DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/free-kidney-disease-screening-2/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/KDSAPThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191101T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191101T000000 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20191014T203221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191109T173606Z UID:7263-1572566400-1572566400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Celebrating Community in Action DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/celebrating-community-in-action/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20191101CommunityReceptionSq.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191026T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191026T163000 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20190913T190842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191109T173557Z UID:7157-1572098400-1572107400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:North American Pilipinx Authors Re-Imagine Philippine Myths DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/north-american-pilipinx-authors-re-imagine-philippine-myths/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20191026PilipinxAuthorsThumbnail-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191019T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191019T163000 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20190802T034900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191024T200358Z UID:7000-1571486400-1571502600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Body\, Mind\, Spirit: Asian Family's Challenges and Outlook DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/body-mind-spirit-asian-familys-challenges-and-outlook/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20191019AsianFamilysChallengesAndOutlookThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191018T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191018T200000 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20190910T154433Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191025T005614Z UID:7126-1571421600-1571428800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:OACC Movie Nights: The Fall of the I-Hotel DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/oacc-movie-nights-the-fall-of-the-i-hotel/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20191018TheFallThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191013T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191013T170000 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20191004T025855Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191024T200402Z UID:7223-1570975200-1570986000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Qigong Workshop - A Journey to a Brand-new Self DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/qigong-workshop-a-journey-to-a-brand-new-self-2/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/qi-ftrd.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200101 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20190927T203220Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200116T022454Z UID:7207-1569888000-1577836799@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Transgressions on Humanity: Walls\, Border Detentions & Prisons DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/transgressions-on-humanity-walls-border-detentions-prisons/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/201910TransgressionsThumbnail.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190929T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190929T190000 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20190910T155123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191007T194052Z UID:7132-1569776400-1569783600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Sofa Secret Series DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/sofa-secret-series/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/sofa_thumbnail-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190920T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190920T183000 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20190718T224412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190923T223243Z UID:6907-1568973600-1569004200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:#IMREADY Movement Conference DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/imready-movement-conference/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/imreadyFRTD.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190922 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20190718T223906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190923T223238Z UID:6901-1568937600-1569110399@oacc.cc SUMMARY:17th Annual Oakland International Film Festival DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/17th-annual-oakland-international-film-festival/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/filmfest-ftrd.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190919T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190919T190000 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20190718T222946Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190923T223251Z UID:6893-1568908800-1568919600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Building Community in Action Exhibition Reception DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/building-community-in-action-exhibition-reception/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Building-1-FTRD.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191104 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20190718T223357Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191115T185458Z UID:6898-1568851200-1572825599@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Aksiyon ng Komunidad: Building Community in Action DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/aksiyon-ng-komunidad-building-community-in-action/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/201909BuildingCommunityThumbnail.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190915T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190915T173000 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20190723T013530Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190919T175515Z UID:6929-1568552400-1568568600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Red Bean Cantonese Opera’s 23nd Anniversary celebration DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/red-bean-opera-23/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Opera.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Red Bean Cantonese Opera House":MAILTO:info@redbeanopera.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190907T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190907T200000 DTSTAMP:20260723T020151 CREATED:20190802T034241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190909T234651Z UID:6994-1567879200-1567886400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Readings from Civil Liberties United: Diverse Voices from the SF Bay Area DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/readings-from-civil-liberties-united-diverse-voices-from-the-sf-bay-area/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CLU-thumbnail.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR