Blaxplanation
Event Website – Date: 11/15/2024 6pm
Event Address
1200 North Broadway
Denver, CO. 80203
Blaxplanation will premiere the Colorado screening of a multi-award-winning movie, Gabriel’s Daughter: The Life and Legacy of Clara Brown. Lori Brown Mirabal, Co-Producer, sang the leading role at the historic Central City Opera House, and Movie Director/Co-Producer Sharon Shepard-Levine will participate in a post-film discussion with audience members.
About the Film
Gabriel’s Daughter the Life and Legacy of Clara Brown tells the true story of an African American pioneer by integrating the perspective of a world-premiere American opera about her life. Newly freed from enslavement, Clara walked along-side a wagon-train as a laundress and cook from Kentucky to the gold mines of Colorado. However, Clara was seeking a treasure beyond gold, she longed to find her only surviving daughter Eliza Jane, sold away from her at an auction.
An award-winning ensemble helps recount Clara’s journey, as the film travels from a New Jersey recording studio, with opera highlight performances, to historic Colorado locations where Clara earned great wealth and was inducted into the Colorado Pioneer Society. The storytelling is enhanced with candid interviews from the cast who, in examining Clara’s life, grapple with past and present societal interconnections.
The first-ever Outside Festival will take place in downtown Denver from June 1-2, 2024. This new event is a one-of-a-kind celebration of everything outdoors, featuring music, films, speakers, and gear. The festival is designed for beginners and experts alike, with experiences and inspiration for climbers, hikers, cyclists, skiers, and the everyday recreationist. The Outside Festival is driven by a partnership between Outside Interactive Inc., The State of Colorado’s Outdoor Recreation Office, and Visit Denver — all with a shared desire to make the outdoors more accessible and more inclusive. For more information, including tickets, please visit festival.outsideonline.com
Aspen Indigenous Foundation presents the 5th annual Shining Mountains Film Festival, with feature length and short films/documentaries as well as live Q&A, dance performance and Native artists booths, Saturday Dec.1 and Sunday Dec.2 at the Wheeler Opera House. Tickets@aspenshowtix.com
Join us at the Cottonwood Center for the Arts in the 2nd floor theater for a free documentary film screening as part of Pride Month in Colorado Springs! We will have a short film from the Youth Documentary Academy followed by the feature documentary. In addition, we will have an introduction and Q&A via Zoom with filmmaker Ash Kreis for THE FANDOM.
Popcorn and refreshments are available for a donation to the film society.THE FANDOM (1h 29m)
The Fandom dives headfirst into the imaginative world of “furries,” the often-misunderstood internet subculture of fans of the anthropomorphic arts. Using a bountiful collection of archival tapes and images, this documentary traces the evolution of the furry fandom from its roots in the 1970s to the expansive, international community it has become today. Join a host of charming characters (including the grandparents of the fandom itself) on this heart-warming journey through the decades; witness the many triumphs and challenges that shaped “furry” into the most unique fandom of all time. Filmmaker: Ash Kreis.REFRAMING (10min)
An intimate conversation about being a trans woman, as the filmmaker and her subject paint each other’s portraits and in doing so, invite audiences to see through their eyes. Filmmaker: Delaney Mauve.ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS:ASH KREIS
The Fandom is Ash Kreis’ debut as a first-time independent filmmaker. Ash Kreis is a trans filmmaker from Colorado Springs, Colorado. After coming out as trans, Ash lost all her job opportunities in the local film industry. The Fandom is her debut as a first-time independent filmmaker and looks forward to making more films independently.
Ash got her start working on indie features including The Creep Behind the Camera and The Frame. She also worked in the advertising industry while teaching cinematography at UCCS. The last feature film she worked on was Being Evel directed by Daniel Junge and Produced by Johnny Knoxville. Since transitioning she has been approaching film with a fresh eye focusing on the lives and experiences of members of the LGBT Community.DELANEY MAUVE
Delaney Mauve is an artist and painter. She hails from Colorado Springs and the East Coast. Mauve joined the Youth Documentary Academy with interest in shedding light on trans lives and her film will be featured on the PBS series OUR TIME in 2023.
The 2022 Sundance Institute Indigenous Short Film Tour is a 91-minute theatrical program of 6 short films directed by Indigenous filmmakers, featuring titles from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival shorts program and from alumni of Sundance Institute’s Indigenous Program. Started last year as a virtual presentation in conjunction with our friends at museums, Native cultural centers, and arthouse cinemas, the tour will return in 2022 as an in-person exhibition. Featuring narrative and documentary shorts, the curated selection is a celebration of Native perseverance and an exciting look at a variety of inventive storytelling from Indigenous artists with Sundance ties. The Festival’s Short Film Program has a long history of supporting and launching talented Indigenous directors including Taika Waititi, Blackhorse Lowe, Sterlin Harjo, Sky Hopinka, Caroline Monnet, and Shaandiin Tome.
Our Tour brings the best adventure films and guest speakers to venues across North America.Be guided through culturally rich, cinematically beautiful, thought provoking stories – told by a unique collection of travellers, athletes, activists and creatives from the most spectacular places on earth!
Join us in our dark upstairs theater inside the Cottonwood Center for the Arts for our annual curated festival of classic horror films, gory cult classics, ridiculous B-movies where yelling at the screen is encouraged, along with Colorado-made award winning horror shorts. 4k projection with a wide screen. Beer and liquor will be available.Weekend passes (limited quantity) and individual tickets available now!
Schedule, Film Guide, Tickets and Pass info:
https://horror.eventive.org
Spoketober concludes with the Homegrown Adventures Film Fest at the Durango Welcome Center where the best video submissions from the Spoketober Video Contest will be premiered on the big screen. The best videos in each category will receive prizes and be featured on @VisitDurango and @SpoketoberDurango. Everyone in attendance will receive free cycling-themed posters, stickers, and more.
