BAAD! presents Get Tough, Get BAAD!
pose, and a party to groove and show
love.
Saturday, February 15 at 8 p.m.:
Queer Movie Movers: Nine choreographers
take over BAAD!’s stage with a
series of dances set to music from their
favorite LGBTQ that features queer
people of color in a positive light. The
trailer of the fi lm in which the song is
featured will be looped and projected
on the scrim as a backdrop for each
performance. The choreographers
are: Aleixa & Molly, Dia Bui, Rodney
Brown, Felix Ciprian, Nick Daniels,
Frenchy Haynes, Houiea LOVE,
Acharo Smith and Tamara M. Williams.
Saturday, February 22, 3 p.m.:
Camp: At Camp Ovation, kids of all
ages spend their summer expressing
themselves through dance, music and
theater. Besides romance, the campers
grapple with complicated issues,
including sexual identity, self-respect
and parental pressure, as they grow
closer together and prove their talents
to the bitter camp director. The fi lm
features a fun vibrant young cast and
is directed by Todd Graff.
5 p.m.: Rafi ki: Bursting with the
colorful street style & music of Nairobi’s
vibrant youth culture, RAFIKI is
a tender love story between two young
women in a country that still criminalizes
homosexuality. Kena and Ziki
have long been told that “good Kenyan
girls become good Kenyan wives” - but
they yearn for something more. Initially
banned in Kenya for its positive
portrayal of queer romance, RAFIKI
won a landmark supreme court case
chipping away at Kenyan anti-LGBT
legislation. Directed by Wanuri Kahiu.
7 p.m.: Socrates: This fi lm traces
the story of Sócrates, a black 15-yearold
teen from Santos, in the coast of
São Paulo, who has to overcome extreme
poverty, the death of his mother,
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BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts
and Dance presents Get Tough, Get
BAAD!, an annual series of fi lms and
events celebrating queer power, diversity,
defi ance, strength and visibility.
The series was initiated in 2010 to
take a stand against violence, and to
counter negative and victimized images
of queer people in the media from
a wave of homophobic attacks in the
Bronx and New York City that year.
Get Tough, Get BAAD! presents
narrative fi lms that are empowering
to the LGBTQ community that feature
queer, people of color as the protagonists,
and also offers events that celebrate
queer strength and value.
This year’s installment includes
three thrilling events, and seven fi lms.
Kicking off the series on Valentine’s
Day is “Show Me Love,” a event with
performances, fi lm and a photo exhibit
celebrating the Transgender community
of the Bronx, and concludes
BAAD!’s fi rst-ever Mini Kiki Ball
which will start with a screening of a
ballroom footage fi lmed by Felix Rodriguez
in 1993 and launch into a competition
in six categories. Get Tough,
Get BAAD! runs from Friday, February
14 to Saturday, February 29, at
BAAD!, 2474 Westchester Avenue. All
events are free, except for the dance
concert for which tickets cost $20. For
reservations, directions and further
information call (718) 918-2110 or visit
www.BAADBronx.org.
The events are as follows:
Friday, February 14 at 6:30 p.m.:
Show Me Love: The series kicks off on
Valentine’s day with a vibrant event
with food, performances by Yasmin
Bratz, Bryan Fox, Sean Coleman and
MC’d by Chanel Lopez. The program
includes a short fi lm featuring Yasmin
Bratz (Auset Bennu), a photo exhibit
celebrating Bronx Transgender people
of color who are artists and out, a
photo shoot where all who attend can
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Chanel Lopez Photo by Ricardo Horatio
and homophobia to choose life. The NY
Times wrote, “As such, SOCRATES
isn’t simply about being gay, or poor, or
even devastatingly unloved: It’s about
honoring a resilience that most of us
will thankfully never have to summon.”
Directed Alexandre Moratto.
8:30 p.m.: Always Say Yes (Siempre
Si): Héctor travels from his small
town of Hermosillo to Mexico City
with the hope of posing naked for the
photography collective, Feral. Leaving
his friends and his inhibitions behind,
Héctor promises himself to always
say yes to every new situation,
no matter what. A raw and explicit
examination of sexuality and desire
that “is one of those fi lms that will
make you question the boundaries of
LGBT cinema and pornography.” (Entertainment
Focus) . Directed by Alberto
Fuguet.
February 28, 7 P.M.: Almost Saw
The Sunshine and Short Trans Films:
This program features Leon Lopez’s
ALMOST SAW THE SUNSHINE which
follows Rachel (Munroe Bergdorf) as a
young aspiring transgender woman.
After a series of encounters with a
handsome man, she impulsively takes
a chance on a one night stand, but
where will it go from there? The program
also includes Jake Graf’s HEADSPACE
with Laith Ashley and Munroe
Bergdorf; Alex Bischoff’s PRINCESS
JOULES featuring the international
model and actress of the same name;
and Victor’s VALI, a Tamil fi lm about
rejection and acceptance in Indian society.
8:15 p.m.: Anchor And Hope: A
touchingly intimate portrait of what it
means to be a family in the present day
from multi-award-winning writer/director
Carlos Marques-Marce. This
poignant romantic comedy is set on
and around the rarely-fi lmed London
canal system, and focuses on the
loved-up couple, Eva and Kat, whose
different attitudes towards potential
parenthood become heightened when a
friend they asked to act as their sperm
donor becomes increasingly involved
in their lives.
10:15 p.m.: Hazlo Como Hombre (Do
It Like A Man): The NY Times writes,
“...this romantic comedy’s protagonist,
is a man so unlikable the movie
opens with an M.P.A.A.-style warning
for the character’s sexism, homophobia
and machismo. Raúl is a walking
prehistoric machista….But after his
best friend breaks off his engagement
to Raúl’s sister (Aislinn Derbez of Netfl
ix’s “La Casa de Las Flores”) and
comes out to his friends, Raúl is at a
loss when, everyone else in the movie
seems unmoved by the news.” Directed
by Nicolás López.
Saturday, February 29 at 6:30 p.m.
Doors open at 7 p.m. Screening and
talk at 7:30 p.m.: Mini Kiki Ball And
Screening: Bronx-based fi lmmaker,
Felix Rodriguez, screens fi rst time
footage of the legendary Onjenae walking
Balls in the 1990s and has a discussion
with Sean Ebony Coleman about
the historic Harlem and Uptown Ball
scene. Then, BAAD! ignites with its
fi rst-ever Mini Kiki Ball with cash and
trophies for six categories including
Butch Queen in Pumps and Female
Figure Hair Affair, with commentator
Precious Ebony and judges including
Egyptt LaBeija one of the event’s organizers
along with Felix Milan.
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