Lavender Lens spotlights queer film, history, and joy

Carrie Miller is the curator of the queer movie night Lavender Lens Photo courtesy of Carrie Miller When Carrie Miller was growing up they hated movies After watching their first queer film The Watermelon Woman Miller s perspective on film changed forever The present day Miller is a prolific filmmaker with short films a feature length documentary and several music videos under their belt and they harness the transformative power of queer film as curator of Lavender Lens a queer movie night in partnership The Bakery Miller founded Lavender Lens in Athens GA and brought it to Atlanta in October Each movie night includes the screening followed by an audience discussion but no two events are the same The experience is consistently different Miller described Georgia Voice May s Lavender Lens event was super cozy it felt more of a locality night We re chortling and we re shouting Gay and So hot Then there was a queer short night where it feels like a formal event where everyone s dressed up and there s a photographer and I made programs inspired by zines with the help of my designer Margot McLaughlin Lavender Lens brings people to The Supermarket to enjoy queer documentaries shorts and films Photo courtesy of Carrie Miller Films screened at Lavender Lens include Ahead of the Curve a documentary about lesbian visibility and locality through the founding of Curve magazine National Anthem a narrative inspired by a real-life queer rodeo in Nex Mexico the beloved ballroom documentary Paris is Burning and more The majority of the featured films are by queer filmmakers but not exclusively if you make a queer movie that resonates as true and meaningful Miller wants to include you Miller s goal with Lavender Lens is to connect queer art group and history During the screening of Ahead of the Curve elder activists with Touching Up Our Roots spoke about Atlanta s lesbian and queer history I feel like we really need to hear about LGBTQ elders experiences and queer Atlanta history Miller announced Where are you going to hear that Lavender Lens While being a space for guidance Lavender Lens is also a haven for queer elation which will be on full display at the next event a queer music video night with live bands on June What s pivotal for queer people and queer liberation is to see other people happy and changing the narrative of how we see queer people portrayed Miller revealed Lavender Lens is hosted monthly at The Supermarket Highland St NE To keep up follow Miller on Instagram carriemillerfilms or visit thebakeryatlanta com events The post Lavender Lens spotlights queer film history and delight appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta