Cinema Red

Anchored by a film installation showcase featuring work by Wasima Farah and Tiff Tran on view in PF’s main gallery from May 2 - June 6, the program also presents a series of gatherings that center emerging QTBIPOC, immigrant, and underrepresented voices in film and photography.

The program responds to ongoing conversations about the marginalization of moving-image artists, the challenges of entering exhibition contexts, and the emergence of new forms of presentation — centering artists who are navigating, or hope to navigate, these overlapping worlds.

About Cinema Red: The Installation:

Through archived films, light, and spatial design, Cinema Red invites audiences to move through red as a symbol of love and resistance through whimsy + memory. The exhibition takes color as both a sensorial experience and a conceptual anchor between the work of Wasima Farah and Tiff Tran.

Cinema Red asks: Where do we locate ourselves within the primary color, red?

Rooted in Minneapolis, where red carries the weight of violence, grief, and survival, the exhibition takes place in the context of the realities of bloodshed on local streets. Red becomes a site of tension, at once confronting and restorative, reflecting both the fragility of the body and the strength that runs through it. But red is also a color of intimacy and self-regard, a way of reconnecting with ourselves. The radical nature of self-love, the depth of connection through tying memories together, and the healing force of care within our communities is what inspired Cinema Red.

Events:

Open Screen: Photography
Thursday, May 7 / 6pm. Free.
Open Screen: Photography centers process as much as outcome. We are especially interested in photography that shows how an idea takes shape over time. That could mean sketches, tests, drafts, behind-the-scenes images, research, revisions, false starts, or the visual language that helped bring a body of work into being.

Selected photographers via open call will be included in a curated program organized by Drew Arrieta. Each artist will have up to 10 minutes total to present their work and speak with the audience.

Open Screen: Film
Ajuawak Kapashesit
Martín Blanco
Uzoma Ngwu
Thursday, May 21 / 6pm. Free.
Open Screen: Film creates space to dig into process with 3 talented local filmmakers. Spanning genre, style and stories, Ajuawak Kapashesit, Martín Blanco and Uzoma Ngwu all have deep experience and insight into filmmaking, from ideation to distribution. In one night, all 3 filmmakers will share work samples, present their process and connect with the audience through an open community conversation facilitated by Ryan Stopera.

Gathering Led by Mamá Papaya: Together We Light The Future
Sat, May 30 / 6:30pm-9pm. Free.
An intentional gathering for BIPOC filmmakers and members of our community to connect, play, and collectively dream of our futures in film and beyond.

The gathering includes interactive experiences, gifts, dinner, and opportunities to meet each other with care and mutually agreed values. We will welcome the new cohort of StorySeeds fellows who will share their ideas for their screenplays in this year’s fellowship. We hope attendees leave feeling connected, nourished, and inspired to build film futures together.

Workshop Led by TDM5: Artist Lockdown!!
Friday, June 5 / 6pm-9pm. Free.
Join us for an interactive game and discussion where artists are confined to a circle and will draw character cards that determine the privileges and skill gaps they have as they navigate creating visual art projects (e.g film, music, exhibition).

Through this unorthodox method artist groups will work together to generate ideas and find solutions to the barriers many QTBIPOC artists navigate.

Snacks and light refreshments will be provided.

Open Gallery Hours:
Thurs, Fri, Sat / 2pm - 6pm
PF Main Gallery - 144