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MnM
In-Person + Virtual
Date/Time: 9/15 (Sun) 2PM EDT (Doors open at 1:30PM)
Location: DCTV 3rd Floor Studio, 87 Lafayette St NYC 10013
Streaming is available in the U.S. from 9/16 12:00 AM EDT - 9/22 11:59 PM EDT.
This film is part of Shorts: Love Letters To You program.
Director Twiggy Pucci Garçon
Country USA
Year 2023
Languages English
Genre Documentary
Running Time 18 min
MnM is an exuberant portrait of chosen sisters Mermaid and Milan, two emerging runway divas in the drag ballroom community. Celebrating their joy, siblinghood, and unapologetic personas, the film explores the power and beauty of being nonbinary in a community that prizes gender ‘realness’.
Shorts: Love Letters To You Screening + Q&A
Date/Time: 9/15 (Sun) 2PM EDT (Doors open at 1:30PM)
Location: DCTV 3rd Floor Studio, 87 Lafayette St NYC 10013
The venue is wheelchair-accessible and has an all-gender bathroom. Live captioning (CART) and ASL interpretation will be available. If you have any other questions, check out the FAQ page.
Tickets/Passes
Tickets
Regular (In-person): $16 ticket + $1.39 processing fee
Suggested* (In-person): $25 ticket + $1.62 processing fee
Regular (Virtual): $8 ticket + $1.19 processing fee
Suggested* (Virtual): $16 ticket + $1.39 processing fee
Festival Pass
PrideFull Pass: $54 pass + $3.34 processing fee
Virtual Pass: $24 pass + $2.59 processing fee
Purchasing the Suggested ticket helps us cover the costs and sustain this film festival by and for Queer and Trans People Of Color. Thank you!
Director's Statement
MnM is a story about living an unapologetic life; about having the audacity to wake up everyday and show up in the world as your true self.
It is a personal film to me, centering the house and ballroom community that I've been a part of for nearly 2 decades. It’s also about my niece and granddaughter, who are both Black, Queer and nonbinary just like me.
Gender is and always has been a spectrum, ever-expansive and Divine. Patriarchy has used the binary to oppress anything that threatens its stronghold. Moving beyond the binary will not only dismantle this system of oppression, but afford folks the opportunity to heal.
The house and ballroom community has been observed by outsiders for decades. Those stories have often centered our struggles but not our triumphs... our sorrows but not our joy. Our lives are not a monolith, they are multidimensional, multifaceted, and downright beautiful.
Directing MnM - my first film - has afforded me the opportunity to tell just one of our many stories.
Director's Bio
Twiggy Pucci Garçon (she/they)
TWIGGY PUCCI GARÇON is an activist, creative director, event producer, culture curator, performance artist, and runway trainer. They have collaborated with Gucci, Coach, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, GLAAD, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Reebok, and more. Twiggy has worked at True Colors United for nearly a decade, protecting rights for young people experiencing homelessness. They are the Overall Overseer for the Legendary International House of Comme des Garçon, the Chief Ambassador for the Center for Black Equity, and Co-Founder of All Tea, No Shade Productions alongside New York Times Bestselling author George M. Johnson. Twiggy was a featured subject in HBO’s THE OUT LIST (2013), was the co-writer and subject of Sara Jordenö’s award-winning documentary KIKI (Sundance 2016), and served as consultant and runway choreographer on Ryan Murphy’s Emmy-nominated FX series, POSE.
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