We’re thrilled to co-present three incredible films with Wicked Queer this April! Each film highlights vital and powerful stories from LGBTQ+ history—don’t miss your chance to experience them on the big screen. Tickets available at https://www.queer.film/wickedqueer.

Black: Narratives in Boston’s Black Queer & Trans History

📅 Saturday, April 5, 2025 | 3:00 PM
📍 ArtsEmerson Paramount Center

Spotlighting the History Makers & Pioneers who have shaped community, culture & change. Hear from the trailblazing artists, activists and survivors who have made history and created spaces by defying social norms towards freedom and community. From Elites Boston's first Black Gay club founded in 1971 in Dudley to the 2020 Black Trans Resistance March. Hear their stories of survival, resistance and community.

I'm Your Venus

📅 Monday, April 7, 2025 | 8:30 PM
📍 Brattle Theatre

A moving and timely documentary following the unsolved murder of Venus Xtravaganza, star of the legendary Paris Is Burning as Venus’ two families — biological and ballroom — come together to seek answers and celebrate her legacy.

A Culinary Uprising: The Story of Bloodroot

📅 Saturday, April 12, 2025 | 4:00 PM
📍 Coolidge Corner Theater

In the '70s and '80s, there were over 230 feminist restaurants, cafes, and coffeehouses throughout the United States and Canada. Bloodroot, located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is now the oldest and longest lasting of those spaces, in continuous operation for over 46 years. A Culinary Uprising: The Story of Bloodroot is a short documentary that explores this feminist, queer, vegan restaurant and bookstore, and illuminates the legacy of its pioneering proprietors, Selma Miriam and Noel Furie.