Tender

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SHORTS 5: Give Me One Reason
Roxie Theatre Sun, Feb 9, 2020 11:00 AM
Short docs with important questions, like, How do I come out as an Asian? Where's my pay equality? How do microwaves even work?
SHORTS 5: Give Me One Reason
Roxie Theatre Tue, Feb 11, 2020 7:00 PM
Short docs with important questions, like, How do I come out as an Asian? Where's my pay equality? How do microwaves even work?
Film Info
Director:Daryl Jones
Film Category:Local FIlmmaker
Running Time:20 min.
Country:United States

Description

In Tender the tensions caused by San Francisco’s housing crisis unfold for three black trans women in the Tenderloin.Under the backdrop of San Francisco’s housing crisis, the beauty of a historically LBGT-friendly district is revealed. Tender tells the story of three black trans women and their inextricable connections to San Francisco’s often maligned Tenderloin neighborhood. Janetta is a pillar of the trans community and head of the Trans, Gender Variant & Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP). Ronjah juggles multiple jobs as she dreams of moving out of her single room occupancy (SRO) and into an apartment near the ocean. Cookie searches for housing in a ballooning market that is unaffordable and leaves her homeless. These women take pride in living and working in this pre-Stonewall site of LBGTQ liberation, yet the spaces they hold dear erode as San Francisco’s housing crisis grows out of control.