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NEIGHBORS [Gay Web Series] | Episode 6:

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NEIGHBORS is a gay web series that celebrates gay love, friendship, people of color, and the queer experience. NEIGHBORS follows recently unemployed actors and best friends Sharrod and Joey navigate Pandemic life, gay interracial relationships, and a secret that threatens their friendship for good.

Episode 6: "Wanna Kick-it Old School?"
Written & Created By: Sharrod Williams
About: Sharrod decides to do the right thing as the group turns up the heat playing throwback party games. Joey indirectly offers Sharrod a golden ticket. Sharrod is left with a choice that could put everything on blast.

THE CAST:
Sharrod Williams
Joey Rosario
Matthew Petrucelli
Brandon Michael Nase
Elisabeth Willis
Gizel Jimenez
Shaunice Alexander

CREATIVES:
Giuseppe Bausilio (Director of Photography)
Daniel Gaymon (Resident Director)
DeShawn Bowens (Director)
Elisabeth Willis (Director)
Gabriel Kearns (Asst. DP/ Show-runner)
Alyssa LeClair (Associate Screenwriter)
Ebrin R. Stanley (Music Composer)
Amanda Serrano (Web Design & Merch)
Kerri Delisi (Graphic Designer)

MUSIC ARTISTS:
"Super Girl" By. Amber Tiara
"Scopes" By. J. Hasan
"Dreamer" By. Mermaid Band
"Games You Play" By. Yana Perrault

To DONATE, visit: https://www.gofundme.com/f/nei....ghbors-a-new-web-ser

WEBSITE:
https://www.neighbors-series.com/

Dance party celebrates Black LGBTQ community in SE Portland

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A dance party was held at Revolution Hall in Southeast Portland on Tuesday in celebration of the LGBTQ community.

Suitable | A Teenager Comes to Terms with Her Sexuality | LGBTQ Short Film

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Brandy, a high school senior, comes to terms with her sexuality when she decides what she’ll wear to the prom.

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Suitable
Directed by Thembi L Banks
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"true American tradition, prom is perhaps one of the most anticipated nights in a young person’s high school experience. Considered a rite of passage, prom is a teenager’s last hurrah to their grade school days and a chance for teens to show their true colors. Perhaps I am a little bit romantic about it – I did grow up watching John Hughes films – but prom is the quintessential coming-of-age setting for any end to a great young adult story. A true fan of the drama, Thembi Banks’ Suitable was an easy film to fall in love with.

Inspired by writer Rochee Jeffrey’s childhood admiration of Grace Jones, Suitable orbits around Brandy (grippingly performed by Kelli Jordan), a high school senior who comes to terms with her sexuality when deciding what she’ll wear to the prom. While the premise of the film seems simple enough to follow, Banks’ exploration of femininity, girlhood, and Black identity is thought-provoking and feels deeply personal.

A critique about American culture that shatters patriarchal constructs, Banks wanted to tell a story that would “represent young Black women who struggle with identity issues and the ability to love themselves”. The story itself is incredibly nuanced and opens a conversation about assumptions within the cisgender and LGBTQ communities alike, while leaving us with a wonderful message about love, self-affirmation, and acceptance. If you were looking for a feel-good film, Suitable is a must-watch.

Banks’ colorful and stylish approach is in part thanks to cinematographer Dennis Zanatta, who constructed magical neon daydream sequences, inspired by the likes of Moonlight and Girlhood. But much of the magic also comes from the wardrobes and soundtrack. Hip hop and R&B is a big part of the narrative – and why wouldn’t it be? In high school, music is one of the first things that young people relate to as they experience deep emotions for the first time.

A Sundance alum with her short film Baldwin Beauty, Banks’ Suitable was one of six projects developed and partially funded by Film Independent’s Project Involve Program (which also gave us Lulu Wang’s Touch) and had a strong festival run, playing at the American Black Film Festival and more, before being released online." - S/W Curator Chelsea Lupkin

Director: Thembi Banks
Writer: Rochée Jeffrey
Stars: Kelli Jordan, Tiffany Tenille, Derick Anthony
Director of Photography: Dennis Zanatta

Reproduced on this channel with the permission of the filmmakers.

Breast Cancer: Risks and Challenges for Black, Latinx and LGBTQ People

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Nicole Mitchell, MD, an obstetrician-gynecologist with Keck Medicine of USC, discusses the disparities often faced by Black, Latinx and LGBTQ people regarding breast cancer detection and treatment outcomes, as well as what patients can do to counter them.

Learn more: https://cancer.keckmedicine.or....g/patients/cancer-pr

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Dance party celebrates Black LGBTQ community in SE Portland

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A dance party was held at Revolution Hall in Southeast Portland on Tuesday in celebration of the LGBTQ community.