The subject matter: protecting and honoring the ballroom and LGBTQIA+ community
The film: I’m Your Venus
I’m Your Venus is a moving and timely documentary that follows the unsolved murder of Venus Xtravaganza, star of Paris Is Burning, the legendary film about New York City’s African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene in the 1980s. Venus’ two families — biological and ballroom — now come together to seek answers and celebrate her legacy.
Join Subject Matter at screenings of I’m Your Venus at Tribeca Festival.
Thursday, June 6 at 5:00 PM - SVA Theater
Friday, June 7 at 8:45 PM - AMC 19th Street East 6
Saturday, June 15 at 9:00 PM - Village East by Angelika
The nonprofit: House Lives Matter
House Lives Matter, created for and by the house ball community, is a grassroots community organizing and advocacy initiative mobilizing houses, members, and regions across the US and globally to advance equity, justice, and liberation. Their mission is to improve health and wellness, build alliances, abide deeply in their ancestral and historical roots, and provide mentoring for community members to take direct action for change around social justice and human rights issues that impact the community.
Subject Matter will triple all donations received during Tribeca Festival, up to $5,000. House Lives Matter is an organization fiscally sponsored by the Hetrick-Martin Institute.
I’m Your Venus received a $25,000 grant to support their impact, outreach, and distribution efforts. House Lives Matter received a $25,000 grant to support their mission to improve health and wellness, build alliances, abide deeply in their ancestral and historical roots, and provide mentoring for community members to take direct action for social change around social justice and human rights issues that impact the community.
The Filmmakers & Nonprofit Leaders
