BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.4.6.4//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:14189@thedccenter.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221117T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221117T223000 DTSTAMP:20221026T174253Z URL:https://thedccenter.org/events/november-xtra/ SUMMARY:Reel Affirmations XTRA: Washington DC's International LGBTQ Monthly Film Series DESCRIPTION:\n\nREEL AFFIRMATIONS: Washington DC's International LGBTQ+\nMo nthly Film Series\nPresents\nThe Inspection\nIN PERSON ONLY AT 7:00pm AT E STREET CINEMA 555 11th Street NW\n\nTICKET PURCHASE BELOW\nTHIS FILM HAS NO VIRTUAL SCREENINGS\n\n\n[embed]https://youtu.be/wSeprzQM6gk[/embed]\n95 mins/USA/English\nWritten and Directed by Elegance Bratton\n Starring Jer emy Pope\, Raúl Castillo\, McCaul Lombardi\, Aaron Dominguez\,\nNicholas Logan\, Eman Esfandi\, Andrew Kai\, Aubrey Joseph\nwith Bokeem Woodbine an d Gabrielle Union\nIn Elegance Bratton's deeply moving film inspired by hi s own story\, a young\, gay Black man\, rejected by his\nmother and with f ew options for his future\, decides to join the Marines\, doing whatever i t takes to succeed\nin a system that would cast him aside. But even as he battles deep-seated prejudice and the grueling routines\nof basic training \, he finds unexpected camaraderie\, strength\, and support in this new co mmunity\, giving\nhim a hard-earned sense of belonging that will shape his identity and forever change his life.\n\n\n\n\n\nIn Celebration Of Transg ender Awareness Week\nREEL AFFIRMATIONS: Washington DC's International LGB TQ+\nMonthly Film Series\nPresents\nFraming Agnes\nIN PERSON ONLY AT 9:00p m AT E STREET CINEMA 555 11th Street NW\nTICKET PURCHASE BELOW\nTHIS FILM HAS NO VIRTUAL SCREENINGS\n\n[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q7qLz 7o9jw[/embed]\n\n75 mins/USA/English\nWritten And Directed by CHASE JOYNT\ n\n\n\nIn 1958\, a young trans woman named Agnes entered a study about sex disorders at UCLA to get the gender-affirming care she needed\, by any me ans necessary. Her story was long considered to be exceptional until never -before-seen case files of other patients were found in 2017. Directed by Chase Joynt (NO ORDINARY MAN) and featuring an all-star cast of transgende r artists and performers\, FRAMING AGNES uses re-enactment and genre-blurr ing storytelling techniques to breathe new life into previously unknown pe ople who redefined gender in the midcentury. Featuring Angelica Ross\, Jen Richards\, Zackary Drucker\, Silas Howard\, Max Wolf Valerio\, and Stephe n Ira.\n\n\n\n\nSponsored In Part By\n\n\n\n  Thank You To Our Media Spon sor\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thedccenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/ 07/The-Inspection-and-Framing-Agnes.png CATEGORIES:Black,Center Arts,Families,Genderqueer,Men,Military,People of Color,Reel Affirmations,Trans LOCATION:Landmark Theatres E Street Cinema\, 555 11th Street Northwest\, Wa shington\, DC\, 20004\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=555 11th Street Northwest\, Washington\, DC\, 20004\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Landma rk Theatres E Street Cinema:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR