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Queerness! Portraits of…

Portraits of Queerness Film Series at the College of Staten Island

Friday, March 28, 2025, 2:30 – 9:00 PM
Center for Performing & Creative Arts, Building 1P

Screening that day of my 2002 video portrait of Kevin Killian and Cedar Sigo, titled
Kevin and Cedar.

video still from my 2002 video titled Kevin and Cedar
video still, Kevin & Cedar, 2002

But my film only ran for half of it! There was an error with the projection. I created a teaching moment, however, and showed Kevin and Cedar to my Cinematography class with a description of how the piece came about. I was in San Francisco and had arranged to shoot a portrait of him, as one of my series of writers’ portraits that I had been doing, so far with Laurie Weeks, Leslie Scalapino, and Eileen Myles. When I got to Kevin and Dodie Bellamy‘s apartment, Cedar was there, having just then arrived in San Francisco from Washington State. We decided to have the portrait be a double-portrait with Kevin and Cedar together. Here’s a link to the other videos in my writers’ series > https://vimeo.com/channels/ceciliadougherty.

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College of Staten Island Film Festival 2024

At the Film Festival, May 14, Best Time Ever!

Patrick Regan, Anthony Flores & Cecilia Dougherty at the CSI 2024 Film Festival
Film Students Patrick Regan & Anthony Flores with Cecilia Dougherty at the CSI 2024 Film Festival

Yesterday’s Film Festival at CSI screened 15 student films from 5 to 15 minutes long in all genres. The intensity and quality of the films screened raised the bar on all of our film students. And as you can see from the smiles all around, it was a fun evening.

Patrick Regan’s film Blanked won an Honorable Mention in both the Writing and Story categories. Anthony Flores’s Les Voix de Paris won Honorable Mention in the Documentary category. Congratulations!

More pics from the blue carpet:

Winner for Best Art Film, Jayden "j1m" Metellus (2nd from left) with competition judge Kenneth L. Clemons, Jr., and Honorable Mention winner Karena Pang and Festival Producer Mitchell Lovell.
Winner for Best Art Film, Jayden “j1m” Metellus (2nd from left) with competition judge Kenneth L. Clemons, Jr., and Honorable Mention winner Karena Pang and Festival Producer Mitchell Lovell.
Karena Pang, winner in the Short Film category for her film, Girl With A Movie Camera, and Keith Clemons, Honorable Mention, with his film Boxing Legends. Festival Producer Mitchell Lovell on the left.
Karena Pang, winner in the Short Film category for her film, Girl With A Movie Camera, and Keith Clemons, Honorable Mention, with his animated film Boxing Legends. Festival Producer Mitchell Lovell on the left.
Robert Lenza, winner in several categories with his film, Will. And Mohamed Alasri, winner in 4 categories including Best Film with his two films, Hear Me Out (comedy) and Part of Me (experimental).
Robert Lenza, winner in several categories with his film, Will. And Mohamed Alasri, winner in 4 categories including Best Film with his two films, Hear Me Out (comedy) and Part of Me (experimental).