Thank you!

If you attended one or more of our Community Cinema events in Washington, DC, you’re invited to tell us what you liked most about the 2010 – 2011 season and what you’d like to see in the future. Please take 5 minutes to answer the survey. Click on the link below.

ITVS Community Cinema [DC] 2010-2011 Season Survey


Thank you for supporting another season of ITVS Community Cinema [DC]. 2010 – 2011 marked our 6th year in Washington, DC thanks to our series partners WHUT, Busboys and Poets, the Social Action and Leadership School for Activists, Washington DC Jewish Community Center, and the Center for Social Media at American University, and community partners for the season’s films:

  • Appalachian Voices (Deep Down)
  • Art Enables (For Once In My Life)
  • The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth (Me Facing Life:  Cyntoia’s Story)
  • Children’s Defense Fund (Me Facing Life:  Cyntoia’s Story)
  • Congo Global Action (Pushing the Elephant)
  • Friends of the Congo (Pushing the Elephant)
  • Goodwill of Greater Washington (For Once In My Life)
  • Humanities Council of Washington, DC (Pushing the Elephant)
  • National Geographic All Roads Film Project (Reel Injun)
  • Natural Resources Defense Council (Deep Down)
  • Office on African Affairs for the District of Columbia (Welcome to Shelbyville)
  • OneBlue.org (The Calling, Bhutto)
  • PFLAG (Two Spirits)
  • The Rebecca Project for Human Rights (Me Facing Life:  Cyntoia’s Story)
  • TransAfrica Forum (Welcome to Shelbyville)
  • US National Committee for UN Women National Capital Chapter (Pushing the Elephant; Bhutto)
  • Young People of Tomorrow, Inc. (Me Facing Life:  Cyntoia’s Story)
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    Speakers for June 5 screening of “Two Spirits” (updated)

    THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED: Audio (MP3) of Two Spirits Q&A (June 5 2011) recorded at the Washington DCJCC June 5, 2011. Click on link or the Streampad banner below.
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    The first Community Cinema [DC] screening of TWO SPIRITS is Sunday, June 5 at 3 PM at the Washington DC Jewish Community Center (1529 16th Street, NW). We’re happy to host two guest speakers to be part of the Q&A:

    JAMIE CURTIS, Senior Field and Policy Coordinator, PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
    Jamie Curtis is responsible for working with chapters in the eastern part of the United States. She also works on PFLAG’s outreach to communities of faith. Prior to serving as a Field and Policy Coordinator, Jamie was the Field and Policy Associate helping to manage chapter services. Before coming to PFLAG, Jamie gained experience by working with underprivileged youth in Washington, D.C. Jamie graduated from American University with a bachelor’s degree in international relations. Jamie hails from Auburn, New York.

    MARLON FIXICO, Organizing Member of the Two-Spirit Society of Washington, DC
    Marlon Fixico is an organizing member of the Two-Spirit Society of Washington, DC. He is an enrolled member of the Southern Cheyenne Nation of Oklahoma and direct descendant of peace chief Blackkettle. He also descendant of Seminole spiritual leaders from his father’s side. He is a graduate of Haskell Indian Nations University. He has served on the organizing committee for the annual Tulsa Two-Spirit Gatherings and is a public speaker, a massage therapist, life coach, and spiritual mentor to many men and women in recovery from various addictions. A long time resident of Washington , DC , he is originally from Oklahoma and worked with and served on the boards of several native organizations both local and national.


    Special thanks to the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian and the Two-Spirit Society of Washington, DC.


    Community partner for TWO SPIRITS:

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