Queens Of The Revolution is a portrait of Mejunje, a cultural center in Santa Clara that paved the road for LGBTQ+ rights in Cuba. The film highlights the bravery of people who have fought for their lives and identities for decades. Meandering through the streets of Santa Clara, into the homes of drag performers and on to the stage, the film tells the story of Mejunje through a chorus of voices. This community was violently persecuted but instead of fleeing, they chose to stay and fight for change in the country they love.
SCREENINGS
11/11/22 Festival Kubanische Visionen, Hannover, Germany
7/5/22 Screening at Mejunje in Santa Clara, Cuba
5/9-12/22 Havana Glasgow Film Festival on Tour in Scotland, multiple venues
5/1/22 Havana Glasgow Film Festival in partnership with Dunoon Film Festival, Dunoon, Scotland
4/29/22 Havana Glasgow Film Festival, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow (Encore Screening)
3/13/22 Miami Film Festival
11/21/21 Havana Glasgow Film Festival, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow
11/9/21 New Orleans Film Festival
10/21/21 Reel Affirmations Film Festival, Washington DC
9/29/31 Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
9/26/31 The Parkway Theater, Minneapolis
08/27/2021 East Village Queer Film Festival, New York
05/06/2021 Harlem International Film Festival, New York
03/28/2021 Minnesota Cuban Film Festival, Minneapolis (Virtual)
11/12/2020 Sound Unseen Film Festival, Minneapolis (Virtual)
THE TEAM
Rebecca Heidenberg
Producer/Director/Editor/DP
Rebecca is an independent filmmaker and the co-founder of Dreamsong, an art gallery, residency and cinema in Minneapolis. Her production company is Koan Films. Queens of the Revolution is Rebecca’s directorial debut. She studied Communications and Photography at the University of Pennsylvania and completed a Master’s Degree in Media Studies at The New School. She was awarded the distinguished thesis award for her short film The Water Children which premiered at Anthology Film Archives.
XIMENA HOLUIGUE
Associate Producer / Field Producer
Ximena is a facilitator, project manager and curator of interdisciplinary projects in Cuba. She was the Assistant Curator of the 2105 Havana Biennia and since 2016, she has been the project manager of the Montreal-Havana art exchange, funded by the Montreal Arts Council and led by the RCAAQ institution in Montreal.
Ximena has acted as a facilitator for the TV Series Infiltration by Urbania Productions, Interrupt this Program with CBC Productions and as an Associate Producer for the Cuba! exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History.
Kristen Brown
Director of Photography
Kristen is an independent documentary filmmaker based in Montreal. Her work in film grew out of a decade of work as a community organizer on projects in Canada and internationally in a range of areas including LGBTQ+ rights, housing rights, community agriculture, music, arts, and advocacy for marginalized communities. Kristen received a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies from Concordia University, Montreal. She is currently in the development phase of her next feature documentary, which is being produced by Cinema Politica Productions.
LANI RODRIGUEZ
Sound Recordist/Production Assistant
Lani is a designer and illustrator from the San Francisco Bay Area. She received her Master’s Degree in Media Studies from the New School. Lani is the co-founder of Backtalk Videográfica, a visual resistance art studio that creates media which informs, provokes, and meets today’s urgent need for complex storytelling.
Raúl E. gutierrez garcia
Sound Recordist/Production Assistant
Raúl (El Yuca) is a freelance photographer and videographer based in Santa Clara, Cuba and a proud member of Mejunje’s community.
Marika litz
Colorist
Marika works as an independent colorist out of their studio in Brooklyn. They have worked on independent and studio features (Pariah, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Wolf of Wall Street) and episodic television (The Americans and Elementary) as well as fashion films, music videos and independent features.
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