Pasifika Pride and the power of visibility
by Jessica Magro
https://t.co/SHXOcPnIuC
This article is commissioned by Diversity in Australian Media, @DiversityArtsAu, @ScreenHub@ArtsHub
Thereโs a *new Bluey episode today!
And *another half hour episode this Sunday 14th ๐ป ๐งบ ๐ก ๐.
Art by Lead Art Director @CosmicGl0w
Love you to RT with your Bluey family and friends. Thank you so much for loving and sharing the show on here โค๏ธ
Yo so like The Bad Ancestors trailer just dropped โคต๏ธ๐ฆ Streaming February 2024 on @ABCTV & @YouTube Produced by @JessMagro_ & Directed by Vanilla Tupu
You lot are not the custodians of our culture. WE ARE. In whatever layered, nuanced, complicated way we exist. Beyond your ideas of us. Beyond this white supremacist system you uphold. And beyond your desperate need to maintain those colonial powers and relevency. 3/3
The colonial dreamscape where we are happy humble little islanders swaying our hips by the sea or noble savages fighting ourselves in tribal warfare. Transfixed on locking us in that hold so we don't cast our gaze on you & you how have & continue to exploit the Pacific. 2/3
You know what, some of you people of no colour are far too comfortable with telling Pacific Islanders whether or not they're Pacific Islander enough for positions that are & should be given to Pacific Islanders. Ya'll are hell bent on perpetuating narratives of the golden age 1/3
@taliaualiitia Ep1 gave me goosebumps - seeing our faces take up space and to learn more about current affairs affecting our Pasifika aiga means the world. This is so major!!!!! Huge congratulations team and keep on going you got this ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐ช๐ฝ๐ช๐ฝ๐บ๐ซ
The Alexander Ball will have its international premiere at the TRANSlations Film Festival in Seattle!! We canโt wait to celebrate all things trans alongside so many phenomenal films ๐๐ค๐
Using my public account to beg My Chemical Romance to play Thank you for the Venom tonight pls give us that Auckland setlist ๐ฅน #MCR#mychemicalromance@raytoro I need to see your solo !!
โโThe Alexander Ballโ from Purple Carrot Entertainment is an important documentary which deserves a huge audience, and much more screen timeโ ๐๐๐๐๐
last night @AsFittingAsMcQ, the House of Alexander and I premiered our film to a sold out crowd. this celebrates the lives, experiences and achievements of Pasifika trans women and queer POC and introduces Australia to ballroom.
The Alexander Ball is OUT NOW on SBS On Demand๐ชฉ
'The Alexander Ball' Documentary featuring Ella Ganza and the House of Alexander is coming to @SBSVICELAND and @NITV soon!
Produced and directed by @JessMagro_ and edited by @jessetd93. Sit back, relax & enjoy this glimpse into the world of ballroom. #TheAlexanderBall#Ballroom