Krissy Mahan creates animated movies using humor as a feminist tool. Mahan’s movies address social issues such as accessibility, gender identity, mental health, immigration, and working class post-industrial cities. Dykeumentary films are included in international festivals/programs and community-based/educational settings. Mahan has been recording visual testimonies of people for 20 years, using whatever technology is available. A passionate idealist with a flair for the fabulous and funny, her work has been shown in galleries and film festivals in the US and internationally.. In 2019 Dykeumentary films have screened at the Bechdel Film Festival, Akron, OH, The Film Collective, Philadelphia, PA, The Leeds Queer Film Festival, Leeds, UK 2019 New York Feminist Film Week, Wicked Queer, Boston, MA, Pembe Hayat / KUIR Pink Life QueerFest, Ankara, Turkey.
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Upcoming Screenings 2019
Respect Human Rights Film Festival
6 October 2019, 4PM- 6 pm AN CULTÚRLANN, Belfast, Northern Counties of the Republic of Ireland
I Am/YaliniDream
Scottish Queer International Film Festival, Glasgow, UK
3 October 2019, 3:00 pm – 4:10 pm, Center for Contemporary Arts
and
4 October 2019, 12.30 pm – 2:30 pm, Center for Contemporary Arts in the
“See Me Proud presents: Mental Health Shorts” program.
Transstellar Film Festival
28 September 2019, 9:15 PM Cinema Detroit, Detroit, MI, USA