![Alt Role Model: Nadia Shihab](http://ec2-52-90-36-189.compute-1.amazonaws.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Screen-Shot-2017-06-08-at-12.50.07-AM.png)
For our fourth installment of our Alt Role Model series, filmmaker and musician Nadia Shihab invited us into her home to talk about her creative…
![Bye 2014: New Moon Gift](http://ec2-52-90-36-189.compute-1.amazonaws.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/jaqi-solstice-750x380.jpg)
The end of another great year for Browntourage! Shoutout to all our readers, supporters, collaborators, and mentors out there constantly giving us reason to keep…
![Sitting down with "Dear White People" director Justin Simien](http://ec2-52-90-36-189.compute-1.amazonaws.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Dear_White_People_01_web.jpg)
Dear white people, this isn’t about you. With a title so precise and intentional, it was exhilarating to catch the SF premiere of Dear White…
![Acid-punk, bollywood, and women's empowerment: a conversation about The Pink Sorrys](http://ec2-52-90-36-189.compute-1.amazonaws.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Screen-Shot-2014-10-14-at-8.42.59-PM.png)
When I first found out about the film, The Pink Sorrys, I read up on their recent kickstarter campaign and got really excited about all…
![Matatu Film Festival Comes to Oakland](http://ec2-52-90-36-189.compute-1.amazonaws.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Picture-2-748x380.png)
A few weeks ago I ran into Michael Orange at a cafe and we caught up on projects we’re working on. He mentioned Matatu, and…
![Monely Soltani's "Desert Lullabies" premiere at QWoC Film Festival](http://ec2-52-90-36-189.compute-1.amazonaws.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Screen-Shot-2014-06-16-at-9.45.32-PM-750x380.png)
Monely Soltani is a queer Iranian woman whose films are full of heart, brains, and dreams. After growing up in Iran during the Gulf War,…
![CHOCOLATE WITH FILMMAKER MO GORJESTANI](http://ec2-52-90-36-189.compute-1.amazonaws.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-07-at-12.30.15-PM-720x380.png)
[ In support of the Cultures of the Iranian Diaspora Conference at SJSU hosting a free screening of “Refuge” April 12th at 7PM ] Whenever…
![THE 2014 SF INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST IS LIVE!](http://ec2-52-90-36-189.compute-1.amazonaws.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-01-at-2.53.11-PM-750x380.png)
We’re very excited to share this year’s 57th Annual San Francisco International Film Festival line-up April 24th-May 8th. We have lots we’re excited about. Excited…
![SHORT FILMS YOU WANNA WATCH: “The Discourse” by Veuxdo Child](http://ec2-52-90-36-189.compute-1.amazonaws.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/discourse-flyer-750x351.jpg)
Watch “The Discourse” by Veuxdo Child Have you ever been talking to someone, having a great conversation, and thought “ahh!! I wish someone was recording this!”…