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DISCUSSION AFTER THE FILM "7TH OF AUGUST"

DISCUSSION AFTER THE FILM "7TH OF AUGUST"

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The film '7th of August' will be followed by a meeting combined with a discussion with the audience, hosted by the film's protagonist Kajetan Łukomski (Avtomat) and Artur Eichhorst from the Pracownia Równości Association.

More about the film:

LGBT community protest in Warsaw and show arrests - has 7 August 2020 awakened a queer rage in Poland?

A homophobic tsunami has swept through Poland 2020. LGBT people, who had been identified as the enemy by the ruling party, became the object of an intensive power grab supported by the church and public media officials. The breakthrough came on 7 August - the day the LGBT community said enough, demonstrating in the streets of Warsaw in defence of one of their own, activist Margot. On that day, the strength of rainbow solidarity clashed with brutal police aggression. There were high-profile show arrests, resulting in 48 female and male protesters being taken into custody. Among them, the heroes and protagonists of Michael Bolland's harrowing film - Kajetan, Kamila, Krem and Julia and her partner. Their stories allow us to understand and feel what price the non-heteronormative part of Polish society is paying for homophobia and transphobia of power. And also - the situation in which the LGBT rights movement finds itself. Sometimes referred to as the Polish Stonewall, 7 August may go down in history. Has it really finally woken up the "queer rage" in Poland? Listen to the film's heroes and heroines.

Cecylia Jakubczak and Maciej Nowicki

Free admission
19.04.2024Fri19:00

Guests:

Kajetan Łukomski - (Avtomat) - one of the protagonists of the film "7-My August". An openly queer composer, music producer, DJ and vocalist, part of the Ciężki Brokat collective, one of the co-founders of Radio Kapital, but also a graphic designer, typographer and 3D illustrator. With his original music, he has already had the opportunity to present himself at festivals such as Unsound, Tauron Nowa Muzyka, Audioriver, Spring Break, CoCArt, Sputnik or Tofifest, in countless clubs, as well as creating music for theatre performances. In the club, his long experience in the queer, anti-fascist and underground scene results in an eclectic lexicon of the most progressive sounds of today's electronic scene.

Artur Eichhorst - involved with the Diversity Workshop Association for a decade. Graduate of Cultural Studies, Russian Philology with a specialisation in teaching and postgraduate Gender Studies at the Nicolaus Copernicus University. Participant of a number of workshops, trainings, projects on social diversity and anti-discrimination, the most important of which is "Diversity Stop".