Sponsored Project
Wildness
Filmmaker: Wu Ingrid Tsang (Director), Kathy Rivkin (Producer)
Fiscal Sponsorship Year: 2010
Film Type: Documentary
Rooted in the tropical underground of Los Angeles nightlife, art, and music, Wildness presents a portrait of the Silver Platter, a historic landmark bar on the east side of Los Angeles that has provided a home for the Latin/LGBT immigrant community since 1963. Through a magical realist lens in which the bar itself becomes a character in the film, Wildness depicts the creativity and conflict that ensues when a group of young, queer artists of color (Wu Tsang, DJs NGUZUNGUZU, and Total Freedom) organize an experimental performance art party called Wildness on Tuesday nights at the bar. What does “safe space” mean? Who needs it? And how does it differ among us? Exploring these questions makes way for wildly messy and beautiful coalitions across generations.