Film Screening & Discussion, Queendom (2023) with Producer Igor Myakotin
- Event Type
- Film Screening
- Sponsor
- Russian, East European and Eurasian Center
- Location
- Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum of World Cultures (600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL)
- Date
- Apr 9, 2025 5:30 pm
- Contact
- Sarah Pierson
- schess@illinois.edu
- Views
- 163
- Originating Calendar
- Campus Humanities Calendar
Join us for a free screening of Queendom (2023), followed by a discussion with producer Igor Myakotin. This documentary follows Jenna, a queer artist in Russia, who stages radical public performances to challenge perceptions of beauty and queerness while protesting government oppression. Myakotin, an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, brings this powerful story to the screen.