Please join editors and writers from the collection, AIDS and the Distribution of Crises (Duke 2020), as we screen together and then discuss my new experimental documentary, Please Hold (70 mins, 2025).
The event will be a Zoom webinar, Saturday March 8, 3-5 pm EST. Sign up is here.
The event will feature conversation among these amazing AIDS workers, all writers for the anthology. My co-editors, Dr. Jih Fei Cheng and Dr. Nishant Shahani, and HIV/AIDS scholars, organizers, and artists with associated interests in Long COVID, disability justice, queer and trans media and history, documentary, and more: Cecilia Aldarondo, Pablo Alvarez, Pato Hebert, Cait McKinney, Quito Ziegler.
If you can’t make this screening and conversation, or the in person premier at the Parkside Lounge on the Lower East Side on March 2, not to worry!
Please Hold is available on the official project website at no cost, reflecting my commitment to accessibility and collective engagement. You are encouraged to watch the video with others by organizing screenings and other gatherings that can honor the legacy of those lost to AIDS and other illnesses, as well as those living with them. Aligned with the project’s ethos, audience members are invited to contribute reflections, images, and other responses after their screening to an online collection.
Like much else in my practice, this is a DIY video, and DIY release, organized around conversation, community, and interaction. Here’s more info about Context, Suggested Viewing Conditions, and Discussion. And here’s where you order the video for free.