Unapologetic will have its SF premiere at Frameline44!. Founded in 1977, the San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival is the longest-running, largest and most widely recognized LGBTQ+ film exhibition event in the world. Its mission is to change the world through the power of queer cinema.

The film will be available to view anytime between SEPT 17-27, but has a suggested screening time on 9/27 at 2pm PT / 4pm CT. Geoblocked to California. Buy tix here! https://www.frameline.org/festival/film-guide/unapologetic

From their site: “Seen through the eyes of two Black, queer women organizers—aspiring social worker Janaé and West Side artist and “rap-tivist” Bella—Unapologetic is a film about “Black girl magic,” offering a lyrical and urgent portrait of the Black Lives Matter movement in Chicago. Four years in the making, director Ashley O’Shay paints a distinct timeline of activism in the face of adversity in the midwestern city, from the 2012 police slaying of 22-year-old Rekia Boyd to the 2019 election of Chicago’s first Black, openly-queer mayor, Lori Lightfoot.

Combining intimate interviews with activists and riveting footage of protests, Unapologetic shows the ways several activist groups came together to confront Chicago’s political administration that’s complicit in the deaths of its Black residents. Honing in on the Black, feminist voices at the forefront of the movement, the film—executive produced by Frameline favorite Yvonne Welbon (Living with Pride: Ruth C. Ellis @ 100, Frameline23)—allows O’Shay to capture the voices and stories of the inspirational individuals defining a movement and reshaping the landscape of our country.”