Despite upsetting news that the National Endowment of the Arts revoked $20,000 from the Criminal Queerness Festival in early May, the festival has defiantly chosen to continue its programming June 11 to June 22 at the Perelman Performing Arts Center.
Criminal Querness Festival is organized by the National Queer Theater and has been dedicated to showing queer and trans artists from countries that criminalize or censor LGBTQ+ communities. The festival is an official event of NYC Pride and this year's festival will feature screenings of Tomorrow Never Came, written by Jedidiah Mugarura and set in 1987 Uganda; What You Are to Me by Dena Igusti, which explores the relationship between an aspiring singer and a zine editor; and others.
Because of the current climate, it's asking for the community to rally around its cause by buying tickets or donating.