REEL Queer: T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness

Reel Queer is now a quarterly movie night on the first Thursday of the quarter from 7-8pm. So it will meet on January 4th, April 4th, July 11th and October 3rd.

Reel Queer: Documentary & Discussion

January 4th, 7 - 8 p.m. 

T'aint nobody’s business: queer blues divas of the 1920s (28 mins)

T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness excavates the hidden sexualities of Black female entertainers who reigned over the nascent blues recording industry of the 1920s. Unlike the male-dominated jazz scene, early blues provided a space for women to take the lead and model an autonomy that was remarkable for women of any color or sexual orientation. The fact that some of these women, still famous 90 years later, successfully conducted same-sex relations with friends and working partners is a tribute to their independent spirit and a marker of the relaxed mores that shaped the world of Black entertainment.