Prairie Pride Film Festival 2023 | Friday, October 13 - 8:00 p.m. | HOLDING MOSES | Holding Moses is the deeply intimate story of a Broadway performer, Randi, and her triumph and grief surrounding the birth of her disabled son. Defying conventional standards of motherhood, Randi’s parenting journey is often overlooked. Weaving together the threads of family, queerness and disability, her story highlights the challenges and gifts of birthing a child with disabilities. (d. Rivkah Beth Medow | 2022 | documentary short | 16 minutes) | QUEENDOM | Gena, a queer artist from a small town in Russia, dresses in otherworldly costumes made from junk and tape, and protests the government on the streets of Moscow. Born and raised on the harsh streets of Magadan, a frigid outpost of the Soviet gulag, Gena is only 21. She stages radical performances in public that become a new form of art and activism. By doing that, she wants to change people’s perception of beauty and queerness and bring attention to the harassment of the LGBTQ+ community. The performances—often dark, strange, evocative, and queer at their core — are a manifestation of Gena’s subconscious. But they come at a price. (d. Agniia Galdanova | 2023 | documentary feature | 98 minutes) More Info