Overview
FilmScreening
Screen the award winning film “How to Make a Rainbow.” How to Make a Rainbow follows Jade and her daughter, Alaizah— over the course of two years as they move through transitions at home. Follow up the screening with a live or virtual Q & A with Jade and Alaizah!
Performance artist + poet
Jade’s work is a poetic expression rooted in the identities she holds and her daily fight for a collective liberation. Her art and poetry are an exceptional example of bold cultural content that brings queer and trans stories to the center of today’s current landscapes.
keynote Speaker + Workshop facilitator
Jade infuses her speeches and workshops with her lived experiences, empowered wit, and charm. Choose from a selection of Jade’s specialty workshop offerings or request a newly crafted workshop or speech for your event + community.
How to Make A Rainbow
How to Make a Rainbow
How to Make a Rainbow details the early years of Jade’s transition through the eyes of her five-year-old daughter, Alaizah. In its timely exploration, of our perceived limits of love, gender expression, motherhood, and childhood— this film invites Alaizah to be our guide as we learn and unlearn alongside her the limits and possibilities of identity and connection.
Alaizah
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How To Make a Rainbow navigates the audience through Alaizah’s process of figuring out what to call her papa, who is beginning a gender transition. Together they navigate homelessness, Jade’s exploration of gender, as well as, the daily joys and struggles of parenting and growing as a family.
Screenings…
How To Make a Rainbow has been screened and featured in festivals around the world including: OutFest Film Festival Los Angeles, Inside Out Toronto LGBTQ Film Festival, NewFest New York’s LGBTQ Film Festival, Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, and many more. The OutFest Film Festival audience awarded How to Make a Rainbow the Best Short Documentary of the year.
Jade brings us flowers while we are still living
Jade Phoenix explores the struggle and vision for trans liberation. Her work breaks down common misconceptions in the fight for liberation and self-determination. With powerful performances and fundamental resources, Jade equips communities to be true allies in the fight for trans, queer, and BIPOC liberation.
Performance Artist
performance artist
Jade Phoenix is a dynamic performance artist and poet who holds her identities close to her art. Her Scorpio Femme magic and vulnerability gift her audience a vision for a collective liberated future. Part of Jade’s personal healing process is found in her ability to connect to the power of performance as a healing art. Jade has a special understanding of the intricacies necessary to create safe spaces for QTBIPOC communities. She believes creating safe spaces for QTBIPOC communities welcomes collective healing and new avenues for creative expression.
Poet
Poet
Jade brings her unique perspective and lived experience of the world as a First Gen Filipinx Trans, Femme, and parent, to her work and presence. Jade is a beacon of transformative energy in our current climate of hate and transphobia. Her work honors those who have paved the way for her while also showcasing a hopeful road map for the future generations of QTBIPOC communities. Jade’s poetry was featured at the Asian American Writers Workshop in New York City. She is also a featured writer for the Lambda Literary.
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Keynote
Speaker
Keynote Speaker
Jade Phoenix is a featured keynote speaker at conferences, events, and universities around the world. Most notably, Jade was the keynote speaker at the Queer People of Color Conference at UC Berkeley, the Ivy Queer Conference at Harvard University, and the Women’s Empowerment Conference at UC Santa Barbara. Bring Jade to your university campus center for a speaking event!
Workshop
Facilitator
Workshop Facilitator
Jade offers a variety of educational workshops highlighting the lived experiences and identities of Trans, Queer, Femme, First Gen, Filipinix, and Artist communities. Some of her past workshops include: Radical Self-Love, Art as Healing Practice, and performance/ writing workshops. Jade is also known to curate new workshops according to specific programming and community needs.
Jade Phoenix
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