Over the summer, 11 students traveled to San Francisco, California, as a part of the Q-Fest Immersion Program, one of the two flagship programs of the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center. We visited Frameline, the world’s oldest and largest queer film festival. After viewing films, we brought 32 films back to Eau Claire to create Q-Fest, UW-Eau Claire’s student-run film festival. Across the six months, making up pre-trip, immersion, and post-trip work, students broke into research groups to explore issues affecting both San Francisco and Eau Claire. They were tasked with documenting the immersion by writing blog posts and creating short videos to share with the Eau Claire community. In this presentation, student programmers Cory Quinn and Audra Dyer will reflect on their experiences in San Francisco, as well as their time developing Q-Fest.
