Kristal Sotomayor
@kristalsotomayor.bsky.social
📍 Philadelphia & Pittsburgh
🎬 Founder & Director/Producer at Sotomayor Productions
🍿 Film Festival Curator
✍️ EIC at cinéSPEAK Journal
Website: www.sotomayorproductions.com
🎬 Founder & Director/Producer at Sotomayor Productions
🍿 Film Festival Curator
✍️ EIC at cinéSPEAK Journal
Website: www.sotomayorproductions.com
📣 Big news: "Expanding Sanctuary" is now streaming on @kanopy.com! 🎬💻
You can now watch our award-winning short documentary on a platform accessible to students, educators, and library card holders across the country. ✊📂
Check it out: www.kanopy.com/product/expa...
You can now watch our award-winning short documentary on a platform accessible to students, educators, and library card holders across the country. ✊📂
Check it out: www.kanopy.com/product/expa...
Kanopy - Stream Classic Cinema, Indie Film and Top Documentaries
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May 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
📣 Big news: "Expanding Sanctuary" is now streaming on @kanopy.com! 🎬💻
You can now watch our award-winning short documentary on a platform accessible to students, educators, and library card holders across the country. ✊📂
Check it out: www.kanopy.com/product/expa...
You can now watch our award-winning short documentary on a platform accessible to students, educators, and library card holders across the country. ✊📂
Check it out: www.kanopy.com/product/expa...
Honored to be selected as one of the inaugural @voiceofwitness.org Storyteller Initiative Fellows! 🎙️✨
I’m thrilled to develop the "Untitled Water Access Audio Documentary," a five-part podcast created in collaboration with @hansenbursic.bsky.social!
voiceofwitness.org/meet-the-vow...
I’m thrilled to develop the "Untitled Water Access Audio Documentary," a five-part podcast created in collaboration with @hansenbursic.bsky.social!
voiceofwitness.org/meet-the-vow...
Meet the VOW Storyteller Initiative Fellows - Voice of Witness
Get to know VOW’s inaugural Storyteller Initiative Fellows. These narrative changemakers are working to document and uplift stories on water privatization, food sovereignty, and racial justice.
voiceofwitness.org
March 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Honored to be selected as one of the inaugural @voiceofwitness.org Storyteller Initiative Fellows! 🎙️✨
I’m thrilled to develop the "Untitled Water Access Audio Documentary," a five-part podcast created in collaboration with @hansenbursic.bsky.social!
voiceofwitness.org/meet-the-vow...
I’m thrilled to develop the "Untitled Water Access Audio Documentary," a five-part podcast created in collaboration with @hansenbursic.bsky.social!
voiceofwitness.org/meet-the-vow...
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What will you see at Tag! this year? Award-winning director Kristal Sotomayor pays homage to drag legend Mother Cavallucci in Don't Cry For Me All You Drag Queens. Catch it on April 6, 3pm at the Hollywood Theatre! tagqsf.org/2025-presentes @kristalsotomayor.bsky.social @hollywoodtheatr.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
What will you see at Tag! this year? Award-winning director Kristal Sotomayor pays homage to drag legend Mother Cavallucci in Don't Cry For Me All You Drag Queens. Catch it on April 6, 3pm at the Hollywood Theatre! tagqsf.org/2025-presentes @kristalsotomayor.bsky.social @hollywoodtheatr.bsky.social
"Expanding Sanctuary" is winning awards and screening across the country!
Check out out screenings this upcoming month:
✨️ March 7th - Best Documentary Film winner at the SPE Media Festival
✨️ March 22nd - Minnesota Film Festival
Get your tickets: www.sotomayorproductions.com/screenings
Check out out screenings this upcoming month:
✨️ March 7th - Best Documentary Film winner at the SPE Media Festival
✨️ March 22nd - Minnesota Film Festival
Get your tickets: www.sotomayorproductions.com/screenings
February 26, 2025 at 3:52 AM
"Expanding Sanctuary" is winning awards and screening across the country!
Check out out screenings this upcoming month:
✨️ March 7th - Best Documentary Film winner at the SPE Media Festival
✨️ March 22nd - Minnesota Film Festival
Get your tickets: www.sotomayorproductions.com/screenings
Check out out screenings this upcoming month:
✨️ March 7th - Best Documentary Film winner at the SPE Media Festival
✨️ March 22nd - Minnesota Film Festival
Get your tickets: www.sotomayorproductions.com/screenings
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Huge news! My film "Trans Heaven, Pennsylvania" has found its European premiere at BFI Flare, Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ film festival!
We will screen at the legendary BFI Southbank on March 20th and 21st in London. Get tickets and learn more here: whatson.bfi.org.uk/flare/Online...
We will screen at the legendary BFI Southbank on March 20th and 21st in London. Get tickets and learn more here: whatson.bfi.org.uk/flare/Online...
February 19, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Huge news! My film "Trans Heaven, Pennsylvania" has found its European premiere at BFI Flare, Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ film festival!
We will screen at the legendary BFI Southbank on March 20th and 21st in London. Get tickets and learn more here: whatson.bfi.org.uk/flare/Online...
We will screen at the legendary BFI Southbank on March 20th and 21st in London. Get tickets and learn more here: whatson.bfi.org.uk/flare/Online...
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We are highlighting Kristal and their work on our upcoming installment of our regular Zine.
✨ "Expanding Sanctuary" is on OTV! ✨
In a time of uncertainty and fear, "Expanding Sanctuary" showcases how the local Latinx immigrant community came together during the first Trump administration to protect their families.
📺 Watch now: watch.weareo.tv/browse
In a time of uncertainty and fear, "Expanding Sanctuary" showcases how the local Latinx immigrant community came together during the first Trump administration to protect their families.
📺 Watch now: watch.weareo.tv/browse
February 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
We are highlighting Kristal and their work on our upcoming installment of our regular Zine.
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✨ "Expanding Sanctuary" is on OTV! ✨
In a time of uncertainty and fear, "Expanding Sanctuary" showcases how the local Latinx immigrant community came together during the first Trump administration to protect their families.
📺 Watch now: watch.weareo.tv/browse
In a time of uncertainty and fear, "Expanding Sanctuary" showcases how the local Latinx immigrant community came together during the first Trump administration to protect their families.
📺 Watch now: watch.weareo.tv/browse
February 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
✨ "Expanding Sanctuary" is on OTV! ✨
In a time of uncertainty and fear, "Expanding Sanctuary" showcases how the local Latinx immigrant community came together during the first Trump administration to protect their families.
📺 Watch now: watch.weareo.tv/browse
In a time of uncertainty and fear, "Expanding Sanctuary" showcases how the local Latinx immigrant community came together during the first Trump administration to protect their families.
📺 Watch now: watch.weareo.tv/browse
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We’re hosting a fundraiser to help bring "Las Cosas Que Brillan" across the finish line, and we want YOU to be part of it. 💖
📅 Saturday, March 22
⏰ 7 PM - 11 PM
📍 Vox Populi, Black Box Space – 319 N 11th St #3, Philadelphia, PA
RSVP: givebutter.com/las-cosas-qu...
📅 Saturday, March 22
⏰ 7 PM - 11 PM
📍 Vox Populi, Black Box Space – 319 N 11th St #3, Philadelphia, PA
RSVP: givebutter.com/las-cosas-qu...
February 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
We’re hosting a fundraiser to help bring "Las Cosas Que Brillan" across the finish line, and we want YOU to be part of it. 💖
📅 Saturday, March 22
⏰ 7 PM - 11 PM
📍 Vox Populi, Black Box Space – 319 N 11th St #3, Philadelphia, PA
RSVP: givebutter.com/las-cosas-qu...
📅 Saturday, March 22
⏰ 7 PM - 11 PM
📍 Vox Populi, Black Box Space – 319 N 11th St #3, Philadelphia, PA
RSVP: givebutter.com/las-cosas-qu...
✨ "Expanding Sanctuary" is on OTV! ✨
In a time of uncertainty and fear, "Expanding Sanctuary" showcases how the local Latinx immigrant community came together during the first Trump administration to protect their families.
📺 Watch now: watch.weareo.tv/browse
In a time of uncertainty and fear, "Expanding Sanctuary" showcases how the local Latinx immigrant community came together during the first Trump administration to protect their families.
📺 Watch now: watch.weareo.tv/browse
February 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
✨ "Expanding Sanctuary" is on OTV! ✨
In a time of uncertainty and fear, "Expanding Sanctuary" showcases how the local Latinx immigrant community came together during the first Trump administration to protect their families.
📺 Watch now: watch.weareo.tv/browse
In a time of uncertainty and fear, "Expanding Sanctuary" showcases how the local Latinx immigrant community came together during the first Trump administration to protect their families.
📺 Watch now: watch.weareo.tv/browse
We’re hosting a fundraiser to help bring "Las Cosas Que Brillan" across the finish line, and we want YOU to be part of it. 💖
📅 Saturday, March 22
⏰ 7 PM - 11 PM
📍 Vox Populi, Black Box Space – 319 N 11th St #3, Philadelphia, PA
RSVP: givebutter.com/las-cosas-qu...
📅 Saturday, March 22
⏰ 7 PM - 11 PM
📍 Vox Populi, Black Box Space – 319 N 11th St #3, Philadelphia, PA
RSVP: givebutter.com/las-cosas-qu...
February 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
We’re hosting a fundraiser to help bring "Las Cosas Que Brillan" across the finish line, and we want YOU to be part of it. 💖
📅 Saturday, March 22
⏰ 7 PM - 11 PM
📍 Vox Populi, Black Box Space – 319 N 11th St #3, Philadelphia, PA
RSVP: givebutter.com/las-cosas-qu...
📅 Saturday, March 22
⏰ 7 PM - 11 PM
📍 Vox Populi, Black Box Space – 319 N 11th St #3, Philadelphia, PA
RSVP: givebutter.com/las-cosas-qu...
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Our seventh most-read story of this year: When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.
Read more (published October) ⬇️
Read more (published October) ⬇️
Inside the Company Helping America’s Biggest Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Treatments
When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.
propub.li
December 29, 2024 at 1:00 AM
Our seventh most-read story of this year: When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.
Read more (published October) ⬇️
Read more (published October) ⬇️
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Behind every magical story are passionate creators working to bring it to life! 🎬✨
"Las Cosas Que Brillan" is more than just a film; it’s a celebration of resilience, identity, and the beauty of underrepresented voices.
Help us finish this project! 🌟
Donate: givebutter.com/las-cosas-qu...
"Las Cosas Que Brillan" is more than just a film; it’s a celebration of resilience, identity, and the beauty of underrepresented voices.
Help us finish this project! 🌟
Donate: givebutter.com/las-cosas-qu...
November 26, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Behind every magical story are passionate creators working to bring it to life! 🎬✨
"Las Cosas Que Brillan" is more than just a film; it’s a celebration of resilience, identity, and the beauty of underrepresented voices.
Help us finish this project! 🌟
Donate: givebutter.com/las-cosas-qu...
"Las Cosas Que Brillan" is more than just a film; it’s a celebration of resilience, identity, and the beauty of underrepresented voices.
Help us finish this project! 🌟
Donate: givebutter.com/las-cosas-qu...
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In 2023, our team created an interactive guide to rights the Supreme Court has established — and could take away.
Most rights are based in statute, but rights to same-sex marriage, search warrants and Miranda warnings are based on judicial rulings that the Supreme Court can overturn. ⤵️
Most rights are based in statute, but rights to same-sex marriage, search warrants and Miranda warnings are based on judicial rulings that the Supreme Court can overturn. ⤵️
Supreme Risk: An Interactive Guide to Rights the Supreme Court Could Take Away
Most rights are based in statute, but dozens — such as rights to same-sex marriage, search warrants and Miranda warnings — are based on judicial rulings that the Supreme Court can overturn and that…
propub.li
November 29, 2024 at 3:00 AM
In 2023, our team created an interactive guide to rights the Supreme Court has established — and could take away.
Most rights are based in statute, but rights to same-sex marriage, search warrants and Miranda warnings are based on judicial rulings that the Supreme Court can overturn. ⤵️
Most rights are based in statute, but rights to same-sex marriage, search warrants and Miranda warnings are based on judicial rulings that the Supreme Court can overturn. ⤵️
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The growing list of sexual misconduct allegations against Trump’s picks https://buff.ly/3UZ32af
November 28, 2024 at 4:48 AM
The growing list of sexual misconduct allegations against Trump’s picks https://buff.ly/3UZ32af
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Elon Musk publicized the names of government employees he wants to cut. It’s terrifying federal workers www.cnn.com/2024/11/27/b... @cnn.com
Elon Musk publicized the names of government employees he wants to cut. It’s terrifying federal workers | CNN Business
When President-elect Donald Trump said Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would recommend major cuts to the federal government in his administration, many public employees knew that their jobs could be on ...
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November 27, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Elon Musk publicized the names of government employees he wants to cut. It’s terrifying federal workers www.cnn.com/2024/11/27/b... @cnn.com
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People are often surprised when I tell them this: both Twitter and Facebook/insta/threads are now specifically engineered to downgrade, hide, suppress real journalism. If this platform is different, that's a huge change
Traffic from Bluesky to @bostonglobe.com is already 3x that of Threads, and we are seeing 4.5x the conversions to paying digital subscribers.
November 27, 2024 at 6:22 AM
People are often surprised when I tell them this: both Twitter and Facebook/insta/threads are now specifically engineered to downgrade, hide, suppress real journalism. If this platform is different, that's a huge change
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Catch "Don't Cry For Me All You Drag Queens" in Brazil! 🇧🇷
The film screens at Transforma – Santa Catarina’s International Diversity Film Festival on December 9, 2024 at 5PM. So excited to bring New Hope drag to Brazil!
Get your tickets: www.festivaltransforma.com.br/filmes-2024/...
The film screens at Transforma – Santa Catarina’s International Diversity Film Festival on December 9, 2024 at 5PM. So excited to bring New Hope drag to Brazil!
Get your tickets: www.festivaltransforma.com.br/filmes-2024/...
November 26, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Catch "Don't Cry For Me All You Drag Queens" in Brazil! 🇧🇷
The film screens at Transforma – Santa Catarina’s International Diversity Film Festival on December 9, 2024 at 5PM. So excited to bring New Hope drag to Brazil!
Get your tickets: www.festivaltransforma.com.br/filmes-2024/...
The film screens at Transforma – Santa Catarina’s International Diversity Film Festival on December 9, 2024 at 5PM. So excited to bring New Hope drag to Brazil!
Get your tickets: www.festivaltransforma.com.br/filmes-2024/...
Behind every magical story are passionate creators working to bring it to life! 🎬✨
"Las Cosas Que Brillan" is more than just a film; it’s a celebration of resilience, identity, and the beauty of underrepresented voices.
Help us finish this project! 🌟
Donate: givebutter.com/las-cosas-qu...
"Las Cosas Que Brillan" is more than just a film; it’s a celebration of resilience, identity, and the beauty of underrepresented voices.
Help us finish this project! 🌟
Donate: givebutter.com/las-cosas-qu...
November 26, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Behind every magical story are passionate creators working to bring it to life! 🎬✨
"Las Cosas Que Brillan" is more than just a film; it’s a celebration of resilience, identity, and the beauty of underrepresented voices.
Help us finish this project! 🌟
Donate: givebutter.com/las-cosas-qu...
"Las Cosas Que Brillan" is more than just a film; it’s a celebration of resilience, identity, and the beauty of underrepresented voices.
Help us finish this project! 🌟
Donate: givebutter.com/las-cosas-qu...
Reposted by Kristal Sotomayor
On the basis of "Reading Rainbow" alone LeVar Burton deserves a Nobel
November 25, 2024 at 3:27 PM
On the basis of "Reading Rainbow" alone LeVar Burton deserves a Nobel
Catch "Don't Cry For Me All You Drag Queens" in Brazil! 🇧🇷
The film screens at Transforma – Santa Catarina’s International Diversity Film Festival on December 9, 2024 at 5PM. So excited to bring New Hope drag to Brazil!
Get your tickets: www.festivaltransforma.com.br/filmes-2024/...
The film screens at Transforma – Santa Catarina’s International Diversity Film Festival on December 9, 2024 at 5PM. So excited to bring New Hope drag to Brazil!
Get your tickets: www.festivaltransforma.com.br/filmes-2024/...
November 26, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Catch "Don't Cry For Me All You Drag Queens" in Brazil! 🇧🇷
The film screens at Transforma – Santa Catarina’s International Diversity Film Festival on December 9, 2024 at 5PM. So excited to bring New Hope drag to Brazil!
Get your tickets: www.festivaltransforma.com.br/filmes-2024/...
The film screens at Transforma – Santa Catarina’s International Diversity Film Festival on December 9, 2024 at 5PM. So excited to bring New Hope drag to Brazil!
Get your tickets: www.festivaltransforma.com.br/filmes-2024/...
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Honored to share my filmmaking and entrepreneurial journey with "The Philly Download"! 🌟
“Immigrant stories are like everyone else’s stories—full of difficulties but also joy.” This quote captures the heart of my work. 💛
Read more: l8r.it/E1CP
“Immigrant stories are like everyone else’s stories—full of difficulties but also joy.” This quote captures the heart of my work. 💛
Read more: l8r.it/E1CP
November 21, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Honored to share my filmmaking and entrepreneurial journey with "The Philly Download"! 🌟
“Immigrant stories are like everyone else’s stories—full of difficulties but also joy.” This quote captures the heart of my work. 💛
Read more: l8r.it/E1CP
“Immigrant stories are like everyone else’s stories—full of difficulties but also joy.” This quote captures the heart of my work. 💛
Read more: l8r.it/E1CP
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Honored to share my filmmaking and entrepreneurial journey with "The Philly Download"! 🌟
“Immigrant stories are like everyone else’s stories—full of difficulties but also joy.” This quote captures the heart of my work. 💛
Read more: l8r.it/E1CP
“Immigrant stories are like everyone else’s stories—full of difficulties but also joy.” This quote captures the heart of my work. 💛
Read more: l8r.it/E1CP
November 21, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Honored to share my filmmaking and entrepreneurial journey with "The Philly Download"! 🌟
“Immigrant stories are like everyone else’s stories—full of difficulties but also joy.” This quote captures the heart of my work. 💛
Read more: l8r.it/E1CP
“Immigrant stories are like everyone else’s stories—full of difficulties but also joy.” This quote captures the heart of my work. 💛
Read more: l8r.it/E1CP
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Catch “Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” in Pittsburgh at the Backyard Docs Film Festival on Friday, December 6, 2024 at 6:00 PM!
Check out queer films at The Parkway Theater & Film Lounge (644 Broadway Ave, McKees Rocks, PA 15136)!
Get your 🎟️: backyarddocs2024.eventive.org/schedule/673...
Check out queer films at The Parkway Theater & Film Lounge (644 Broadway Ave, McKees Rocks, PA 15136)!
Get your 🎟️: backyarddocs2024.eventive.org/schedule/673...
November 20, 2024 at 12:42 AM
Catch “Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” in Pittsburgh at the Backyard Docs Film Festival on Friday, December 6, 2024 at 6:00 PM!
Check out queer films at The Parkway Theater & Film Lounge (644 Broadway Ave, McKees Rocks, PA 15136)!
Get your 🎟️: backyarddocs2024.eventive.org/schedule/673...
Check out queer films at The Parkway Theater & Film Lounge (644 Broadway Ave, McKees Rocks, PA 15136)!
Get your 🎟️: backyarddocs2024.eventive.org/schedule/673...