Jeanne Jo  has made films, music videos, and social media content with drag queen superstars Yvie Oddly, Angeria, Asia O’Hara, Lady Camden, and Rosé, and worked on motion pictures “Star Trek: Beyond” and Marvel’s “Black Panther.” Jo has a PhD from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts and an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. 

Responding to Elaine Scarry’s essay, “On Beauty and Being Just,” participants of the workshop will engage in creative writing exercises designed to unlock characters based on their own personal histories. Drawing from Jo’s work with queer storytelling and drag performers, the focus of the workshop will be on gender non-conforming storyworlds. Participants will learn how to write in screenplay format and will leave the workshop with a written scene from an original story concept.

https://jeannejo.com/

Maximum of 12 participants.
Note: this this workshop will also be offered in Utrecht: Maximum of 12 participants. (Dec. 11, 13h00-17h30)

Reading material:

- Elaine Scarry, "On Beauty and Being Just" (pages 3 to 33)
- https://tannerlectures.utah.edu/_resources/documents/a-to-z/s/scarry00.pdf
- Jeanne Jo’s script for “Tampoon”