Cuba-born filmmaker, actor and playwright
Filmmaker, producer, actor and playwright Fermin Rojas hosts a Q&A with filmmaker Mike Syers and famed political humorist Kate Clinton to discuss their film "There Are Things To Do" profiling the life of LGBTQ+ activist Urvashi Vaid, an outspoken immigrant, lesbian and woman of color who helped shape the modern day gay rights movement. Fermin is a producer/filmmaker, actor, writer and co-founder of DKR Films. He is a member Helltown Players, Desert Playwrights’ Retreat, and The Truro Playwright Collective that presented a reading feature-length play Liberty Talks that will have its world premiere production in fall 2024. | DKR’s award-winning documentaries include There Are Things To Do (about LGBTQ activist Urvashi Vaid), Alumbrones, The Black Mambas and King Philip’s Belt: A Story of Wampum, which screened at The Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of the American Indian. Narrative film credits include executive producer for The Ali’i King, written and directed by Christine Kunewa Walker and consulting producer of Best Place by Marco Calvani. Along with husband Jay Kubesch, Fermin produced Cuba’s first and only gay men’s singing ensemble Mano a Mano, who toured the Untied States in 2016, collaborating with Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles, Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC, South Florida Gay Men’s Chorus and GALA Chorus Festival. He has authored numerous ten minute plays, books for musicals and monologues for the stage. Among these are A Twinkle in Time, Destination Holiday, Cold War and Karen:Based on Oh So Many Real Events. |
Website: ThereAreThingsToDo.com
Instagram: @ThereAreThingsToDo
 | A film about building community, individual responsibility & taking action Directed by Mike Syers & produced by Fermin Rojas 18 minutes Urvashi Vaid, an outspoken immigrant, lesbian and woman of color was an LGBTQ+ leader and helped shape the modern day gay rights movement. Her vision for the movement serves as a roadmap of initiatives & tools for generations of activist as they currently face anti-LGBTQ+ backlash. The film features Urvashi’s life in Provincetown, MA and 34-year relationship with partner Kate Clinton, and inspires us that the best place to build community & work towards equality starts at home. |
"There Are Things To Do" Trailer
Q&A with filmmakers Fermin Rojas, Mike Syers and Kate Clinton
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