Sini Anderson (b. November 6, 1969) is an American film director, producer, performance artist and poet. She is originally from Chicago, Illinois, has lived in San Francisco, California and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.[1]
Anderson was the co-founder and co-artistic director of the Sister Spit a weekly open mic series in San Francisco from 1994–1997 and Sister Spits Ramblin Road Show a spoken word tour from 1997-2000 she performs on I Spit on Your Country (1997), Sister Spit’s Ramblin Road Show (1999), Greatest Spits!: A Spoken Word Compilation (2001) and Tribe Spit Deep (2002). Her work is also found in The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (ThunderMouth Press)[2] and Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Revolution (Seal Press). [3]
Anderson spent much of her career in San Francisco’s queer community as Chief Curator/Artistic Director for The National Queer Arts Festival, a co-producer for the Nectar Stage at San Francisco’s Pride, president of the board of directors for the Harvey Milk Institute, and co-chair of the board of directors for The Queer Cultural Center. [4]
Anderson also works in independent film and her credits include first assistant director on Miggy n Lil (2006), Bare Knuckle (2007), Karma Calling (2009). [5] She recently directed the book trailer for the memoir Whip Smart by Melissa Febos[6], which won Best Short Documentary[7] at the Fetisch Film Festival 2010.[8] She is currently working on a documentary about riot grrl musician Kathleen Hanna.[9]
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