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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2
EGYPTIAN THEATRE, HOLLYWOOD
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12:00pm
LOVE MY LIFE
Rigler Theatre
Dir: Koji Kawano, 2006, Japan, 96 min.
Based on the popular comic by Ebine Yamaji, LOVE MY LIFE is a highly entertaining Japanese romantic comedy that captures the beauty, the joys, the drama and everything in between when you fall in love for the first time. Ichiko, an eighteen-year-old college student, wants to tell her father about her girlfriend, Eri. When Ichiko does, her father has the bigger bombshell…Ichiko's parents are both gay! As Ichiko navigates through the terrain of early adulthood, she has to learn how to deal with homophobia, temptations and external pressures that threaten to tear Eri away from her. How will Ichiko cope with the pains of...growing up?
Plus short: SHRIMP & COOKIES, Dir. Michael Wormser
A Mooney Starr music video. |
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3:00pm
WATERMELON WOMAN
Spielberg Theatre
Dir. Cheryl Dunye, 1996, USA, 92 min.
Fusion celebrates the 10th anniversary of Cheryl Dunye's groundbreaking first feature, WATERMELON WOMAN. Cheryl, a twenty-something black lesbian struggles to make her documentary about a beautiful and elusive 1930s film actress, credited in each film simply and cryptically as "The Watermelon Woman." Yet each new discovery about this mysterious woman leads to a more intriguing personal insight for Cheryl, and even interferes with her budding love affair with the beautiful Diana (Guinevere Turner). Told through a lively film-within-a-film structure and loaded with spunky insight and humor, Dunye’s freewheeling film ultimately contemplates the subtle complexities of race, gender and romance. |
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3:00pm
THE DL CHRONICLES
Rigler Theatre
Dir. Deondray Gossett & Quincy LeNear, 2007, USA, 80 min.
Two of the most recent episodes of the smart, funny and provocative series THE DL CHRONICLES introduce a pair of gorgeous men living secret sexual lives. Boo is an ex-convict who can't - much to the frustration of his girlfriend - change his lying and cheating ways as he continues to hook up with various sexual partners. When Boo suffers some sobering consequences to his actions, he's finally forced to take a serious look at his life. In another episode, Mark faces the absurd reality of living on the DL in his own home when he asks his boyfriend to pretend to be his roommate when his cousin comes to stay. Boldly dealing with the complex issue of men on the downlow, these new episodes inspire discussion while providing unadulterated, joyous entertainment. |
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5:30pm
CROSSCURRENT: FUSION SHORTS
Rigler Theatre
In this program of some of the finest Fusion shorts this year, we meet a tough lady boxer, a conflicted doorman, two men on a hook-up, and a charming budding lesbian.
A TWO WOMAN ONE ACT, Dir. Vanessa Libertad Garcia
Two women face the forbidden lust between them in this musical set in the mortuary of a Los Angeles barrio.
JUST, Dir. David Maurice Gil
Two strangers acquaint themselves after meeting each other online and a passionate hook-up, for better (or worse).
FIGHTER, Dir. Sharon Barnes
AJ, a rebellious oil wrestler, uses her prize money to enter herself into an anti-gay Christian conversion program in order to break her girlfriend out of the institution.
DOORMAN, Dir. Etienne Kallos
A deeply closeted Latino doorman of a New York apartment building begins to emotionally unravel when he is seduced and dumped by a privileged college kid.
SHOOTING GERONIMO, Dir. Kent Monkman
A Cree twist on the old Western starring Miss Chief Eagle Testickle.
I’M JIN-YOUNG, Dir. Sung-eun Lee
An irrepressible little girl falls in love for the first time.
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5:30pm
MUXES – AUTHENTIC INTREPID SEEKERS OF DANGER
(MUXES – AUTÉNTICAS INTRÉPIDAS BUSCADORES DE PELIGRO)
Spielberg Theatre
Dir. Alejandra Islas, 2006, Mexico, 102 min.
Out, proud and undeniably inspiring, the muxes are gay Zapotec Indians from Juchitán, Mexico, a queer paradise with a fearless community of gender transgressors who thrive amongst their straight brothers and sisters. Bravely rebelling against centuries of machismo culture these intrepid warriors in skirts have pushed gender boundaries while boldly embracing their unique status in society. Muxes have traditionally fulfilled a variety of roles in their community including providing a sexual outlet for straight men before marriage. While they are mostly fun-loving, upbeat and hopeful, the Muxes are also candid about the discrimination and rejection they often face in their culture and the pride they take in banding together to educate their community about HIV and AIDS. Heartfelt, colorful and entertaining, MUXES provides an exquisite portrait of a distinctive place where the bonds of sexual and gender identity know no bounds.
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8:00pm
CLOSING NIGHT GALA
WATER FLOWING TOGETHER
Rigler Theatre
Dir. Gwendolen Cates, 2007, USA, 77 min.
This stunning documentary is a compelling, intimate portrait of Jock Soto, a gay Navajo Indian and Puerto Rican modern ballet dancer, and one of the most recognized and influential artists of his time. Raised on a remote Arizona reservation, Soto was barely 16 when he was selected by George Balanchine to join the company where he became a force of the prestigious New York City Ballet. His relationship to his heritage is one of both inherent connection and uncomfortable disconnection that defies stereotypes in the same way that his dancing transcends the expected. The film climaxes with his emotional retirement from ballet at age 40, ending his illustrious 24 year career of physically demanding excellence with the company.
IN PERSON: Jock Soto
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9:30pm
CLOSING NIGHT AFTER-PARTY
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