Saturday, November 20

A panel of filmmakers, producers and distributors will discuss how to get films made and seen, including doing it yourself, grants, schools, televison and studios.

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Saturday, November 20


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SAUL SEARCHING

4:00 PM
'SUP, DOC?

From homo-thugs blasting through the DL to Latina baby dykes strapping on guitars and rocking their own wedding reception, queer youth and their advocates use their cameras to chart many avenues toward discovery of self and community.

LOOKS LIKE A GIRL
DIR: Ana Lopez, 2004, USA, video, 10 min.
When the daddy doing the macking is a young Chicana dyke.

HIP HOP HOMOS
DIR: Dave O’Brien, 2004, USA, video, 26 min.
Controversial LA-based out rapper, Deadlee, and fierce raptress, Goddess, show that gay boys and girls don’t only live in hip-hop’s subtext.

FLYING LIKE THE QUETZAL
IIR: Milton Nimatuj, 2004, USA, video, 5 min.
A personal narrative of an activist’s complex identities as he struggles against multiple oppressions.

SAUL SEARCHING
DIR: Lala Endara, 2003, USA, video, 7 min.
Follow teenage FTM Saul through the streets of New York as he muses on his life, struggles and hard won triumphs.

LIFE ON CHRISTOPHER STREET
DIR: Maria Clara, 2002, USA, video, 28 min.
Paris is still burning, only now the soundtrack is rap, Bloods and Crips are in the mix, and vampire fronts are all the rage as young Black and Latino New York street kids allow the curtain to be pulled back on their lives.

OUT OF THE CLOSET
DIR: Arcelia Esparza and Jessica Garcia, USA, video
A teenaged Latino boy living in LA shares his coming out story with unflinching candor.

GENDERATION
DIR: Riku Matsuda, 2004, USA, video, 6 min.
An exploration of gender formation through personal history and family.

HOME
DIR: Ana Lopez, 2004, USA, video, 5 min.
Two Latina rockers celebrate in style as they perform at their own wedding reception.

6:30 PM
EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE
(ALLES WIRD GUT)

DIR: Angelina Maccarone, SCR: Fatima El-Tayeb and Angelina Maccarone, 1997, Germany, subtitled, video, 90 min.

Sassy and cute Nabou has been dumped by her techno babe girlfriend Katja but is still obsessed with her. While monitoring Katja’s every move and staking out her apartment, Nabou unwittingly lands a job as a maid for Katja’s neighbor, Kim - a beautiful, ambitious and ostensibly straight advertising executive. Initially Nabou and Kim clash and spar, but just as Kim’s white boss is set to propose to her and Katja comes crawling back to Nabou, Nabou and Kim’s burgeoning relationship forces them to reconsider what they truly want in life. The award-winning EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE tackles racism and sexism with intelligence and wit, infusing madcap comedy in this vibrant, sexy story about fate and love.

PLUS SHORT:
GREEN STALK
DIR: Desireena Almoradie and Christina Quisumbing Ramilo, 2004, USA, video, 17 min.
The street noise of Queens forms a rhythmic backdrop to the experiences of a video clerk, whose life of quiet isolation is disrupted by a coming attraction.

9:00 PM
ARISAN!

DIR: Nia diNata, SCR: Nia diNata and Joko Anwar, 2003, Indonesia, 35mm, 123 min.

Among the upscale and beautiful people in Jakarta is Sakti, a young architect - and a big closet case. He sees a therapist to try to cure his attraction to men but instead falls head over heels for an outspoken, openly gay film producer. To complicate matters, Sakti’s overprotective mother has found a prospective wife for him - even moving the young woman into their home. Swinging from laughter to heartache and back again, ARISAN! delights with wickedly bitchy social gatherings as Sakti embraces his identity in the face of tradition.

PLUS SHORT:
CAN'T DENY WHAT'S IN THE HEART
DIR: John Skandros & Tyler Soper, 2004, USA, video, 30 sec.
Out gay rapper Deadlee speaks out about human rights as part of GLAAD's "I Do" campaign.

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