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Outfest Wednesdays screens weekly at the historic Egyptian Theatre (6712 Hollywood Boulevard) in Hollywood in collaboration with the American Cinematheque. |
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Wednesday February 1, 7:00pm & 9:00pm, Spielberg Theatre @ the Egyptian |
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SECOND SERVE
DIR: Anthony Page, SCRS: Gavin Lambert and Stephanie Liss, 1986, USA, 35mm, 91 min.
Dr. Richard Radley, Yale grad, Naval officer, husband, father, brilliant surgeon and tennis champ, was born a biological man, but ever since childhood has felt like a woman. Based on a true story, Vanessa Redgrave in an astounding and believable role portrays the painfully physical and psychological, as well as the heart-wrenchingly emotional transformations of Richard Radley into Renée Richards. Following her sex-change operation in 1975, she faced discrimination on many fronts, including fierce opposition from the US Tennis Association, which not only refused Renée's professional participation as a female but also publicly "outed" her as transgender. SECOND SERVE is that rare made-for-TV-movie that resists the temptation to sensationalize this very personal human story, instead delivering a film that is honest, moving and ground-breaking for its time.
IN COLLABORATION WITH:
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART
This screening is part of LACMA's tribute to the late writer/director Gavin Lambert, in collaboration with Outfest. LACMA membership prices will be extended to Outfest and American Cinematheque members who wish to see the rest of the series at LACMA.
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Wednesday February 8, 7:00pm & 9:00pm, Spielberg Theatre @ the Egyptian |
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MY BROTHER...NIKHIL
Dir. Onir Anirban, 2005, India, 35mm, 120 min.
Director Onir Anirban presents a powerfully poignant and unconventional narrative about Nikhil, a young gay man infected with AIDS in the 1980's and his subsequent fall, or rather, shove from grace. Nikhil darling son, beloved brother, best friend and champion in grooming has a nurturing and picturesque life in Goa, India that is full of endless possibilities until he is diagnosed as HIV+. His world destroyed, he is left abandoned and ostracized, and eventually isolated, by the familial and social structures he has come to depend on. At the brink of utter despair Nikhil's hope, perseverance and human dignity are reassured through the relentless determination and unfaltering love of his innermost circle, consisting of his sister Anamika, her fiancé Sam and Nikhil's beautiful lover Nigel, who, in the bleak face of all odds, demonstrate incredible courage and the impenetrability of the human spirit. MY BROTHER... NIKHIL unfolds as an emotionally layered and highly sensitive cinematic triumph that terrifies and touches.
IN COLLABORATION WITH: SATRANG
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Wednesday February 15, 7:30pm, Rigler Theatre @ the Egyptian |
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SPECIAL VALENTINE'S DAY SCREENING!
HAROLD AND MAUDE
Dir. Hal Ashby, SCR. Colin Higgins, 1971, USA, 35mm, 91 min.
Producer Robert Evans fought hard for non-conformist editor-turned-filmmaker Hal Ashby to be allowed to direct this wildly offbeat romance. The result is one of the most poignant and subversive films of the New Hollywood era, the impossibly beautiful love affair between suicidal youngster Bud Cort and eccentric, 80-year old Ruth Gordon. Screenwriter Colin Higgins' (director of 9 TO 5) dark humor and morbidity underscores social and familial intolerance of Harold & Maude's unconventional and non-normative relationship. Harold's overbearing and socially prudent mother (Vivian Pickles) makes comically floundering attempts to reform her son by sending him to a painfully out-of-touch shrink, setting him up on mismatched blind dates and even attempts to enlist him in the Army. Resonating with the similar stories of forbidden love shared amongst many gays & lesbians, HAROLD AND MAUDE is a universal outcry to follow one's heart.
IN COLLABORATION WITH:
THE COLIN HIGGINS FOUNDATION
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Wednesday February 22, 7:30pm, Rigler Theatre @ the Egyptian |
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH SCREENING!
FLAG WARS
DIRS. Linda Goode Bryant & Laura Poitras, 2003, USA, video, 86 min.
A remarkable documentary portrait of a community in the throes of change, FLAG WARS follows the gentrification by white gays and lesbians of a traditionally working class African-American neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio. The film paints a complex portrait of well-meaning gay renovators, seemingly oblivious to the concerns of aging black residents, some of whom hover just above poverty. The filmmakers achieved remarkable access to both communities and include scenes of Columbus' black residents expressing a casual homophobia that is both startling and painfully familiar. Porch debates become courtroom proceedings and Black Liberation flags are flown to counter the rainbow flags that now dot the neighborhood. FLAG WARS demonstrates how the realities of class have pit two communities that might otherwise share an alienation from the cultural mainstream. The film illustrates how money well spent can preserve essential pieces of America's cultural heritage while trampling those who get in the way of other people's "progress."
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