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mediaby JennieLivingston (Pans 1s Burning) and Jim Lyons OnJune 28, 1969, (Poison),a selectionof films fromAndrea Weiss' recently publishet shortlyafter oneam, the NewYork Police City entered the Vampiresand Violets.Lesbians in Film anda videopresentation StonewallInn on a routineraid But on this fatefulmorning just andlecture, Fifty Yearsof Perversity,in whichRosa van Praunheim hoursafter the funeralof the legendaryJudy Garland a few will discusshis illustriouscinematic career. Closing the '94 bravesouls donned shields of rageand pride, igniting the historic Festivalwill be GreggBordowitz's powerful AIDS testimony Fast riot that wouldcome to be knownas the StonewallRebellion Trip,Long Drop GETYOUR Forfive dayslesbians and gays waged battle, ushering in an era As an organizationdependent upon the invaluableresource of of politicalactivism and personal pride, giving birth to a movement humanbeings, this programwould not havebeen possible without that haseffected phenomenal change and inspired generations the in kindskills of our '94 ProgrammingCommittee A veryspecial thanksto PamJennings, Irene Sosa, Mai Kiang PeterBowen, Thecause and the circumstancessurrounding the eventsof DarylChin, John Haffner Layden, Stephen Saba, Robin Vacha! and FREECD PatriciaWhite for their commitmentand dedication in programming that earlySunday morning are riddled with the expectedsubjectivity inherentin recordingand retelling history this year'sfestival
NOW! DidJudy Garland's funeral act as the muchneeded and l1ng The 94 Festivalmedal of honorgoes to RobinVacha!, Festival awaitedcatalyst for a time that hadto come?Was it a butchdyke Coordinatorand Supreme Goddess for goingfar aboveand beyond dressedin men'sclothing that launchedthis historiceve? Or was the call of duty it a ferociousdrag queen who decidedshe was fed upwith years of relentlessharassment thereby marking June 28 as a dayof pride Andmany thanks to ourdedicated Board of Directors:Carol Alpert, andcelebration? PeterBowen Nan Buzard, Chiqui Cartagena, Daryl Chin, John HaffnerLayden Tom Healy, Rick Hutcheson, Terry Lawler, Calogero We maynever know the answersto thesequestions Salvo,Stephen Saba, and Patricia White; whose commitment has,and continues to be,essential to the life of ourorganization It's 1994,nearly 25 yearsafter that angryand courageous band andfestival of fagsand dykes decided they would no longerbe the victims of institutionalizedhomophobia We wouldno longershrink in fear We arealso grateful for the generoussupport of oursponsors but standand celebrate our livesand our culture. A culturethat andfunders and the manyothers who were instrumentalin making is as richand diverse as the worlditself; a culturethat existsin the the '94 NewYork Lesbian & GayFilm Festival possible annalsof time andin the mindsand hearts of millions WellingtonLove The1994 New York Lesbian & GayFilm Festival proudly celebrates ExecutiveDirector s the 25thanniversary of the StonewallRebellion May6, 1994 In its sixthand largest year, the Festivalrecognizes the importance In celebratmgour great accomplishments, we rememberour Sire Records, the little record label that could, brings you EVERYBODY of film andits placein our historyand culture Presenting212 enormousand incalculable loss Weremember those who areno NEEDSSOMEBODY, a NEW CD sampler of musical durables from Sire's consistently films andvideos from countries including Australia, Canada, Egypt, longerpresent to shareour lives, our experiences,our love outspoken roster -- EXCLUSIVELY FOR NEW AND CONTINUING Germany,Japan, New Zealand, Russia and the UK,the Festivalis We will neverforget GENRE SUBSCRIBERS! committedto representinga broadand culturally inclusive program GETTHIS FREE !DMPAIT DISC with of lesbianand gay films andvideos The1994 New YorkLesbian & GayFilm Festival is dedicatedto your subscr,pt1oli·to· GfNHf. 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Thanks/Acknowledgements Please allow 6-8 weeks far delivery after payment is received, The'94 Festivalwill featurea numberof film series,guest-curated Essays. 6-9 16-1720-21 programs,special presentations, and special events Opening SpecialEvents Series and Programs 11 13-15 the Festivalis the NewYork premiere of RoseTroche's brilliantly FilmListings and Descriptions 23-45 irreverentand award winning first feature,Go Fish Fromthe early FilmCalendar CenterSpread Ohl, off,,,.,,,.""'"',~,,,,,~~~!~~oiE~l1Nt11f111DY. ·Subscribe to Post-Stonewallera, a seriesof historicalfilms includingJan SponsoringOrganizations 49 Offer is ovai)able to bo,h new 1ubscriber, and INTERIORTHRONE ROOM DAY brushstrokesthese paintings loom with dark bloodyreds, recalling 'Angelscommemorate death without suggesting anything EDWARDstands alone at thetop of the stoneramp the clenchedfist andlocked jaw of politicalprotest that Derek aboutdying "-Prior Walter in TonyKushner s Angelsin America EDWARD: bothsupported and inspired vastly powerful works by an artistat Butwhat areKings, when regiment is gone? timesdriven as passionatelyby angeras by love I sawAngels in Americafor the first time at Londons National Butperfect shadows in a sunshineday? Theatrein Novemberof 1991 the dayI interviewedDerek Jarman I knownot, but of this I arnassured, Indeed,Derek s joustswith thosevery tabloids are legendary abouthis newly-released Edward II Seatedacross a tablefrom Thatdeath ends all. andI candie but once Whathe sawas the constantmisrepresentation of his life in their eachother, tape recorderspinning it was to bethe onlytime Comedeath andwith thy fingersclose my eyes pagescompelled him to createa historicalrecord that was both duringour six-year friendship that Derekand I wouldformally play Orif I live let meforget myself celebratoryand honest From Dancing Ledge to At YourOwn Risk, the rolesof artist andcritic We laugheda thousandtimes that Derekdeemed no experienceinsignificant Of his first boutwith day;it is difficultnow to write in the pasttense of onewho 'Why not 'Staydeath? , I askedDerek that dimlyashen London crabshe recalledhow hismother, thinking her son had slept with a personifiedthe veryact of living,investing every word and work of morningin 1991.'· Don t we all wantto live? Hisdeep, cobalt eyes prostitutedelighted to herbridge club, "Derek's got nits!' When art with suchforceful wisdom and enduring beauty as to almost shimmeredand his trademark cheshire grin spread about his face Jarmanwrote of cruisingthe Edenfound on HempsteadHeath in invitedisbelief Filmmaker set designerauthor activist, painter, as he gatheredhis navysweater against the oliveskin of his neck the muskyLondon summer, he immortalizedthe Cainsand Abels defiantlyproud Englishman sainted drag queen loving partner Then quitetrue to characterDerek Jarman laughed at me Leaning [out]on a hot night" Publishingwhat others kept secret Derek Derekwas a spiritedpioneer imbued with an insatiablethirst for forward handsclasped before his mouthhe saidsoftly: obliteratedignorance to set the recordwell queer the wholeof life destinedto barehis soulto the world It hasto be cornedeath' Because,you know we re all goingto A tirelesscampaigner, Derek fought for socialjustice by blasting Althoughfew peoplehave called Derek Jarman a patriot(his work die Andwe've become so awareof ourselveslately Thereal the repressionof Clause28 andthe hypocrisythat madethe ageof momentof releasewill cornewhen we no longerhave to be Then like thefilms TheLast of Englandand TheGarden and the book consentfor gaysand lesbians higher than the onefor 'heterosoc QueerEdward II ringswith contemptfor the conservativepolitics we will trulybe free ' Unafraidto makehis angerknown, Derek even accused Ian exemplifiedby MargaretThatcher) he lovedhis homeland deeply McKellanof lookingthe otherway to accepta knighthoodand Derekwas proud, he oncetold me, to fight at homerather than be It is earlyMarch and I amagain seated in the NationalTheater, but frequentlychallenged the complacencywithin the gaycommunity this tirneAngels ,n Americais a vastlydifferent experience There swallowedby Hollywoodor MadisonAvenue" The only peerage itself,warning that withoutstringent vigilance even the hardest Derekwanted he got-sainthoodgranted by the Sistersof will be noconversations with myfriend Derek on this trip:two days wonvictory can be fleeting PerpetualIndulgence, a group of dragqueens in habits,who roared ago on March3, 1994,in a sunlitstone cathedral near the rocky downCharing Cross Road on skatessnapping the signof the cross Kentishcoast of his seasidecottage I bidfarewell to this fiercely All this beingtrue, the moststriking homage to Dereks life is still spiritedartist lostto a plaguethat hasrnade too rnanyangels hiswork a timelesslyrich body of art to whichthe joy of returning Derekgraduated from London s CentralSchool of Art andDesign at aroundthe globe Forme it is notPrior Walter, but DerekJarman will againand again be ours Throughouthis lastfilrn Blue,Derek the peakof its prestige,and proceeded to designoperas at Covent who looksout into the audienceto whisper ·Let:s have more life " unitedthe strandsof bluethat filled his encyclopediclife: the Gardenand films like KenRussell's classic The Devils. From his Grinning,Derek dares me to meetthis challengeto be lifted bythe seanear his Dungenesscottage the skyof hisboyhood Italy the beatof angelswings to rise up beyondpain and suffering to own SloaneSquare loft to the clubsof Soho,Derek s idiosyncratic walls at St Mary'sHospital, where illness struck him for thefirst forgetmyself and live again energeticshort films permanentlycaptured London in the sixties time the glowingmoon of highstreet and heath Dernk'sown voice andseventies In 1975he madea daringleap shockingthe British crackleswith its familiar,ironic wit, pullinghumor from tragedy film industryand much of the world with the nakedRomans Springhas arrived and an angel sheathedfrom head to toe in gold andbeckoning, 'Laugh with me ·,As in so manyof Dereks films lame,soars over London From there he watchesover the world andLatin dialogue of hisfirst feature Sebast,aneDerek never SimonFisher Turners music soars above this field of blue,inspired lookedback; that is, unlesshe sawa chanceto re-definehistory: overyou and me bythe canvasesof painterYves Klein A rhapsodyof stringsand a Renaissancelovers' quarrel in Caravaggio.Queen Elizabeth I, winds,Turners score conveys what words or imagesoften cannot transportedin Jubileeto a contemporaryLondon blasted by punk Howsafe I feel TildaSwinton and Nigel Terry, two of the manyactors who rockand street violence; the tragicallymodern romance between throughtheir graceand sheer talent broughtsuch inspired life to commonerand monarch in EdwardII MarkJ Huisman hischaracters, speak Derek's prose one last time London Onthe canvasDerek s subjectsranged from gentle still lifes of the March5 1994 wildflowersin hisgarden to turbulentlandscapes. In 1992he Is it possibleto do justiceto the memoryof DerekJarman I Yes produceda tour deforce series of hugecanvases using the front Butwe mustreach beyond words and make a commitmentto the pagesof Londontabloids as backdrops.Executed in thick,angry life of ourcommunity We mustinspect the humanityof ourvery own soulsand seize the collectivespirit that embodiesbrotherhood andsisterhood, equality and freedom hope and love We must chargethe battlegroundon whichDerek Jarman fought: every minuteof everyday, week, month and year in this AIDScrisis, we mustclamor toward the futurehe alludedto in the final scene of EdwardII: 7 Weare soldiers,in thearmy Wehave to figh( althoughwe haveto cry Wehave to holdup theblood stained banner Wehave to holdit up until we die -TRADITIONALGOSPEL SONG ASol I metMarlon Riggs in early1992-by phone-in a conversation HisEmmy-award winning Ethnic Notions (1987) made it painstakingly Marlonalso demonstrated a certain fierce directness and sense that wasscheduled to lastthirty minutesbut went onfor nearlytwo clearthat the dangerof minstrelstereotypes was not some removed of purposein Non,Je NeRegrette Rien (No Regret, 1992) Hrs last hours.I was preparingthe promotionalcampaign for the broadcast distanthistory, but an ongoingforce in ournational culture completedwork, this film is a sublimemix of poetrysongs and .. of hisfilm ColorAdjustment, on PO V Forthe nextfour monthswe ColorAdjustment (1991) seized upon that ideaand extended it into interviewswith five HIV-positiveBlack gay men Ofall hrswork rt rs faxed,left messages,and talked to eachother almost every day, thetelevision age taking on NormanLear and mega-dad Black the oneI find mostdisturbing Non, Je Ne RegretteRien.opens includingwake up calls so that he couldget upand talk to TVcritics middle-class-iconBill Cosbyalong the way with five dedicationsto fallenwarriors As eachsuccessive name appearedon the screen,my heartsank I knewthem alL A waveof It was hardnot to be overwhelmedby hisintellect It was hard WhenRiggs addressed the dualityof beingBlack and gay he sadnessand loss overcame me-hit me like a ton of bricksThe notto be swayedby the weightof his argumentsSo I was I was arguedthat it is not usefulto questionwhether we areBlack gays samefeeling washed over me when I receiveda call a weekago sweptup in hiseloquence and clarity, by his gentlespirit and or gayBlacks He did so bysimultaneously embracing and Marlonwas dead generosityUntil one day onthe wayto tapea radiointerview in transcendingthose categories His vision was broad,one which NewYork, he said-with just a simpleglance: "Miss Thing get rooteditself in the specificMoreover he created a spacefor Marlons familyattended Shiloh Baptist Church when they lived overit " So I didand we becamefriends eachof usto exploreour complexities by demanding that we allow in FortWorth, Texas. This also is the nameof thechurch I grewup himto questionhis Forme. this wasthe magicof Marlons in on LongIsland I imaginethe two congregationsare very much. Marlonwas notabout livin' large ''I'm a culturalwarrior" he once intellect Helooked inside himself and was notafraid to report alike---clannishBlack folk clinging to a senseof pndeand community told a reporter If I wantedto be a star I'd be someplace else" to theworld what he saw Thatwe hadto be betterthan our white counterpartswas part Thatwasn't just rhetoricfor Marlon It spokevolumes about his of the ritual.We wereraised to be "racemen," examples for work,the way he livedand the choiceshe made Whenhis video Tongues Untied aired nationally in July 1991 othersto follow. "Towhom much is givenmuch is required,'my on PBS.Marlon was singled out for attack TonguesUntied became fatheroften said Marlontook up that call to armsand became Thereis no denyingMarlon T Riggs'simpact He was a griot ExhibitA in the debateover the NationalEndowment for the Arts a formidablewarrior in the battleagainst those who would silence Hewas a wordsmith.One part James Baldwin two partsHarriet andfederal funding of publictelevision The controversy even us Heraised the stakesfor gaycommunities for Blackcommunities, TubmanMarlon believed in the powerof testimonyHe documented raisedits ugly(read homophobic) head in the 1992presidential andfor the nation ourlives with breath-takingprecision While it is neverpossible campaignseven months after the broadcastMarlon touched a to saythat oneman or onemoment changes the courseof history, sensitivenerve in Americansociety by telling the truth Evenduring his laststays in the hospitalthis winter his immune it is clearthat MarlonRiggs's vision-and his uniquecapacity to systemtorn asunder,Marlon focused his energieson mack Is sharethat vision-will longresonate in ourlives Its nationalcelebrity and notoriety notwithstanding Tongues BlackAin't, a workwhose examination of racial1dent1ty w1th1n Untiedwas not originallyintended for generalconsumption That the Blackcommunity promised to ruffleeven more feathers Theessence of Marlon'swork-and life-was his unwillingnessto film wasmade by about,and for the Blackcommunity-Black gay I'm suretheres a metaphorin thefact that he did notfinish it compromiseFacing a worldthat denigratesBlacks and men,in particularTherein lies its strengthits promise,and its I takeit as a challengeAfter all, aint I a soldier,too? marginalizesgays MarlonRiggs stood up and said: I m Blackand challengePerhaps Marlon s greatestlegacy is havingproclaimed I'm gay now let's moveon Forwhile raceand sexual identity the painand the beautyof Blackfags It nowfalls to usto continue WilliamJ Swinton hadan impacton Riggs'sworld view theywere merely a starting to tell ourstories-to eachother-in film, poetrycriticism, dance NewYork City point Hedidn t lookthere for answers,but it waswhere the andsong Wehave to holdup theblood stained banner April 13 1994 questioninghad to begin Riggss workoften broke ground in documentaryfilmmaking WilliamJ Swintonhas workedm marketingand public relatJOns Hissophisticated blend of narration,graphics and imagery only for eightyears For the last threeyearn he hasserved as Director addedto the richtexture of hisfilms Butthat's notwhat was most of Communicationsat PO V impressiveMarlon's genius was an abilityto speakfrankly and plainlyon complexissues. In TonguesUntied (1989), Affirmations (1990)and Anthem (1991 ), Riggsexplored issues and emotions that manyBlack gay men did not(and still don't)want to confront Hedid sowith suchundeniable clarity that the nationcouldn't help buttake notice. 8 SpecialEvents The Best In Gay FIim & Video From Clnevlsta Video / Go Fish GalaOpening Night Benefit/New York Premiere Admisswn $20 ' ' Thurs May 12 8:00pm VillageEastTheater 181 Second Ave at 12St WhatHave I Done LABYRINTH Qf (Directedby RoseTroche produced and written by RoseTroche ToDeserve This?! andGumevere Turner, executive producers. Tom Kalin and Christme Vachon.USA 1994 15mmBS mm) Sexyand romantic this dyke poweredfeature portrays five twenty-somethinggals navigating law of desirePASSION a resoundinglylesbian universe of datingfashion crises, love and desireWith scintillatinghumor and charm, Troche's brilliantly DARKhabits irreverentfirst featurecharts new territories in its spirited Pepi Luci Born unapologeticdepiction of lesbianlife in the 90s A girl meetsgirl moviefor the wholefamily, Ga Fish is a distinctlyregional work . A MANLIKE EVA fromand about queer life in ChicagoWinner of BestLesbian/Gay MATADOR Featureat the 94 BerlinFilm Festival the highly-publicizedGa Fish Th c Ever I as ting f OREVERMARY maywell bethe nextmajor queer/mainstream cross-over success story PlusCent,,,1 Park (SandeZeig USA,1994 16mm taxi zum klo 7 min) Beautifullyshot and scored Central Park features lyrical Secret Family romanticismand hot sexin a rowboatin the middleof Manhattan's c a r a v a g g i o L'HQMMEBLESSE pleasurepark Openmgmght party at Limelight,47 W 20 St Dona Herlinda and Her Son will follow ~st Trip, Long Drop lnµoperConduct 0 ClosingNight Benefit/New York Premiere. Admission $15 Sun, May22 6:00pm and 8:00 pm TheQuad Cinema, 34 W 13 St (GreggBordow//z. USA, /993 16mm54 mm) Foregoingtraditionally blacklizard ~QuQ~~ sentimentalAIDS narratives, this stunningfilm goesfor the jugular, speakingout with honestyand humor about the stateof livingwith (ordying from) AIDS Employinghistorical allegory and documentary footage,Fast Trip moves outward to pushour understanding of AIDS into a philosophicallyrich and culturally complex terrain but also delvesinward to explorethe filmmakersrelationship with hisfamily his fathers death andhis Jewish identity The profound energy ;:~c;,:~"~;:'"w~!~~All~~C~ generatedby this dualexploration makes Fast Trip one of the most poignantautobiographical portraits to date With musicby The KlezmaticsPlus To Each Her Own (JeanCarlomusto USA, ~~i:JFUN MustardBath /994 video28 mm) A wise andwitty tape in the self-described comingof rage' genre combiningautobiographical narration Jack be Nimble O K O G E with activisthistory Anna Magnani Patti Smith, and an erupting volcanoprovide personal images of femalerebellion that helpmap out collectiveconcerns Carlomusto and Bordowitz who worked closelytogether for five yearsat GMHCwill be presentat the screeningClosing mght screening to benefitthe New YorkLesbian CINEVISTA,., & GayFilm Festival Closing mght party at Bumpl/C/ubUSA. 218 W 47 St will follow Please write for our video list. 560 West 43rd Street Suite 8-J New York NY 10036 (212) 947-4373 Fax (212) 947-0644 IO I I SpecialSeries andPrograms LEONORE GORDON Psych.,othe, apist DYKE TVs Fifty Years of Perversity: Rosa von Praunheim Fri. May20 5:00pm Sat, May21 3:00pm MSW, ACSW (Shortvideos. 90 min) Whilequeer TV shows proliferate around (Video/lecture,100 min )The work of Rosavan Praunheim displays exceptionaloriginality and humanity, and takes pleasure in the individuals • families • couples the countryspecifically lesbian produced series are hard to come byThis program is a samplingof cableaccess programs by, for, and outrageousHis documentaries (such as Affengei/and Verzaubert) children aboutlesbians in the USand Germany capturethe essenceof his subjects,their milieu,and drama; his Guestcurated and introduced by Alisa Lebow narratives(such as A VirusKnows No Morals)consistently provoke while capturingthe nuancesof post-warGerman culture. Von The Exposure Fund Praunheimwill be in attendanceto guideus through his illustrious TheExposure Fund is a newprogram of the NewYork Lesbian & cinematiccareer (1967 to the present).Costumes, memorabilia, Specialty with lesbians and gay men GayFilm Festival, developed to increasesupport for independent andselected film clipsare all partof this ingeniousone-man show and their lovers and families .. film andvideo productions by andabout lesbians and gays RosaS classic documentary Army of Lovers wiffbe Initiatedby long-timefestival supporter and volunteer Mark J screenedon Mon, May 16,600 pm aspart of theGay Sunshine Huisman,the ExposureFund will raisemonies for the production series(see below) andpost-production of lesbianand gay media created by artists residingin oneof the five boroughsof NewYork City OnClosing Funding for Lesbian and Gay Media Park Slope Office Night,the NewYork Lesbian & GayFilm Festival will awardits Sat, May21, 1:00-3:00 pm first ExposureFund grant in the amountof $1,500 TheNew School for SocialResearch 66 West12th St Insurance Accepted (Paneldiscussion/Where is the money for the "NewQueer Cinema?" Theaward has been named the "VitoAward for Vito Russo,an Whoare the gatekeepersand what is the access?Funders and authoractivist, and friend of ourfestival Hisseminal work filmmakerswill discussthe futureand opportunities for lesbian 718•789•4556 TheCelluloid Closet, remains one of the mostimportant studies of andgay media makers. Co-sponsored by FIVF{Foundation for lesbianand gay images in film Despitehis interestin Hollywood IndependentFilm and Video)and The New School Department of as a scholarand a fan Vitowas a tirelessadvocate for independent Communication film-andvideo-making He was an inspirationfor anda supporter of, someof the mostimportant gay and lesbian artists who have Gay Sunshine: emergedsince Stonewall The naming of the first ExposureFund Documents of the Early Post-Stonewall Era awardfor Vito is a tributeto his advocacyand his love (Filmseries) The euphoria of the earlygay rights movement foundexpression in a numberof documentary,independent and Theaward winner was chosen by the Boardof Directorsof the experimentalfilms Onthe occasionof the 25thanniversary of the NewYork Lesbian & GayFilm Festival from nominations made by Stonewallriots we are presentinga specialseries of five programs a peerpanel Commitmentsare already in handto increase whichprovide an invaluableperspective on the first decadeof exposureFund grants each year for the nextfive yearsand the the contemporarylesbian and gay rights movement-its pride, its festivalplans to launcha fundraisingcampaign to augmentthose militancy,its joy andits contradictionsIncludes A Very funds It is hopedthat the ExposureFund will becomea significant Natural Thing, Army of Lovers Gay USA, One resourcefor NewYork lesbian and gay filmmaking in the years Adventure, andone program of lesbianshorts, Labyris to comeContributions may be sentto: TheNew Festival/Exposure Re-Rising Seedaily film schedulefor timesof screeningsand Fund,462 Broadway, Suite 510 NewYork NY10013 descriptionsof individualfilms TheVito Award will bepresented at thescreenmg of FastTrip, LongDrop at 8 DOpm Sun May22 (212) 627-8419 I 2 I 3 LESBIANS Lesbian Shorts Down Under Strict Taboos and Sexual Intimacy: (Filmseries)The continent down under is a verymasculine culture, Homosexuality and Gender in the Ar·ab World but likieits embodiment.Crocodile Dundee, one which can't be (Filmseries) Alongside popular Arab cinema, which consists mainly AND GAYS takentoo seriouslyEmerging from the socio-politicalmovements of of genrefilms producedfor massentertainment, another Arab the 70s,the newAustralian cinema is self-consciouslyindigenous, cinemais emergingThis new Arab cinema often characterized by We are here 'ta support and help markedby, a boldcommitment to identitypolitics and a totally a focuson the realityof livedexperience, contends with strict queersense of humorLife for Aussiewomen has made it ontothe taboosand the threatof statecensorship that limit the depictionof your families .. screen(Jane Campion Gillian Armstrong, et al) andso haslife for sexualityand political content in film In spiteof theseobstacles Aussiedykes Join usfor the screeningsof two programsof short somerecent features have been praised by feminists and lesbians All are welcome at our free films:Down There and Looking for· Love, films of for their depictionsof womenbanding together fighting back or romanceand rapture, and Down There and Out, films of fleeingfrom male domination Likewise other features that contain monthly meetings protestbanners and plastic bustiers See also two new35mm homoeroticismor overtlygay characters may point to a more worksfrom Australia in Screen Dreams Guestcurated by tolerantArab film industry(Thanks to ViolaShafik, Akram Zatari JenniferStott Seedaily film schedulefor timesof screeningsand YousryNasrallah. and Terry Walz of the AmericanResearch Center descriptionsof mdiv1dualfilms in Egyptat NYUfor their assistancein organizingthese programs I Thisprogram guest curated by Stephen Gallagher consists of Let's Watch Something Daddy Wants to Watch two suchprovocative films, Dreams of Hind and Camilia Fri, May20 9:30pm andMercedes. Seedaily film schedulefor timesof screenings PARENTS & FRIENDS OF (Video/lecture90 min) A programof film clipsguest curated anddescriptions of individualfilms andpresented by Jennie Livingston (director Paris is Burnmg)and LESBIANS AND GAYS Jim Lyons(actor and editor, Poison) that explores sadomasochism in Texas I.D. contemporarylife andmedia, as expressedin television,and Sun May15, 2:00 pm; Wed May 18,5:00 pm 212-463-0629 indepen~ film andvideo Thecurators ask 'Dothese images (Shortvideos 85 min) Queerreflections of the borderlandsthat eithero"llfl or covertly-succeedin definingan alternateform of straddlecountries and cultures Homo-Texans wrestle with growing 516-889-6619 sexuality,either queer or sadomasochistic?Dothey invite the up andgrowing out in this programof regionalshort videos audienceto admireor to mocksexual outlaws?· From Batman to Guestcurated by DennisPoplin and Michael Marinez Charlie'sAngels, from Farewell My Concubineto Spartacus, Aftenwardsjoin GothamRodeo Qwest Magazine, Times Squares fantasiesand torments often seem very near the surface;in films andCactus Club for Texastwo-steppm' and square dancin at the suchas DottieGets Spanked they become a matterof explicit TexasTea Dance at DanceManhattan, 719 E 75 St reflectionWhether as a dareor tease theseimages are meant to provoke,comment and entertain Vampires and Violets: Lesbians in Film /Filmseries) Lesbians looking for lovein mainstreammovies are facedwith absenceand distortion In hergroundbreaking new book Vampiresand VioletsLesbians in Film,writer and filmmaker (BeforeStonewall and Tmyand Rub~ Hell Divin'Women), AndreaWeiss provides a comprehensivehistory of the barriers, Electronic Arts Intermix the breakthroughs,and the perversepleasures of lesbiansat the moviesThe series includes Caged The Children's Hour andVampire Lovers AndreaWeiss will introduce TheChildren's Hour and Vampire Lovers See daily film schedule for timesof screeningsand descnptions of mdividualfJ/ms • Editing/Post-Production • Videotape Distribution Service • Equipment Loan Service •Screening Room Electronic Arts Intermix 536 Broadway 9th Floor New York, NY 10012 2129664605 , 212 9416118 fax ByHolly Willis / three Likeevery film shoot GoFish hadits shareof disastersFor ' Turner andTroche however SlX one the disastersseemed to come The·original vision of the film I neverimagined myself a all at onceand during the was quitedifferent from what filmmakeror screenwriter" heightof productionOne day five it became.When we started claimsGuinevere Turner : I met theylost their cinematograph Tryingto finishthe film tookan explainsTroche I wanted Rose[Troche] and we started er Thefollowing day a full roll incredibleeffort for Turnerand to makea kindof three-tiered talking.She had graduated from of film wasexposed, the AD Troche Therewere several thingblending the elements film schoolat the University quit,and the moneyto feed pointswhen we hadrun out of of documentaryexperimental of Illinoisand I hadgraduated everyonewas stolen Turn er money,says Turner, 'and it andnarrative filmmaking fromSarah Lawrence where tried to coverthe lossby felt likeeveryone who was Thedocumentary element was seven Theplans for the futureinclude I studiedwriting and we said, buyingKlondike bars "They involvedin the projectexcept intendedto be a meansof morewriting for Turner 'We'reintelligent and skilled just lookedat us · saysTurner, us reallydidn't believe it would representinga wide variety she'snot sure about screen andwe havethese mundane "andwe sort of smiledand everget done-one actress of womenWe wantedto get writing butshe's working on jobs-what arewe doingwith two said Pleasestay! dyedher hair onecut herhair as manywomen on film as pos a novel ForTroche, avoiding ourselves?We decidedto Thescreenplay was written Orwe wouldrun into peopleon sibleand not try to pickthe what shecalls the "sophomore do thefilm neverknowing what jointlyby Turner and Troche the streetand they would say, oneswe wantedor marginalize slump'and the fact that she we weregetting into and of ForTurner, who hadwritten 'Whatever happened to that anyonebut includeeverybody is consideredfirst a lesbian course,having no ideathat it fiction writinga screenplay four movieyou guys were making? In otherwords we wanted andsecond a filmmakerare wouldtake three years of still provedvery difficult Acting,for Turner, was pretty andwe wouldbe like, fuck to avoidtrying to presenta les "I blindlywent intowriting certainlyon hermind For blood,sweat, tears, money mucha newthing andwhile you man,we re gettingthis bianas somesort of young executiveproducer Christine panic,anxiety all of it ' this Dialoguehad always shegives a strongperformance moviedone ' Andthat was cutething Later howeverit beena realchallenge, even in in the film, it is notsomething reallyhard-when we were becamenecessary to remove Vachon,the successof GoFish mayhelp convince skeptics Trochehad made a few short fiction It's alsohard to write shewants to pursue 'Forme the onlypeople who believed the colordocumentary footage of herabilities to seea good piecesin school,films like with someone' Onthe other oneof the biggestchallenges that we wouldget this thing in orderto preservethe quality project'I'm hopingGo Fish Let'sGo Back to My Placeand hand,there were, for Troche was beingtotally stressed out doneWe wouldlook at each of the blackand white will makeit a little easierfor HaveSome Sex and videos certainbenefits "As hardas it andnot necessarily getting otherand think don'teven tell segments methe nexttime as a producer like GabriellaYou Scare Me wasfor Guinand me to work alongwith everyonearound mefor a secondthat youthink to find or developa small whichshe characterizes as · together,I thinkthere are meand then having to smile it isn't goingto happen." Thefilm alsohad what Troche moviethat I knowis something verypersonal and non-narrative thingsthat we do quitewell andbe the goofy,romantic calls"transitional elements' andwriting the scriptwas reallyimportant· For John Thetwo alsocollaborated on Max Thatmakes me feel like "Oneof the bestthings that whichoriginally were in color Pierson,whose company a coupleof projectsfor oneof them We livedtogether a goodactress And with some happenedto GoFish was that 'Thecolor would bleed out in a IsletPictures, helped secure ACTUP/Chicago, and it was at the time,so we wouldwrite of thosescenes it wasthree we ranout of money,'claims waythat let youknow that you things,discussing what we funding,the projectwas a this communityof artistsand in the morningafter an 18-hour Troche."It was Augustof were leavingdocumentary and goodarrangement all around filmmakersthat formedthe wantedfor eachscene and day · Becauseshe stars in '92 andwe hadto closeup colorland and coming to the "I'm happythat thingsworked networkof supportwhich thengo off separatelyto write the film manypeople forget shop.We hit rockbottom fantasyland of blackand outwith GoFish Its a film helpedmake the largerproject Forexample, we discussedthe to acknowledgeher other Butthen we hookedup with white ' The transitional madewith a lot of heart· seempossible There was even trial sceneand Guin went contributions"I feel like my Christine[Vachon] We were elements"remain in the film, talk of startinga film collective off andwrote it Shehanded it actingis not onlynot what ableto takethe film anddo in blackand white, and offer HollyWillis is the WestCoast 'GoFish killed that idea" to me,and I editedit " Things I aspireto do but I onlydid a roughedit sowe couldlook metaphoricalcommentary on notesTroche didn'talways go smoothlyor it becauseI knew I would at whatwe hadand see where the narrativeand give the film EditorofFilmmaker efficientlyhowever' Because becompletely committed the holeswere. It was like momentsof delicatebeauty we wereco-dependent to workingfor free until it was Swisscheese; there were amidstthe rougherfootage "FishStories" originally fat-asses,we procrastinated done Whenpeople say, Oh holesgalore in the narrative appearedin a differentform in I wouldsay, 'Oh we'vegotta' youwere good in the film_' Additionalscenes were shot Filmmaker(Spring 1994) write that dinnerscene now I feel likeasking. 'Hey did you andthe voice-over commentary TheFestival gratefully Doyou want to go out and readthe credits?I m a writer ' was added.Despite the acknowledgesthe permission havea beer?"' additionalfunds, Troche is still of HollyWillis andFilmmaker acutelyaware of deficiencies to reprintit here in the film "Whenwe got f money,it was still notenough to do whatwe wanted People will saythat the cafescene shouldbe reshot,and I know that, butto go backin there 16 andreshoot takes money I 7 Proud to be the CAFE ,of the 1994 New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival America's Most Widely Read Lesbian & Gay Magazine Bar Open Restaurant 24 Patisserie Hours • Invites you to MAG AZ IN E Present Your Ticket Stub and Enjoy a Cup of Our Fresh Brewed American Coffee, Decaf, or Flavored Coffee of the Day FREE, WIIH ANY PURCHASE salutes 458 6th Ave Corner of 11th St. NYC (212) 533-2233 Thel994 New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 10 ISSUES $24.95 TO SUBSCRIBE CALL 1 ✓ 800 ✓ 876 ✓1199 18 I 9 Rhetorically,the tapeaffirms sutvival, then suspects it; andit ByBill Horrigan avowsdespair, then laughsat that indulgence.In oneof thetape's In memoryof MaioneKelle( and of DerekJarman climacticsequences Bordowitz inserts himself via a staged sequenceinto an earlieractivist demonstration in whichhe had It mustfall to the commentatorof a futureprobably more distant actuallyparticipated; now speaking with hindsight,he adds.'The thannear to suiveyand catalogue the careerof this country'sAIDS point,ofremembering is to reinventourselves " Evoking the cadences inspiredindependent media production, but if that reckoningis of a Beatpoet as he addresses"the burntout the broken-hearted astute,Gregg Bordowitz's Fast Trip, Long Drop will be recognized the profoundlyconfused, Bordowitz declaims: 'My platformis asa landmarkLong before the endof its first decade,AIDS-related simpleCausal relations: none. Historical conditions: maybe independentmedia had settled into fairly identifiable formal genres, Reasons:none." Cut again to Bordowitznow strolling through andover the pasttwo or threeyears there's been little evidence a mall,trying on sunglasseslooking at wristwatchesengaged in that the availableformal terms whichare essentially drawn from aimlesslybanal wandering alone in the crowd 'I wantto gofrom the post-1960sdocumentary vocabulary are being rethought beingto extinctionwithout dying, he'sheard saying 'I dont know or inventivelyreconceived AIDS-related media is nota field with mydesire Cutto a causallyunrelated automotive disaster and practitionersor commentatorsoverly concerned with producing welcometo life onthe one-waystreet or proclaimingmasterpieces (mainly because the natureand commissioningof much of thework dictates that sacrificesbe made Thisvacillation between hope and its surrenderextends into the in expediency'ssake), but viewed solely from within that field Bordowitz's post-finalcredit sequence with Bordowitzseen as in the first shot tapeis an abundant replenishment The tape is, however precisely an lyingin bedwith a fevertalking to the camerathis time remarking, attemptto surpassthe limitsof expectationsof whatconstitutes "Deathis the deathof consciousnessand I hopethat there's an "AIDStape" its achievementin this sensebeing paradoxical: nothingleft afterthis. Hestarts to cough,then to giggle then a masterpiecewithin a genreunable to affordthe luxuryof calls 'Cut' Exitlaughing masterpiecesHence it effectivelyredraws the genre'sreach LikeTony Kushner s Angelsin America,Fast Trip, Long Drop The"AIDS tape," for all that ceasedsome years back from situatesitself moreor lessdeliberately within a traditionof constitutingits owngenre; or ratherAIDS-related production had Jewish-identifiedstructures of beliefrelated to the possibilities bythe middleof the 1980sgiven rise to a hostof subgenres,as for historyto bearmeaning and to the implicationsof "redemption" JohnGreyson noted in a 1990essay listing the nineprincipal discrete In contemporarydiscourses, the angelinevitably hovering over both formalvariations, ranging from "documents of performancesand thoseendeavors is of course,Walter Benjamin But in sofar as playsaddressing AIDS," to safesex tapes variously-targeted Bordowitztakes a view of redemptionrather more qualified and educationaldocumentaries '' In this context,what is interesting internallyriven by contradiction and doubt than Kushner (a view at is lessFast Tnp. Long Drop's rejection of the prevailingformal anyrate bereftof the literalmechanics of the theatrewhere categories,but that in BordowitZsdesire to speakforthrightly angelshave to be givenbodies and wings if angelsthere must be), abouthis own situation (and to allow himself,for the time being, histape proceeds, in its mockeriesand skirmishes, under the eye to shoulderan ethicalresponsibility towards that alone),he's of KarlKraus, the masterdenunciator of Viennesehypocrisy and produceda workwhose segments and set-pieces draw from the delusion,about whom none other andnone better thanBenjamin clamorousvariety of virtuallyall the subgenresof AIDS-related understoodthat his characteristically·evanescent voice sprang mediayet ultimatelyresembles none of themin its emotional froma fluid source:"Lamenting chastising or rejoicing/ trajectoryand formal playfulness. Not exactly "quoting' from other No matter "' AIDS-relatedwork (other than its maker'sown earlier labors) FastTrip LongDrop attains its startlingoriginality by constantly Bill Horriganis MediaDirector for the WexnerCenter for theArts returningto the sourceof its creationand drawing from whats foundthere: an amalgamof fatigue impatienceloneliness, and A moreexpanded version of this essaywill appearas a reviewin faith, semi-concealedbeneath the structuralskin of a joke GLO#3 (1994)The Festival gratefully acknowledges the permission of Bill Horriganto reprintit here lmagistically,the tapes mastermetaphors oddly invokeautomotive mishaps,ranging from the associationBordowitz maintains NOTES betweenhis father and Evel Knieval to the archivalfootage of ' Greyson,John 'StrategicCompromises: AIDS and Alternative jalopiescrashing into barricadesto the closingsight gag. Its a VideoPractices ReimagingAmerica (eds MarkO'Brien and Craig metaphorthat alsoprovides one of the tapes funnierstaged Little) Philadelphia:New Society Publishers, 1990; p. 61 interludes,following Bordowitz's conviction that, "BeforeI die I wantto bethe protagonistof myown story, the agentof myown 'Benjamin,Walter "KarlKraus Reflections(Trans Peter history."The form this resolveassumes? The haplessly urban Demetz)New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc, 1978;p 273 Bordowitzbeing given his first drivinglesson by hisfriends Sherry Millner,Ernie Larsen, and their witheringlyinformed daughter, Nadja Dated"June 1995" it's a modestlyhopeful projection, a visionof perfectordinariness poignant for that veryreason 2 I ?0 MCKAY DRUGS Thursday,May12 8:00 Go Fish GalaOpening Night Benefit/New Yark Premiere.: Admission $20 SERVING THE GAY COMMUNITY VillageEast Theater 181 SecondAve at 12 St (Directedby RoseTroche: produced and written by RoseTroche andGuinevere Turner, executive producers, Tom Kalin and Christine Vachon.USA 199435mm 85 min.)Sexy and romantic this dyke WE DELIVER poweredfeature portrays five twenty--something gals navigating a resoundinglylesbian universe of dating fashioncrises, love and desire With scintillatinghumor and charm TrochS's brilliantly irreverent first We cater to HIV Patients and their special needs. featurecharts new territories in its spirited unapologeticdepiction of lesbianlife in the '90s A girl meetsgirl moviefor the wholefamily A.D.A.P.,Medicaid and most third party prescription GoFish is a distinctlyregional work from and about queer life in Chicago Winnerof BestLesbian/Gay Feature at the '94 BerlinFilm Festival. the plans accepted. highly-publicizedGo Ftsh may well bethe nextmajor queer/mainstream cross-oversuccess story. PlusCentral Park (Sandeleig,. USA, 1994. 16mm 7 min.) Beautifullyshot and scored Central Park features lyrical romanticism andhot sexin a rowboatin the middleof Manhattan'spleasure park 55 Fifth Ave. (cor. 12th St.) Openingnight party at Limelight47 W 20 St will follow N.Y. 10003 • (212) 627-2300 307 Sixth Ave. (at Carmine St.) N.Y. 10014 • (212) 255-5054 253 First Ave. (bet. 14 &15 Strs.) N.Y. 10003 • (212) 254-1454 1160 Third Ave. (bet. 67 & 68 Strs.) N.Y. 10021 • (212) 794-7200 1296 Third Ave. (bet. 74 & 75 Strs.) N.Y. 10021 • (212) 794-7000 ? '.ll Friday,MayIJ 9:00 The Flesh Is Willing THEATER1 (Videos,94 min/This diverse program of videosexplores the elusivecon ceptsof loveand desire. Through a conspiracyof seductiveand banal 1:00 Cultural Dislocations 4:00 Long Time Comin' THEATER4 (DionneBrand Canada 1994 16mm52 min )This beautifuldocumentary images.So Unlike Their Reputation (PeterBowen. USA 1993. THEATER1 (Filmand videos, 80 mm)What is Christmaslike to thosewho havenever is as inspirationalin messageand spirited in toneas the workof the two seensnow'? This ls oneof the questionsasked in White Christmas 9 min) evokesthe complexpleasures of loss Dear .John (Jimmy African-Canadianlesbian feminist artists it profiles GraceChanner's (MichaelMagnaye. U)/Phil/ipines. 1993, 18mm 27 min NYPremiere), Caiafa.USA 7993,8 min) is a letter of desireand its discontents an elegantlyshot gentlerumination on the imprintof colonialismon the largecanvasses evoke her sexuality and her African heritage: Faith Nolan s Summer, 1993, (RobertBeck USA 1993,7 min.,World Premiere) musicspeaks passionately to Blackpeoples daily struggles Long Time Philippines.Asian BlackCaucasian female male bisexual,straight gay: lyricallyreveals the blossomingof new love.If Walt Whitmanmade Gamin'conveys a creativeprocess inseparable from one's political enjoyfiguring out this theoreticalmenage in Sleeping Subjects films,Midwest Mambo (BartEverly, USA 1993,10 min )would (QuentinLee, USA, 1993. video 28 min) Reflectionson the mythologyof andsexual being singhis travelsthrough America. ln Significant (Br)other Cruel (Desidef Vaffe.USA 1994 16mm15 mm )When her lover the tricksterin African-Americanculture mingle with memoriesof a lost (CharlesLofton, USA 1993,5 min.)theartist usesprovocative images leavesher for someoneelse a youngChicana lesbian is tornapart by ties of blackmen and text by KobenaMercer and Isaac Julien to raiseissues love in l!leaven6 Earth and Heil (ThomasAllen Hards.U)A 199.J of personaland cultural loyalty Hostedby African Ancestral lesbians video25 min) Also showingon Tues.May 17,8 00 pm of desireand objectification of the blackgay male body. An/Aesthetic Also showingon Sat May21 1 'JDpm (JamesBarrett and Robin Forster, UK 1993.5 min NY Premiere)x-rays '70sporno to unveilthe tyrannyof medicalscience Confirmed 2:00 A Very Natural Thing Bachelor (TomKalin. USA 1993,2 min WorldPremiere) greets the THEATER4 (ChristopherLarkin. U)A, 1974 16mm85 min)This landmarkfilm was 5:00 Lesbian Avengers Eat Fire Too the first gayfeature made by an out gayperson to achievecommercial THEATER1 (.JanetBaus and Su Friedrich. USA, 1993. video, 55 min)Their missioff homophobicdiscourse of "unnaturalbehavior with a bouquetof flowers distribution.David a 26-year--oldschool teacher has an affairwith Mark Makethe worldsafe for lesbiansThis rousing tape records the direct In The Blue Hour (JohnLindell. USA 1993.4 min) "sunsetand the a 23-year-oldadvertising man Thissimple yet intimatelove story of actiongroup's first year Organizingagainst hate in OregonColorado and sexhunt overlap in an operatictenor underscoringthe melancholyof the romanceinfidelity andindependence is compelling in its unprecedented NewYork's public schools and taking love to the streetsin the legendary disembodiedvoices that couldbe anybody'·The !Flesh is Willing WashingtonO C DykeMarch-the Avengersare coming! (ToddVerow USA 1990 10min )Violence and rampant bisexuality (natural)depiction Poet in the Ring, (.JenniferMontgomery, USA 1994.video, 40 min. Two Marches (JimHubbard USA, 1991 16mm 9 min.)Scenes arethe pawnsin a debauchedworld of cold financialsex Re-presenting fromthe 1979and 1987 national gay pride marches reveal changes WorldPremiere)What role can a poetplay in the politicalprocess? appropriatedand constructed concepts of masculinityHe Is Boid A video-veritechronicle of EastVillage lesbian laureate Eileen Myles an.di He is a Racist,, He tis Gay and He is a Fascist in the gayrights movement Also showingon Mon May 16.1 'JDpm 1992presidential bid (Er hat'ne Glatze und ist Rassist, er ist schwul und ein lfa:schist!) (JilrgenBrilning, Germany 1994 25 min. US 3:00 Love Undefeated Premiere)questions the conflationof fascist(skinhead) symbols and THEATER1 (Filmsand video,. 80 min) Thisprogram is dedicatedto thememory of the 6:00 Remembrance of Things Fast actorand performance artist RonVawter Personal and intimate, these THEATER4 (JohnMaybury, UK 1993,16mm, 80 min, USPremiere)Virtual in {gay}male desire And finally meet"Paul," the hard-throbbingteen idol reality Remembranceof ThingsFast displays phenomenal power in its worksfind hopeand life in the ageof AIDSThe Last Time I Saw in Lonely Boy (StevenReinke, USA 1993.video 9 min). technologicalwizardry and satirical wit RupertEverett and Tilda Swinton Ron (LeslieThornton USA 1994 16mm8 min WorldPremiere) is a Also showingTues. May 17.1 00 pm reignin Maybury'scinematic cyberspace layered with personalanecdote touchingpersonal memorial to Thornton'slongtime friend and collaborator RonVawter Castro Cowboy (NancyKates, USA 1992,16mm, andcultural indictment Hosted by Gayand Lesbian Profe5sionals in 10:00 Confession of a Pretty Lady 7 min) introducesus to AIDSeducator Christian Haren-rodeo champ Film/VideoAlso showingon Fn May 20 2.00 pm THEATER4 (KrisClarke. UK 1993.16mm, 45 min NYPremiere) Grand diva MarlboroMan anda Castroqueen living with AIDS.A publicbathroom SandraBernhard reveals almost all in this hilariouslycandid tour through servesas a canvasfor an allegoryof mourningin Prince of Peace 7:00 Fresh Kill her life andlegacy Concert footage from herMadison Square Garden (HansScheug/ Au.stria 19.93 16mm Bmin)Got Away in the THEATER1 (ShuLea Cheang USA 1993,'35mm 80 min) In this stunningfeature performanceis interwovenwith interviewsand behind-the-scenes shots Dying Moments (DennisDay and Ian Middleton,. Canada, 1992. film debut Claire(Erin McMurty) and Shaheen (Sarita Choudhury) an suchas her Playboyphotoshoot. video,5 min) generouslyimagines alternative forms of healingIn Both interraciallesbian couple make a life for themselvesand their daughter Carmelita Tropicana: Your Kunst Is Your Waffen onthe edgeof StatenIsland's Fresh Kills garbage dump. When radioactive (VicDe La RosaUSA 1993video. 8 min NYPremiere). HIV forms an (ElaTroyano, USA 1994,16mm 28 min) A LowerEast Side building unexpectedbond between two loversStrange Space (RonVawter fish lips importedfrom nuked Pacific waters are served at NagaSaki superintendent-cum-performanceartiste puts on herplatforms to battle the sushibar where Claire works a corporatethriller unfoldsComputer andLeslie Thornton USA 1992.video 4 min) mapsthe eerieworld of roachesthe Right andHIV Shebreaks into a song or a tango,when hackers,cable-access personalities and Tent City residents inhabit a the occasionwarrants Lesbian prison flick meetsWest Side Story meets dis-easeAn AIDSawareness spot that drawson nativeculture The worldof brokenracial barriers and media surveillance Full of quirkyverbal Living Tree (ZacheryLongboy Canada. 1993, video, '30 sec) From after schoolspecial Awarded Best Lesbian/Gay Short at the 1994Berlin Red,Hot andBlue's No Alternativeseries: Take a Walk (Matt andvisual imagery political conscience and hot sex Writtenby Jessica FilmFestival Ela Troyano and Carmelita Tropicana wifl bepresent Mahurin.USA 199'3video, 4 min) celebratescare and activism with Hagedornsumptuously photographed by Jane Castle with appearances Hostedby La.sBuenas Amiga.s Confession of a PrettyLady also showing by RonVawter RobbieMcCauley Karen Finley, and many others musicby UrgeOverkill: Patti Smith mourns the lossof Robert on )at May21 1000 pm with a specialsneak preview ShuLea Cheang wiff introducethe film Hostedby Asian Lesbians of the Mapplethorpein Memorial 'ff'ibute (DerekJarman. UK, 1993, video,'3 min), In Untitled (Directedby SteveMcClean. animation by EastCoast Also showingon Tues May 17 9 30pm SusanPitt. USA,.video 2 min) DavidWojnarowicz gives his last public readingLove Undefeated,-Conversations with Derek 8:00 Dandies ,Jarman (RobertoNanni, Italy 1993 video,'30 min )Thefilmmaker THEATER4 (Filmand video, 90 min.)The 28th Instance of J!une 1914. 'I 0:50 AM, MCMXCm (BarbaraPofitsch,. USA, 16mm. 55 min) muses:" ... JohnMajor the Apocalypseof TheLast of England,Yves .- Kleinand Blue. Salo and Rome in 1947 Jarman'sgarden in Dungeness Queerand eccentric downtown artists McDermott and McGough revisit lyingin the shadowof a nuclearpower station safesex . Morethan the 19thcentury adopting the clothes.furniture ideasand quirky enoughto talk to DerekJarman about Wheredo we begin?Jarman affectationsof a bygoneera Thisstylish and charming documentary examinesthe artists'oeuvre with interviewsby critics and art world suggestsat the beginning:his memories' Also showingon )at May 14 '310pm figures A Day in the Life cf Edmund White (Bill Cory,USA 1993 video.'35 min )This touchingtongue-in-cheek bio-pic follows the author(A Boy'.sOwn 'Story Genet)through the arduousdetails of his day fromfictionalizing his looks(and age) on the phonesex line to lunch with the "Countess··to a nutty nocturnalpick up alongthe Seine Also showingon Sun May22 1Dpm Satur~y,May4, 1:00 Mercedes 4:00 Pretty (Boy) Films Frenzy (Jill ReiterUSA 1993,10 min) Super8 girlpunkbacchanal THEATER1 ('.ous/1/Nasral/ah. Egypt/France, 1993,. 35mm 100 . . hisSocialist ideals, Noubi is releasedaft · mi~) Imprisonedfor THEATER4 (Film,101 min.IA Friend of Dorothy's, (RaoulO Connel/.USA The Weight of Women's Eyes (MaureenBradley, . • . . er 1our years into a w Id poI 1t1cal-andfamilial-corruption Wh h. or o1 1994 16mm13 min.. World Premiere) After looking for lovein all the Canada,1994 6 min}What it feelslike to get weak-kneedand wet schemesto obtainan inheritanceleft to: Jbs.wealthy decadent family wrongplaces. a blossoming'friend of Dorothy's··finds his knlghtin at a glancea touch Parole (DianeBorder U)A. 1993,.9 min NY . au I s estrangedgay b th shiningarmor just a dormroom bunk away Forward, Bound Premiere)A beautifullyesoteric glance at textual.sexual psychology Gama I h8 begms a searchfor Gama/th t d · . ro er with the policeand Islamic fundamental~st/~~! ~i1: ~ntoa c.°nfrontation (DanielHumphrey, USA 1993 16mm,30 min, NYPremiere} manages to Mad About the Boy (AlexUmen, USA 19948 min) Fromthe soundsan ~nprecedentednote of tolerancein Arab . startlingoutcome be bothsexy and melancholy while depictingthe anatomyof a rejection barbershopto the publicbathroom, the longand short of the lesbian Alsoshowing Sun May 15.9:30 pm cinema Sleepy Haven (MatthiasMill/er Germany,199.J 16mm, 15 min) boy freeblrd (SuzieSilver. USA 1993 11min )What doesLynryd Inspiredby KennethAnger's Fireworks, this melodiouslyerotic composi- Skynyrdhave to do with lesbiansensibility? Silver's performance 1:30 Shades of Black tion of manand nature finds life in the realitiesof dreamand fantasy andvideo effects are nothingshort of stunningGenius! Hosted by THEATER4 (MaryHaverstick USA. 1993, 16mm 115 min NYA . ln Lucid (JorgeOliver, 199.J 16mm. 5 min), playfulapparitions explore :::"::='.~8::ro::n:'::l:es::;h:ia:n:A:'10:s:T':':k:Fo~r~ce~.~A;ls~o~sh:o:w:m~g~o:n~F,~ri;M:a~y:za~,~l~O~O~pm~ Kate a cham· - · · rem1ere) the nuancesof menage troiset pasde deuxFrankie Goes ,,.---::- -- · · . p1?neye 11st and aspiring photographer meets . a establishedartist Theirmentor/protege re!ationshi .. Lrlly_an Downtown (Fred)offa. 199216mm. 8 min.)Owner·of-a-lonely-he 8:00 Coming Out Under Fire I senseof sexualidentity emerges. takes a turn h P : thmwhich Kate s Frankiesearches for queerlove and happiness in a worldof possibili TKEATER4 (ArthurDong USA 1994.16mm, 71 min) Compellingfirst-han andconfusion In The Fight (NUriaOliv8-Beff8s. USA/Spain, 19 '2 accountsof ninelesbian and gay veterans who joined the fight emotionalinstabilities come to the fore O -t.ent e olderwoman's conclusion.this film,a first featureby a yo:st :~t~ mel~dramatic 16mm.10 min. NYPremiere). two gracefulboxers reveal the natu of againstfascism in the 1940sare juxtaposed with the 1993·'gays in Lancaster.Pennsylvania. draws the viewerint~ a an d1re?to~from theiraggression in a se'l:yT-K-0 Alsoshowing on Wed May 18,1 · 0 pm the military'·Senate hearings This award-winning documentary is basedon AllanB8rub8's critically acclaimed book Coming Out co--dependencyAlso showingon Mon. May 18, intrigueand ;~~~~of UnderFire- TheHistory of GayMen and Women in WorldWar II 5:00 One Foot on a Banana Peel.. the Other Foot in the G e Hostedby SAGE(Seniors Action in a GayEnvironment) 3:10 Love Undefeated THEATER1 (JuanBatas and Lucas Platt. USA 1993,.video, 83 min) A compelling THEATER1 (Filmsand video 80 mm} Thisprogram is dedicatedt t portraitof life andhumanity this verit8documentary captures the spirit actorand performance artist RonVawter p o hememory of the of a groupof menliving with AIDS Artist JuanBatas chronicles his 9::o~:~~•~i~r~&~M:•~k:e:u:p~a.cn.., ersonaland intimate th work s f md hope and life m the ageof AIDSTh , ese regulardoctor's visits recordingthe intimacythat developsamong the THEATER1 (Videos, mg e Kitc1teiii"(KayvanSotoodeh, USA t membersof a uniquefraternity Batas whose art worksappear in 1994 16min NYPremiere) A hair-raisingview of wigsand drag Ron (LeslieThornton USA 7994 lBmm e LaS Time I Saw h ' 8 mm WorldPrem ~ JonathanDemme's Philadelphia, was a friendand inspiration to the queensMy (Nora)zi/agy. USA, 1993, 14 min) touc mgpersonal memorial to Thorntons longtimef d ,ere is a Kind of Girl RonVawter Castro Cowboy (NancyKates, U~~n ;nd collaborator directorHosted by GMHC(Gay Men's Health Cri,is) A sparklingpeek into the girl-boyboy-girl world Back to My 1 Also showingon Fri May20 'J·OOpm Roots (RuPau/..USA 1993.4 min}Absolutely Afro-puffs 7 mm) introducesus to AIDSeducator Christian H '92 16mm ESP: Visions (JoeKelly USA 1993.8 min)What happens MarlboroMan anda Castroqueen living with AIDa;e;-r~ldeochamp whenthe world's biggest supermodel suddenly develops extrasensory seNesas a canvasfor an allegoryof mourningmp • pu IC bathroom 6:00 Dream Girls perceptionsLittle Bird (AnnieLennox,U)A, 7992 5 min.)Annie (Hans)cheugl Austna 7993 lBmm /"'" rmce of Peace THEATER4 (KimLonginotto and JanaWilliams, UK 1994.16mm 50 min. USPremiere) 8 mm personified.Don ..t Go Breaking My Heart (Elton.John D • uot Away in th The ··topstars" of Japan'sTakarazuka Revue-female performers who y,ng Moments (DennisDay and Ian M1ddleto C e andRuPauf USA 1994.4 min) A 90'stouch-up without Kiki Dee. specializein romanticmale roles-are the recipientsof copiousfan mail video,5 mm)generously imagines alternative forms ~f hanfda 1992 Butterfly Scavengers (BarryMorse USA 1993,21 min) (VtcDe La RosaUSA 1993video mm NYp ea mg In Both flowers.gifts andthe ferventdevotion of multitudesof teenagegirls 8 A delightfullyschizophrenic adaptation of the eternally-popular unexpectedbond between two loversStran :n;,ere) HIVforms an andmarried women You II seewhy A headylook at the contradictions 9 televisionseries Bewitched Also showingon May22, 9.00pm andLesfte Thornton USA 19 Video pace (RonVawter of femalegender and sexual identity in contemporaryJapan This film 92 4 mm1 mapsthe eer Id dIs easeAn AIDSawareness spot that d 1ewor of will openla r a 1lmForum. //~~------U • rawson natrveculture Th 1 ving Tree (ZacheryLongboy. Canada 1993 vid, e ,c,------elita Tropicana: Your Kunst Is Your Wa f 10:00 Caged Red Hot andBlue's No Alternatwe sanes Tak ~ 30 sec) From (ElaTroyano, USA 1993,16mm. JO min. NYPremiere) A LowerEast · i1tJ1'.fHEATER 4 (JohnCromwell, USA 1950 16mm.91 min.) ·warner Brothers MahurmUSA 1993,video 4mm)celebratesca~ a alk(Matt buildingsuperintendent-cum-performance artiste puts on herplatforms l,L,I revealsthe menacethat turnstoday's first offendersinto tomorrow's to battleroaches. the Right andHIV Shebreaks into a song or a tango I legionof the lost!" screamedthe trailerfor the film that set the musicby UrgeOverk1//, Patti Smith mourns the los: :~~ a~t1v1smwrth 0 whenthe occasionwarrants. Lesbian prison flick meetsWest Side Story standardfor women'sprison flicks. Oscar-nominated Hope Emerson MapplethorpeIn Memorial Tribute (De k J ert video J mm), In Untitled (Directedb )te:: armanUK 1991 meetsafter school special Awarded Best Lesbian/Gay Short at the 1994 as the sadisticmatron and Agnes Moorehead as a sympathetic )usanPitt USA video2 mmJ David W y McClean,ammat1on by BerlinFilm Festival Eta Troyano and Carmelita Tropicana will introduce wardenbattle for the allegiancesof the inmatesincluding lost lamb readingLove Undefeated-Co OJnarow1c~gives his lastpublrc the screening.Hosted by GLAAD/NY(Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against EleanorParker Beautifully shot directedand acted A long-awaited J nversat1ons with D k efamation).Carmelita Tropicana will alsobe showingFri May 11, NewYork screening of a fine print arm~n (RobertoNanm Italy. 1993video 10mm /The f I ere muses JohnMaJor the Apocalypseof TheLast of£ l I mmaker m Klemand Blue Saloand Rome m , ngand Yves 1947 1arman s gardenm D 1ymg m the shadowof a nuclearpower station safesex ungeness 7:00 Bodies of Knowledge enoughto talk to DerekJarman about Where d b Morethan THEATER1 (Videos,100 min) Lesbianbodies and video art in manythrilling s h Owe egml Jarman uggestsat t e beginninghis memories, Hostedb B dimensionsSex Fish(ET BabyManiac.USA 1993,Bmin)What Also showingon Fn. May l J, 3 00pm Y odyPosmve makespussy happy. Made on the slyby somehigh-profile filmmakers. Beyond/Body/Memory (NeeshaDosanjh Canada. 1993 4 min.} An Indianwoman's sense of self andsexuality emerges through rhythmic Imageryand revelatory voiceover Object/Subject of Desire (ShawnaDempsey and Lorri Millan Canada,199.J 5 min) A humorous performancemonologue on the insand outs of lesbianlove Bumps (WendyJo Carlton USA 1993 18min) A lesbiantries to findthe source of hersexually transmitted disease and winds up with morecomplex ' questionsIn mesmerizingpixelvision lt"s Over (LauraPerry, USA 19947 min)The aftermathof an EastVillage breakup Fat Chance (AnneGolden. Canada, 1994, 6 min.)Sexy, stylized reflection on loving ones largerself A Ride Out/Una Vuelta (I. PatriciaMontoya USA 1993 10min.) Memories of loveand cultural displacement 26 27 Lights,Camera .. Sunday,May1~ 6:00 It Takes Two 1 :00 Wall of Silence (Un Muro de Silencio) THEATER4 (Filmsand video, 76 min) A programabout life-affirming duos Chicks THEATER1 (LitaStantic, Argentina. 1993. 110 min S'panishwith English subtitles) in White Satin (ElaineHolliman. USA 1993 16mm.25 min) Waifof Silencemarks the directorialdebut of LatinAmerica's preeminent An ironicand revealing record of a lesbianwedding-from pickingthe womanfilm producer(/,the Worstof All oneof the 1993festival's biggest chinapattern to kissingthe bride Nominatedfor an AcademyAward. hits);this intenselypolitical 'woman's film starsVanessa Redgrave and MazelTov! Cancer in Two Voices (LucyMassie Phenix, USA OfeliaMedina in superbnuanced performances Wall of Silencetells the 1993.16mm 43 min) 'I amthe first amongour friends to havecancer storyof howArgentina's period of politicalterror affects two women: Manyof themwlll seetheir future in the way I handlemine.·· An onethe wife of a ''disappeared·political activist. and the othera British extraordinarilymoving chronicle of the threeyears Barbara Rosenblum filmmakerhoping to makea film on the subjectAlthough made by a sharedwith her partnerSandy Butler after herdiagnosis with terminal lesbianand committed feminist this film hasno lesbiancontent FOOD breastcancer In Both (VicDe La Rosa, USA 1993.video. 8 min), Hostedby ProduccionesHomovisi6n blackand white footageand candid voiceovers portray the everydaylife of two HIV-positiveSan Francisco men Theyshare a mutualattraction 2:00 Texas I.D. andthe moment-to-momentreality of theirhealth status Hosted by the THEATER4 (Videos.85 min NYPremieres) Queer reflections of a distinctlandscape' BAR NationalCenter for Lesbian Rights Also showing on Tues.May 17.4 00pm. rural urbanand underground; Spanish and English Homo-Texans wrestle with growingup andout in this regionalprogram of queerculture. 7:30 Outer Spaces Coconut=Death (DavidZamora Casas. 1993. '3 min )Queer Chicano THEATER1 (Videos,66 min) In searchof a queernation. this videoprogram on a rampage.Butch Wax (KathrynKami/off and JenniferLane. presentsqueer cultures often found at the outerlimits la Voyeuse 19946 min) Dragking Tyler and the lesbianpleasures of cross-dressing (SilvanaAfram Canada,1993. video, 2 min) Lookbut don'ttouch Revenge of the Strangerettes {Todd)ave!!, 1992 17min) "TakeFive" A hypnoticvideo art pieceabout metaphysics and little boxes.The Danceteams are a Texashalf-time tradition This mockumentary follows Gathering (DoyleRobertson and Gregory Jeresek USA 1993video an all--dragsquad from practice to performanceBanana Dance 26 min) In exploringthe complexculture of NativeTwo-Spirit people Project (BrianLiem 199.'34 mm)Thefrustration of an Asianmans Robertsonsays this documentary,"attempts to capturethe humorand comingout andhis '·Americanwhite--ification · Sepia•s Blues 149 Eighth Ave wisdom,along with the pain that we haveexperienced on this pathwe (SharonBridgforth 1991 17min) Fiercewriting and performances walk calledlife ··l,ooking for a Space: Lesbians and Gay New York City celebrate" wym·nof color their loves.lives and fearless attempts Men in Cuba (KellyAnderson. USA 1993video, 38 min U) towardsprogress· Hiding from Hockney (DonaldPasquel/a. 212 243 2020 Premiere)Thisengaging documentary portrays the realityof lesbianand 19896 min.)Theunderwater transformation of maleflesh Esperanza gaylife in socialistCuba; examining sexual and national identity in the (Graciela)anchez. 1987. 'J min Spanish)A roughand tumble young contextof profoundpolitical and economic crisis and change Hosted by Chicanabegins her own quiet war Time Will 'Tell (ToriBreitling. LatinoGay Men of NY,Latino Collaborative and GLACE (Gay and Lesbian 1993,4 min) Memoriesof a teenagecrush gone wrong Nobody's Associationof CubanExiles). Gay & LesbianLiterature Children (HeydFontenot and Be.th Wichterich, 1994 25 min excerpt) Blackmailchild abuse adultery and bad wigs. A psycho-blendof soap 8:00 The Darker Side of Black operaomni-sexuality and incidental gender Guest curated by Dennis THEATER4 (IsaacJulien. UK 1993.16mm 55 min )This latestwork by the acclaimed A DIFFERENT Poplinand Michael Marinez Hosted by CactusClub TimesSquares. makerof Lookingfor Langstonand YoungSoul Rebels investigates the GuestMagazine. and Gotham Rodeo Texas Tea Dance at Dance homophobictrend in rapand ragga and confronts a deepercrisis of black Manhattan,119 E. 15St to follow this screeningAlso showingon LIGHT popularculture which still carriesthe scarsof slav8ryracism and Wed.May 18 5 00pm colonialismInterviews with rapartist Shabba Ranks· cultural theorists Corne!West and Tricia Rose and writer/gay activist Donald Suggs reveal 3:30 Family Ties BOOKSTORE a culturegrappling with a divisiveand destructive phenomenon THEATER1 (Videos,78 min) Explorethe manyshades of gayfamily life in thesethree Thefilmmaker will leada discussionafter the screeningAlso showing diversedocumentaries Queer Son (VickieSeitchik 1994.USA,. video. on Fri May20. 1000 pm with HeavyBlow We've moved! Visit Our 48 min NYPremiere), an intimatevideo diary of the life of its filmmaker andother parents of gayand lesbian children In Tomboychik ()andi 9:30 Mercedes DuBowski,USA 1993video. 15 min.)the videomaker plays dress-up THEATER1 (YousryNasrallah. Egypt/France 1993. '35mm 100 min) Imprisonedfor andtalks gender roles Daughters of Dykes. (Ami/caPalmer, USA, hisSocialist ideals, Noubi is releasedafter four years into a worldof 1994video. 15 min WorldPremiere)completes the trio as a close-knit political-and familial-corruptionWhen his wealthy decadent family groupof teenagegirls briefly share their thoughtsabout the uniqueness HUGE schemesto obtainan inheritanceleft to Noubis estrangedgay brother of their ·ordinary"lives and their literallyextraordinary families New Store Gamalhe beginsa searchfor Gama!that drawshim into a confrontation Also showingon Sat May21 1 00pm with the policeand Islamic fundamentalists The films stwtlingoutcome I 5 I West I 9th St. soundsan unprecedentednote of tolerancein Arabcinem8? 4:00 T-8.'i-chTrip Also showing)un May 14 1'00 pm New York, NY I 00 I I THEATER4 (HiroyukiOki Japan/Germany,199.'3 16mm. 64 min U) Premiere) A meditativejourney through the intimateinteriors of lossand love 212-989-4850 • Open 7 Days 10:00 Never Can Say Goodbye Thisexperimental yet formalwork merges the naturaland the supernatural THEATER4 (Filmand videos. 84 min) In Death in Venice. CA (P David to createa hauntingand visceral allegory of unrequiteddesire San Francisco: 489 Castro. 415-431-0891 Ebersole.U)A 1994.16mm. 'JO min NYPremiere), a despondent writer wagesa futile battleagainst his desire for his landlady'sseductive son 5:30 March in April West Hollywood: 8853 Santa Monica Setin Israel.At Home (Jonathan)ega! Israel,1991 video 29 min. THEATER1 (StephenKinsella. USA 1994 video.60min)Family, friends and lovers Hebrewwith Englishsubtitles. NY Premiere) dramatizes the suffocating 3 I0-854-660 I gatherfor a verypersonal video diary of the historic·93 March on loveendured by a gaymale couple who no longersatisfy each other ln WashingtonCameos include David Dinkins Barney Frank Herb Ritts Afflicted (AmosGutman Israel 1982.video. 25 min.. Hebrewwith andmany others Englishsubtitles, NY Premiere). the directorof AmazingGrace follows the Mail Order Catalog: 1-800-343-4002 Dear John (JimmyCaiafa. USA 199,'3video. 8 min) is a letterof tormentedefforts of an Israeliman who desperately grapples with his desireand its discontents gaydesire Also showingon Thurs..May 19,4 00pm 28 Mondqy,May16 Hostedby Shadesof Lavender 1:00 Twenty-Seven Pieces of Me WorldPremiere 5:00 Marlon Riggs Retrospective 1 o:oo Shock Corridor THEATER1 (GeraldDonahoe. USA, 1994, video. 9D min) A sister'sunannounced THEATER1 (Videos,112 min.)A selectedretrospective of videosby the celebrated THEATER4 (Filmsand videos. 74 minJ Fastenyour seatbelts. its goingto be a bumpy arrivalupsets Tanya's delicate balance between her artwork and her maverickMarlon Riggs Tackling homophobia and racism, both external rlde Imaginea dreadlockeddemi-god in '20sflapper drag mixed with girlfriendCan the sisters,who each have their ownsecrets and andinternal Riggs's unparalleled works setve as toolsof empowerment\ archsci-fi and you've conjured a tale of cosmicproportions known as struggles,make a space for each·other in their !iveslAlso showing Sun! for countlessnumbers of gayBlack men. With elegance,sensuality. and Orgasm of Hot Blood (ChrisDumas. USA 1994,16mm 13 min.). May22 700pm relentlessinquisition Riggs has captured experiences often left untold, Worriedyou've grown up to becomeyour own mother? Scrub Me. ! In the award-winningTongues Untied (1989,USA .55min.) black Mama (DavidGrote/{.. U)A 1994 16mm,1'3 min WorldPremiere) is 1 :30 A Very Natural Thing menloving black men is the revolutionaryact Createdas an alternative a comicuntying of the apronstrings Visited by an angel the melancholic THEATER4 (Christopher Larkin. USA 7974,16mm ..85 min)This landmarkfilm was ' musicvideo Anthem (1991.USA .9 min.)politicizes the homoeroticism protagonistof Sigh of Love in Waiting (ValerioGovern( Italy, the first gayfeature made by an out gayperson to achievecommercial of Blackmen. A poignantseries of personalportraits, No Regret 1993video, 5 min. Italianwith Eng/J'.shsubtitles, US Premiere) builds a distribution.David a 26-year-oldschool teacher has an affairwith Mark (NonR .Je Ne Regrette Rien) (1992,USA '38min.)documents spacecraftto reunitehim with his lost loveamong the stars Birthday a 23-year-oldadvertising man Thissimple yet intimatelove story of \ the intimatestories of five gayBlack men living with HIV !nan excerpt Party, (Jill Reiter,U)A 1992,video ..8 min WorldPremiere)A romanceinfidelity andindependence is compelling in its unprecedented\ fromthe upcomingexperimental documentary Black ls ••,.Black queergirl's sweet sweet-sixteenparty Momsa dragqueen and the {natural)depiction Ain't (1994USA,. 10 min). cultural and community constructions entertainmentincludes a sexyhuman pinata Freaked-outand totally fun Two Marches (JimHubbard. USA 1991 16mm. 9 min) Scenes gen.de.r roles and sexuality are exploredi.n intetviews with bell Freebird (SuzieSilver, USA 1993,video 11min.) gives 70s rock icon fromthe 1979and 1987 national gay pride marches reveal changes sexHemphill and a performanceby BillT Jones. LynyrdSkynyrd a lesbiantwist In Bill and Ted's Homosexual in the gayrights movement Also showingon Fri May 1.1.2 00pm ontnbutionstoward the completionof thi§fjt ay be madeto Adventure (ChrisFreeman and JonGinoli, USA, 199.1. video. 4 min.) ar✓on.'SJ)QitPmiit productioncompany, Signifyin' Works. Memo. PansyDivision culls clips from the excellentduo ·s films to makea music 3:00 Screen Dreams BlackIs BlackAin't (BIBA).2600 Tenth St., Suite 401 Berkeley,CA videoparody that revealsthe truthbehind the publicimage The THEATER1 (Films,76 min )A rarechance to seewhat lesbians can do in lush35mm 94710,phone /510) 548-3884 or /510)548-8804. History of Western Sexuality (AaronKIie. 1.993, USA video. All Fall Down (StaceyFoiles, USA, 1993 35mm,. 'JO min) In this Hostedby GayMen of AfricanDescent (GMADJ Also showingon Thurs 11min), is a perversepost--adolescent romp through burgeoning desire well-shotand acted family drama. a lesbianand her sister travel home May19100pm Profoundlyabsurd Margaret Atwood and the Problem onthe anniversaryof their brother'ssuicide to scatterhis ashesin with Canada, (DanielMacivor. Canada. 199,1,. video 6 min. World the mountainsTheir confrontations, and their Jove.bring forward dark 6:00 Army of Lovers Premiere)is a drollcontender for a queernational anthem while Wake childhoodmemories and the secretof theirgrandfather's death. THEATER4 (Rosavan Praunheim Germany, 1972-79, 16mm 107 min )A remarkable Up~ Jerk Off., Etc. (DanielMacivor. Canada. 1993 video, 2 min.) Take Me Back to Cairo (UteKrause, Germany, 1993, 20 min documentof the earlylesbian and gay movement Von Praunheim begins shouldbe ourqueer daily affirmation Charming Mutt (Steven USPremiere. German with Englishsubtitles)Through-a radio contest a thiscinematic and historical journey in 1971at the secondNew York Gay Reinke.Canada 1991. video, 1 min)puts the director'sboyfriend in the spinsterishwoman wins a ticketto Berlin'sTurkish baths anda whole RightsMarch and travels through the U.S Capturingthe soul spirit and proverbialdoghouse Also showingon Wed May 18,10 '30 pm. newworld unfolds before her None of the Above (PennyFowler transgressivenessof our pioneering and courageous brothers and sisters Smith.Australia. 1994, '35mm 1'3 min. USPremiere) Look deep into Frominterviews of gayNazis to sexwith pornstars and screaming matches yourmistress' eyes and listen carefully She will leadyou into her betweenlesbians and gay men vanPraunheim is not afraidto showthe theater-a worldof becomingswhere nothing is givenand everything fringeor the fragilityof an emergingpolitical culturalmovement is possibleA tantalizingmusical expose of whatmakes a queerbody Nightwork (,JaneSchneider, Australia. 1994, '35mm, 13 min US 7:30 A Star Is Bom Premiere)A wry comictale of dykesbikes. and lovers with suspicious THEATER1 (GeorgeCukor. USA 1954.'35mm, 170 min.) Providing a vehiclefor the mindsAlso showingon Thurs May 19.730 pm legendaryJudy Garland director Cukor writer Moss Hart andsongwriters HaroldArlen and Ira Gershwincollaborated on oneof Hollywood·smost 3:30 Shades of Black famousmusicals After its initial release,Warner Bros cut morethan one THEATER4 (MaryHaverstick USA. 1993 16mm.115 min. NYPremiere) half hourfrom the film RonaldHaver, curator of the LosAngeles County Kate a championcyclist and aspiring photographer meets Lilly an Museumpainstakingly restored this legendaryfilm to its originallength establishedartist. Their mentor/prot8ge relationship within which Kates Haverdied last year from AIDS As a tributeto himand to celebratethe senseof sexualidentity emerges. takes a turnwhen the olderwoman's 40thanniversary of the releaseof A Staris Bornand commemorate emotionalinstabilities come to the fore Despiteits melodramatic the 25thanniversary of JudyGarland's death we presentthe restored conclusion.this film a first featureby a youngwoman director from full-lengthfilm Lancaster,Pennsylvania, draws the viewerinto a vortexof intrigueand co-dependencyAlso showingon Sat May 14 1 '30pm 8:10 Show and Tell THEATER4 (16mmfilms. 77 min.)Lesbian revelations Secrets (ColetteCullen, UK 1994,4 min USPremiere) An animatedsatire about menstrual taboosand unwanted disclosures Maya (CatherineBenedek USA 1992,10 min. NYPremiere)When she falls for a womaniri herCaribbean danceclass Mayalearns to standup to hermarriage--minded mother He (H. LenKeller. USA 1993.5 min) A BlackFrench lesbian cruises SanFrancisco streets in herclassic car lookingfor womenbut notfor love.Nature Morte (J. )cott Grantand Camden Morse. USA, 1993, 5 min NYPremiere) Is the femalenude of Westernart historysimply a nakedlady under the lesbiangaze? Souvenir (LisaCholodenko, USA 7994.12 min WorldPremiere) Lesbo voodoo in a roadsidemotel lends , two loversnew resolve. Things We Said Today (JohnMiller Monzon,USA 1992.'34 min. NYPremiere) A bittersweeturban coming-• of-ageClem can't keepa job or paythe renton the !oft sheshares with hergirlfriend (Diviana lngravallo); when she meets Jo thingsseem uncomplicated-fora while Sister Louise•s Discovery (MargaretHetherman. USA. 1994 7 min, WorldPremiere) When a nunlearns that hersister's a dyke all hell breaksloose Hostedby Shadesof Lavender. 30 l I 22Sunday *Indicatesa programof shortfilms or videos Tuesday,MayG 1 :00 To My Women Friends THEATER1 (NatashaSharandak Russia/Germany 1993, video. 64 min Russian 4:00 It Takes Two 7:30 The Ashes of Pasolini (Le Ceneri di Pasolini) withEnglish subtitles, NY Premiere)Interviews with six compelling THEATER4 {Filmsand video, 76 min) A programabout life-affirming duos Chicks THEATER1 (PasqualeMisuraca, Italy, 199.J video, 90 min NY Premiere)Thislyrical womenconvey the joys and hardships of beinga lesbianin the former in White Satin (ElaineHolliman, USA 1993,16mm 25 min) documentarycaptures the essenceof the cinematicgenius Pier Paolo SovietUnion Fasclnating stories of personalstruggle raise topics such An ironicand revealing record of a lesbianwedding-from pickingthe PasoliniThrough the deftassembling of historicalfootage and rare as life in prison,transsexuality and community organizing A vital and chinapattern to kissingthe bride.Nominated for an AcademyAward. interviewsPasolini tells hisown story. The philosophies and vision of strongcommunity flourishes despite the criminalizationof homosexuality; Maze!Tov!Cancer in Two Voices (LucyMassie Phenix, USA the legendarymaster resonate in this fascinatinghomage with Pravda (the Truth!?) (Melissa)hare. USA. 1993. video 199,1.16mm. 43 min) ·,1am the first amongour friends to havecancer Also showingThurs May 19,1 00 pm 29 min) Daysbefore the collapseof the SovietUnion the firstRussian Manyof themwill seetheir future in the way I handlemine." An AmericanGay Rights Symposium took place In this self-reflective extraordinarilymoving chronicle of the threeyears Barbara Rosenblum 8:00 Cultural Dislocations documentarya journeyback to Russiato followup with participants sharedwith herpartner Sandy Butler after her diagnosis with terminal THEATER4 (Videosand films, 80 min)What is Christmaslike to thosewho have revealsdisillusionment and the politicaland emotional complexities breastcancer In Both (VicDe La Rosa, U'lA 1993,video 8 min), neverseen snow? This is oneof the questionsasked in White arisingfrom newly acquired freedoms blackand white footageand candid voiceovers portray the everydaylife Christmas (MichaelMagnaye, US/Phillipines. 1993, 16mm. 27 min of two HIV-positiveSan Francisco men Theyshare a mutualattraction NYPremiere), an elegantlyshot, gentle rumiiiation on the imprintof 2:00 Down There and Looking for Love andthe moment-to"momentreality of theirhealth status colonialismon the Philippines.Asian, Black, Caucasian female, male THEATER4 (16mmfilms, 93 min) HowAussie gals have been getting down on screen Also showingon Sun May 15.6-00 pm bisexual,straight, gay: enjoy figuring out this theoreticalmenage in for the past25 years Farewell to Charms (CarlaPontiac, 1919, Sleeping Subjects (QuentinLee. USA 199.'J,video, 28 min). 1'3min) Emmaa reformedlipstick addict andCecily her old school 5:00 Dreams of Hind and Camilia Reflectionson the mythologyof the tricksterin African-Americanculture chum.hook up with Stretch,a bionicbike dyke Apartments (Megan THEATER1 (MohammedKhan. Egypt. 1989. '35mm 110 min )Set in Cairothis film minglewith memoriesof a lost lovein Heaven,. Earth and Hell McMurchy,1977, 10 min.) Romantic obsession between two womenin an tracesthe friendshipof two exploitedseNant women Camilia, divorced (ThomasAllen Harris, U'lA 1993,video, 25 min). apartmentblock; the first Australianfeminist film to playwith 'the gaze" andunable to bearchildren dreams of independenceand Hind a widow Also showingon Fri May 1] 1'00pm We Aim to Please (MargotNash and Robin Laurie. 1977, 12 min) longsto returnto hervillage WhenHind gives birth to a girl theyname Exposingparanoia about female sexuality Canat You Take a her"Alham,' meaning dreams and flee togetheron the openroad. 9:30 Fresh Kill .Joke? (VikiDun. 1.989, 26 min) Girlmeets girl in this stylishcomedy Pour le Plaisir (NadiaEl-Fam'. Tunisia/France, 1993, '35mm. 6 min) THEATER1 (ShuLea Cheang USA 1993,.'35mm,. 80 min) In this stunningfeature- Transportations (AmandaWallis, 1990, 12 min )The rapture A NorthAfrican woman and her French girlfriend decide to sculptthe film debut Claire(Erin McMurty) and Shaheen (Sarita Choudhury), an andennui of love The Father Is Nothing (LeoneKnight, 1992, idealmale in clay Shouldhe havea penis/This Pygmalion-.fantasy interraciallesbian couple. make a life for themselvesand their daughter 10min) An eroticmeditation on the connectionsbetween fascism with-a-twistwill surpriseyou on the edgeof StatenIsland's Fresh Kills garbage dump. When radioactive masochismand desire Jumping the Gun (JaneSchneider,, 1992, fish lips importedfrom nuked Pacific waters are serveGdt NagaSaki 10min) Casualsex turns into food for fantasy.Look also for Jane 6:00 Sex Wars the sushibar where Claire works a corporatethriller unfolds Computer Schneider'snew 35mm film Nightworkinthe ScreenDreams program THEATER4 (Filmand videos, 71 min) Recriminationscommonalities. and strategic hackers,cable--access personalities. and Tent City residents inhabit a Also showingon Thurs May 19,6.00 pm alliancesbetvveen lesbians and gay men feministsand queers are worldof brokenracial barriers and media surveillance Full of quirkyverbal exploredin this programOur Gay Brothers (GretaSnider, USA, andvisual imagery political conscience and hot sex Writtenby Jessica 3:00 The Flesh Is Willing 1993,16mm, 9 min.)An experimentalfilm pokingfun at maleignorance Hagedornsumptuously photographed by Jane Castle with appearances THEATER1 (Videos,94 min)This diverse program of videosexplores the elusivecon aboutwomen's bodies. juxtaposing home-processed black and white by RonVav,,rter Robbie McCauley, Karen Finley and many others ceptsof loveand desire. Through a conspiracyof seductiveand banal imagesof gaymale sex and found footage of femalegender socialization Also ~hawingon Fri May 1] 7 00 pm imagesSo Unlike Their Reputation (PeterBowen. USA, 199.1, Basic Instincts (Frau und Geschlecht) (JiirgFockefe, 9 min) evokesthe complexpleasures of loss Dear John (Jimmy Germany,1993, 16mm 5 min German.US Premiere)The war between 10:00 Sisters CaiafaUSA, 1993, 8 min.)is a letterof desireand its discontents the sexesrages-even onthe streetbelow the balconyof Melanie THEATER4 (Filmsand videos, 68 min)These innovative works by womenof color Summer .. 1993, (RobertBeck, USA,. 1993, 7 min, WorldPremiere) I Am a Man. But.,,. (DanielMacivor 1993 Canadavideo 2 min thoughtfullyexp/ore sexual and cultural identities in all theirpotential lyricallyreveals the blossomingof new love.If Walt Whitmanmade films WorldPremiere)'· .Inside me there is a womanShe has an exciting andpotential contradictions ln Dunye'sinimitable tongue--in-cheek Midwest Mambo (BartEverly, USA, 199.1. 10min)would sing his life.' A captivatingblack-and-white silent chase film He,.,She Pee confessionalstyle Greetings from Africa (CherylDunye, USA travelsthrough America In SignifiCant {Br)other (CharlesLofton (AlisaSurkis. USA, 1994. video. 7 min WorldPremiere) A comedyof 1994.16mm, 8 min WorldPremiere}presents an interracial dating comedy USA,1993, 5 min)the artist usesprovocative images of blackmen and errorsand a utopianfantasy around the gendertrauma of the public of errorsCoconut/Cane & Cutlass (MichelleMohabeer, text by KobenaMercer and Isaac Julien to raiseissues of desireand restroom.Mr .. Wonderful (MarliseMalkarnes, USA 1992,video, Canada.1994 16mm30 min USPremiere) A poeticrumination on exile objectificationof the blackgay male body. An/Aesthetic (.James 7 min.. NYPremiere) Penises go everywhereand do everythingin this indentureship,and displacement from the perspectiveof an lndo-- · Barrettand Robin Forster, UK 1993.5 min. NYPremiere) x-rays 70s shortfilm that givesa sharpnew twist to the genreof cut-outanimation Caribbeanlesbian who migratedto Canadaas a child Footageshot in pornoto unveilthe tyrannyof medicalscience Confirmed Margaret Atwood and the Problem with Canada Guyanaand gorgeous staged scenes enact the fusionof disparatecultural Bachelor (TomKalin. USA 1993,2 min WorldPremiere)greets the (DanielMacivor Canada. 1993. video. 6 min. WorldPremiere) locationsinto one identity and aesthetic vision. Intro to Cultural homophobicdiscourse of "unnaturalbehavior with a bouquetof flowers A gaymale's take on the depressingstate of Canadiancelebrity culture Skit~Zo•·Frenia (.JamikaAja/on,. USA 1993.video, 10 min )challenges In The Blue Hour (.JohnLindell. USA,. 199.1. 4 min) "sunsetand the Sex Wars (CherylFarthing, UK 199.Jvideo, 40 min) !n this fascinating homophobiain the Blackcommunity Frankie and ,Jocie, (.Jocelyn sexhunt overlap In an operatictenor underscoringthe melancholyof the co-educationaldocumentary interviews with activistsin the USand Taylor,U)A 1994.video, 20 min. WorldPremiere) An honestand disembodiedvoices that couldbe anybody"The Flesh is Willing the UKreveal the rifts that yawnbeneath the shakypolitical and cultural provocativeexperimental tape exploring Black lesbi8ns' complex relation- (ToddVerow. USA 1990,10 min )Violence and rampant bisexuality alliancebetween gay men and lesbians as well as the empowering shipswith their brothersand other straight black men Maleand female arethe pawnsin a debauchedwor!d of cold financialsex Re-presenting possibilitiesof cross-sexaffiliations Sociologist Mary McIntosh recounts heteroand queer collide in this personalinvestigation of homophobia appropriatedand constructed concepts of masculinityHe Is Bold the genderdivide in the 1970sGay Liberation Front SimonWatney andviolence. Filmmakers will bepresent Also showing on Sat and He Is a Racist,. He Is Gay and He is a Fascist lambastslesbian safer sex activism, Joan Nestle calls gender fuck ·our May21 BDDpm (Er hat~ne Glatze und ist Rassisi:,. er ist schwul und greatcontribution to worldculture ·· Thebar scene,economics. AIDS and ein Faschist!) (JUrgenBruning, Germany 1994 ..25 min US the ins andouts of "queer'are addressed by DJs journalistsand artists Premiere)questions the conflationof fascist(skinhead) symbols and Also showingon Thurs May 19,8 00pm (gay)male desire And finally meet'·Paul,·· the hard-throbbingteen ido! in Lonely Boy (StevenReinke. USA 1.993,video, 9 min.). Also showingFri May 1J 9-00pm 1:00 Vampire Lovers 5:00 Texas I.D. 9:00 Pomo Lesbo Videos THEATER1 (RoyWard Baker. UK, 1971 '35mm. 88 min)The successof this sexy THEATER4 {Videos.85 min NYPremieres) Queer reflections of a distinctlandscape: THEATER1 (Videos,89 min.)Some of our mostadventurous video artists push the bloodycampy resurrection of that immortalgenre-the lesbianvampire rural urbanand underground: Spanish and English Homo-Texans wrestle boundariesof the mediumand the expectationsof the audiencetowards film-was exploitedby two moreflicks in the samevein from low-budget with growingup andout in this regionalprogram of queerculture. a newlesbian language and vision Wicked Radiance/ HammerStudios A faithful if X-ratedadaptation of J SheridanLe Coconut=Death (DavidZamora Casas. 1993 '3 min) QueerChicano Sinar Durjana (AzianNurudin. USA, 1992, 5 min NYPremiere} Fanus Victorianclassic Carmi/fa Vampire Lovers anxiously and erotically on a rampage.Butch Wax (KathrynKormloff and JenniferLane. A dark.abstract personal vision delving into aspects of s/m sexualityand exploresfemale sexuality beyond the paleof the normalIntroduced by 19946 min) Dragking Tyler and the lesbianpleasures of cross-dressing the artist'sMuslim background In Malay .. Uh Ohl'* (JulieZando, AndreaWeiss. lesbian vampire hunter and author of Vampiresand Revenge of the Strangerettes (ToddSavell. 7992. 17min) USA 1994.38 min) A storyof machismoand masochism based on the Violets:Lesbians in Film theground-breaking new book Also 5howingon Danceteams are a Texashalf.-time tradition This mockumentary follows Storyof Oand enacted by an all-femalecast Oh{Emanuela Villorini) Thurs May 19 9.'30 pm an all-dragsquad from practice to performanceBanana Dance worksas a waitressdown at the Rockpileand craves the loveof a Project (BrianLiem 19934 min)The frustrationof an Asianmans cowboy{Eileen Myles). Zando's vertiginous camera follows her odyssey 1 :30 Pretty (Boy) Films comingout andhis ','Americanwhite-ification ·· Sepia's Bloes of sexualdependency from the dinerto an isolatedchateau The Easy THEATER4 (Films.101 min.)A !Friend of Dorothy's, (Raoulo·connell USA (':iharonBridgforth 1991 17min.) Fierce writing and performances Garden (AnieStanley. USA. 1994 video. 6 min.)An erotic exploration 1994 16mm33 min. WorldPremiere) After lookingfor lovein all the celebrate· wym·nof color their loves livesand fearless attempts in postmodernistscience-fiction Fragmented images of sexualityevoke wrongplaces. a blossoming'friend of Dorothy's'finds his knight in towardsprogress· Hiding from Hockney (DonaldPasquel/a, the nostalgiaof the nickelodeonand involve the viewerin fantasy shiningarmor just a dormroom bunk away Forward., Bound 19896 min)The underwatertransformation of maleflesh !Esperanza Taking Back the Dolls, (LeslieSinger. USA. 1994, 40 min.,World {DanielHumphrey USA 1993 16mm,30 min, NYPremiere) manages to {GracielaSanchez 1987, '3 mfn )pamsh)A roughand tumble young Premiere)Cribbingdialogue and personas from Jacqueline Susann's be bothsexy and melancholy while depicting the anatomyof a rejection Chicanabegins her own quiet war Time wm Tell (ToriBreitling, trashepic Vaf!eyof the Dolls,this hilariousdeadpan tape mixes video Sleepy Haven {MatthiasMill/er. Germany, 1993. 16mm, 15 min) 1993,4 min) Memoriesof a teenagecrush gone wrong Nobody's formatsand special effects editing with the sensibilitiesof feminist Inspiredby KennethAnger's Fireworks this melodiouslyerotic composi Children {HeydFontenot and Beth W1chterich 1994 25 min excerpt) andpunk performance art With EileenMyles CeciliaDougherty and tion of manand nature finds life in the realitiesof dreamand fantasy Blackmailchild abuse adultery and bad wigs. A psycho-blendof soap LaurieWeeks In h11ciidl(.Jorge Oliver. 1.993. 16mm 5 min). playfulapparitions explore operaomni-sexuality and incidental gender Guest curated by Dennis the nuancesof menagea trofset pasde deux.Frankie Goes Poplinand Michael Marinez Also showingon Sun May 15,2:00 pm 10:30 Shock Corridor Downtown (Fred':ioffa. 1992. 16mm, 8 min.)Owner-of-a-lonely-heart THEATER4 (Filmsand videos, 74 min} Fastenyour seatbelts, its goingto be a bumpy Frankiesearches for queerlove and happiness in a worldof possibllity 6:00 Dark Sun; Bright Shade ride Imaginea dreadlockeddemi--god in '2Osflapper drag mixed with andconfusion In The Fight (NUrfaO!iv/3-Bel!Bs. USA/Spain, 1992. THEATER4 {KWm Canada.1993 16mm,57 min USPremiere) In this lush archsci-fi andyou've conjured a tale of cosmicproportions known as 16mm10 min NY Premiere}.two gracefulboxers reveal the natureof experimentalnarrative two Chinesemen, confounded by centuriesof Orgasm of Hot Blood (ChrisDumas .. USA. 1994, 16mm, 13 min} their aggressionin a sexyT~K-O Also showingon ':iat May 14 4 00pm culturaltradition. struggle to reconciletheir heritage(s} with theirembattled Worriedyou've grown up to becomeyour own mother? Scrub Me. loveaffair East(Tien An MenSquare) and West (Toronto) collide in a Mama. (DavidGrote/{ USA 1994.16mm 1'3 min WorldPremiere) is 3:00 The Farewell (Afskedet) test of sexualand political identity a comicuntying of the apronstrings Visited by an angel the melancholic THEATER1 (Tuija-MaijaNiskanen, Finland/Sweden, 1980 35mm, 90 min. Swedish Auto Biography (DennisDay Canada1994, video. 15 min protagonistof Sigh of Love in Waiting (ValerioGoverni, Italy with Englishsubtitles)Written and directed by women this statelydrama U':iPremiere) A utopianworld where lesbian moms dote over their gay 1993,video, 5 min.,Italian with Englishsubtitles, US Premiere)builds a of femaleautonomy unfolds in the repressivehome of a bourgeois sonsand old Irishfishermen reminisce about long-ago boyfriends spacecraftto reunitehim with his lost loveamong the stars Birthday Scandinavianfamily on the eveof W\1\111Faced wlth the cruelindifference Also showingon Thurs May 19 2 DOpm Party, {Jill Reiter.USA. 1992. video, 8 min WorldPremiere)A of herfather and the weaknessof hermother the childValerie turns queergir!'s sweet sweet-sixteenparty. Moms a dragqueen and the to hergoverness for affection.When she later recognizes her love for 7:00 Gay USA entertainmentincludes a sexyhuman pifiata Freaked-outand totally fun womenshe is denouncedby her father, but followsher own heart to a THEATER1 (ArthurBressan. U':iA 1977,35mm 78 min) A revolutionaryand historic Freebird (Suzie':iifver. USA 1993,video,. 11 min.)gives 7Os rock icon careerin the theaterAlso showingon Thurs.May 19,5·'30 pm hands~across"gay-Americapanorama Gay USA finds the powerof LynyrdSkynyrd a lesbiantwist In Bill and Ted•s Homosexual affirmationin the locallydocumented 1977 gay pride parades held around Adventure (ChrisFreeman and Jon Ginoli.USA, 1993. video 4 min.) 4:00 Berenice Abbott; A View of the Twentieth Century the country ' It wouldbe likemy Triumphof the Will onlyI wouldcall PansyDivision culls clips from the excellentduos filmsto makea music THEATER4 (KayWeaver and Martha Wheelock USA 1992,16mm, 57 min it Triumphof the Fag.Triumph of the Dyke' saidBressan of hisfilm videoparody that revealsthe truth behindthe publicimage The NYPremiere) A beautifulcompilation of photographs,interviews and Ali You Can Eat (MichaelBrynntrup, Germany. 1993, 35mm 5 min. History of Westem Sexuality (AaronKIie. 199,J USA video. first personnarration profiling one of the mostimportant figures in the USPremiere} Bigger than llfe in 35mmAll youcan eat in 5 minutes 11min.), is a perversepost-adolescent romp through burgeoning desire historyof photography.Abbott's images of NewYork and portraits of The Fly (LaurentHolzamer. Germany 1994 35mm 7 min)Fantasy and Profoundlyabsurd Margaret Atwood and the Problem personalitiessuch as DjunaBarnes, Janet Flanner. and Jean Cocteau the fantasticcollide in this twistedtale of murderand desire with Canada, {DanielMacivor. Canada. 1993, video. 6 min. World haveleft an indelibleimage of literary-and lesbianand gay-culture in Sponsoredby TheNew YorkBankers Group. Premiere}is a drollcontender for a queernational anthem while Wake the twentiethcentury. Up .. .Jerk Off. Etc. (DanielMacivor. Canada. 1993, video, 2 min} Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the 8:00 Down There and Out shouldbe our queerdaily affirmation Charming Mutt (Steven Little Review {WendyWeinberg USA 1991 16mm.30 min) An THEATER4 (16mmfl/ms. 105 min) Fromprotest banners to plasticbustiers Reinke,Canada. 1993,. video. 1 min) putsthe director'sboyfriend in the innovativeAcademy Award-nominated documentary about the flamboyant Australianlesbian culture on the screenover the past25 years proverbialdoghouse Also showingon Mon May 16,10'05 pm life lovesand bold literary vision of MargaretAnderson who published Witches & Faggots,. Dykes &: Poofters (Onein Seven the writingsof GertrudeStein EmmaGoldman and others in the Little Collective1979, 45 min) Clearand moving this classicdocumentary is Review an accountof the originsof the moderngay liberation movement in - AustraliaMaidens (.JeniThornley, 1978. '33 min) An absolutely sublimecompilation documentary of four generationsof the filmmaker's maternalfamily Ter!'a Nu:llius (AnnePratten. 1992. 21 min} A powerfuland unforgettable film aboutthe connectionsbetween racial andsexual violence and the socialeffects of culturalgenocide In Loving Memory (LeoneKnight, 1992. 6 min) Female-to-male ' transsexualityand female fetishism are exploredin an entrancing andelegant performance. Look also for PennyFowler Smith's None of theAbove in the ':icreenDreams 35mm program ay,May19 1 :00 The Ashes of Pasolini (Le Ceneri di Pasolini) 6:00 Down There and Looking for Love possibilitiesof cross-sexaffiliations Sociologist Mary McIntosh recounts THEATER1 (PasqualeMisuraca, Italy, 1993,video, 90 min NYPremiere/This lyrical THEATER4 (16mmfilms, 93 minJ How Aussie gals have been getting down on screen documentarycaptures the essenceof the cinematicgenius Pier Paolo the genderdivide in the 1970sGay Liberation Front Simon Watney for the past years (CarlaPontiac, 1.979. PasoliniThrough the deft{lssembling of historicalfootage and rare 25 Farewell to Charms lambastslesbian safer sex activism, Joan Nestle calls gender fuck ·our 73min J Emmaa reformedlipstick addict andCecily her old school interviewsPasolini tells his own story,The philosophies and vision of greatcontribution to worldculture ·· The bar scene, economics AIDS and the legendarymaster resonate in this fascinatinghomage chum,hook up with Stretch,a bionicbike dyke Apartments (Megan the ins andouts of "queer"are addressed by DJs.journalists and artists Also showingTues May 17,7 '30pm McMurchy,1971, 10 min) Romanticobsession between two womenin an Hostedby 0-GLU(Queens Gays and Lesbians United) Also showingon apartmentblock; the first Australianfeminist film to playwith ·'thegaze" Tues May 17,6-00 pm 2:00 Dark Sun; Bright Shade We Aim to Please (MargotNash and Robin Laurie .. 1971,12 min) Exposingparanoia about female sexuality Can~t You Take a 9:30 Vampire Lovers THEATER4 (KWOI.Canada, 199,J 16mm, 57 min USPremiere) In this lush Joke? (VikiDun, 1989, 26 min) Girlmeets girl in this stylishcomedy THEATER1 experimentalnarrative two Chinesemen, confounded by centuries of (RoyWard Baker, UK, 1971 35mm88 min)The success of this sexy Transportations (AmandaWallis, 1990, 12 min )The rapture culturaltradition ..struggle to reconciletheir heritage(s) with their embattled bloodycampy resurrection of that immortalgenre-the lesbianvampire andennui of love (LeoneKnigh( 1992, loveaffair East(Tien An Men Square)and West (Toronto) collide in a The Father Is Nothing film-was exploitedby two moreflicks in the samevein from low-budget test of sexualand political identity 10min) An eroticmeditation on the connectionsbetween fascism HammerStudios A faithful if X-ratedadaptation of J SheridanLe masochismand desire (JaneSchneider. 1992 Fanus Victorianclassic Carmi/fa Vampire Lovers anxiously and erotically Auto Biography (DennisDay, Canada. 1994. video, 15 min Jumping the Gun 10min )Casual sex turns Into food for fantasyLook also Jane exploresfemale sexuality beyond the paleof the normalIntroduced by U) Premiere)A utopianworld where lesbian moms dote over their gay for sonsand old Irishfishermen reminisce about long-ago boyfriends Schneider'snew film NightworkIn the SaeenDreams 35mm program AndreaWeiss, lesbian vampire hunter and author of Vampiresand Also showingon Wed May 18,6-00 pm Also c;howingon Tues May 17,2 00 pm Violets:Lesbians in Film the ground-breakingnew book Alsoshowing on Wed.May 1~ 1DO pm 3:00 Marlon Riggs Retrospective 7:30 Screen Dreams THEATER1 (Films,76 min) A rarechance to seewhat lesbianscan do in lush35mm 10:00 Heavy Blows THEATER1 (Videos,112 min.)A selectedretrospective of videosby the celebrated (StaceyFoiles. USA 1993.'35mm, '30 min J In this THEATER4 (Filmsand videos.88 min)The award-winning film Heavy Blow maverickMarlon Riggs Tackling homophobia and racism, both external All Fall Down well-shotand acted family drama a lesbianand her sister travel home (HoangAlan Duong U)A 1993 16mm23 min) dramatizesa battle of andinternal Riggs's unparalleled works serve as toolsof empowerment on the anniversaryof their brotherssuicide to scatterhis ashes in nervesand morality A youngman's predatory run-with-the-pack instincts for countlessnumbers of gayBlack men. With elegance,sensuality, and relentlessinquisition Riggs has captured experiences often left untold the mountainsTheir confrontations and their love bringforward dark aretested as he strainsto understandthe unfamiliarworld of his childhoodmemories and the secretof theirgrandfather's death. open-mindedgirlfriend. It's queernight at the promas a gayteen asks In the award-winningTongues Untied (1989,USA. 55 min) black (UteKrauc;e, Germany, 199,? 20 min If Only (.JohnDaschbach, USA, 1994 16mm6 min. WorldPremiere) menloving black men is the revolutionaryact Createdas an alternative Take Me Back to Cairo U) Premiere,German with Englishsubtitles) Through a radiocontest a Theplot beginswith revengebut things aren·t always what they seem in musicvideo Anthem (7991USA 9 min.)politicizes the homoeroticism The Last Stop of Blackmen A poignantseries of personalportraits, No Regret spinsterishwoman wins a ticketto Berlin'sTurkish baths and a whole (RossDinwiddey and Mark Adam UK,1994 16mm newworld unfolds before her None of the Above (PennyFowler 28 min.,US Premiere). Full of pain beautyand courage Thick Lips (Non .. .Je Ne Regrette Rien) (1992,USA '38min.) documents the intimatestories of five gayBlack men living with HIV In an excerpt )mith,.Australia. 1994 35mm. 13 min USPremiere) Look deep into Thin l..ips (PaulLee. Canada. 1993, 16mm 6 min.)amplifies the yourmistress· eyes and listen carefully She will leadyou into her fromthe upcomingexperimental documentary Black ls.uBlack internalizedhatred two men,one Black the otherAsian, must face in theater-a worldof becomings.where nothing is given andeverything orderjust to kiss When You Name Me ()cott Beveridge,USA Ain ..t (1994,USA. 10 min.) cultural and community constructions is possibleA tantalizingmusical expose of whatmakes a queerbody 1993,video, 12 min NYPremiere) spells out the brutalvocabulary of of genderro!es and sexuality are exploredin interviewswith bell hooks EssexHemphill and a performanceby Bill T Jones Nightwork (Jane)chneider. Australia 1994,'35mm. 13 min U) violenceagainst gay men In Hotheads (JennieLivingston USA. 1993 Contributionstoward the completion of this film maybe made Premiere)Awry comic tale of dykesbikes, and lovers with suspicious video3 min).the directorof ParisIs Burninginvites comedian Reno and mindsA/c;o c;howing on Mon May 16.3.00 pm to Marlon'snon-profit production company, Signifyin Works ..Memo. DianeDiMassa creator of HotheadPaisan to bashback against violence BlackIs BlackAin't (BIBA)2600 Tenth St., Suite 401 Berkeley,CA againstwomen. Defiance (MaureenBradley, Canada. 199,? video, 9477D,phone /51D) 548-3884 or /510)548-8804 8:00 Sex Wars 6 min) breaksthe silenceof hate.In It Never Was You (Lawrence Also showingon Mon..May 16,5. 30 pm THEATER4 (Filmand videos, 71 min.) Recriminations, commonalities and strategic Stegerand Patrick )iemer. U)A 1993.video. 6 min. NY Premiere)Judy alliancesbetween lesbians and gay men feministsand queers are Garland'shaunting last songplays in dramaticcontrast to a sceneof 4:00 Never Can Say Goodbye exploredin this programOur Gay Brothers (GretaSnider, USA entrapmE!ntand resistance 1993,16mm. 9 min.)An experimentalfilm pokingfun at maleignorance THEATER4 (Videosand film. 84 minJin Death in Venice. CA.. (P.David aboutwomen's bodies juxtaposing home-processed black and white Ebersole,USA 1994.16mm. 30 min NYPremiere), a despondent writer wagesa futile battleagainst his desirefor his landlady'sseductive son imagesof gaymale sex and found footage of femalegender socialization Setin Israel,At Home (JonathanSegal. Israel, 1991 video. 29 min Basic Instincts (Frau und Geschlecht) (J6rgFockele, Hebrewwith English subtitles. NY Premiere) dramatizes the suffocating Germany,199.? 16mm. 5 min German.U) Premiere)Thewar between loveendured by a gayma!e couple who no longersatisfy each other the sexesrages-even on the streetbelow the balconyof Melanie I Am a Man. But •••. (DanielMacivor 1993 Canadavideo 2 min JnAffliicted (AmosGutman Israel. 1982, video, 25 min. Hebrewwith WorldPremiere)' .Insideme there is a womanShe has an exciting Englishsubtit/ec;, NY Premiere), the directorof AmazingGrace follows life.' A captivatingblack-and-white silent chase film He•$he Pee the tormentedefforts of an Israeliman who desperately grapples with hisgay desire Also c;howingon Sun May 75,10.00 pm (AlisaSurkis. U)A 19.94.video, 7 min. WorldPremiere) A comedyof errorsand a utopianfantasy around the gendertrauma of the public 5:30 The Farewell (Afskedet) restroom.Mr. Wonderful (MarliseMalkarnes. USA 1992,video, 7 min, NYPremiere) Penises go everywhereand do everythingin this THEATER1 (Tufja-MaijaNic;kanen. Finland/Sweden, 1980, 35mm 90 min. )wedish with Englishsubtitlec;)Written and directed by women.this statelydrama shortfilm that givesa sharpnew twist to the genreof cut-outanimation of femaleautonomy unfolds in the repressivehome of a bourgeois Margaret Atwood and the Problem with Canada (DanielMacivor, Canada 1993, video 6 min. WorldPremiere) Scandinavianfamily on the eveof WWIIFaced with the cruelindifference A gaymale's take on the depressingstate of Canadiancelebrity culture of herfather and the weaknessof hermother the childValerie turns Sex Wars (CherylFarthing. UK, 1.993, video, 40 min) In thisfascinating to hergoverness for affection.When she later recognizes her lovefor co-educationaldocumentary interviews with activistsin the USand women,she is denouncedby herfather, but follows her own heart to a careerin the theater Also c;howingon Wed.May 18,3:00 pm the UKreveal the rifts that yawnbeneath the shakypolitical and cultural alliancebetween gay men and lesbians as well as the empowering 38 -, n THE DEPARTMENT OF FILM AND VIDEO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART Friday,May20 CORDIALl.Y INVITES YOU TO CELEBRATE 1 :00 Bodies of Knowledge STONEWALL 25 THEATER1 (Video'J,100 min) Lesbianbodies and video art in manythrilling 5:00 DYKE TVs dimensionsSex: Fish (ET BabyManiac. USA 1993,6 min)What THEATER1 (Videos.90 min )While queerTV shows proliferate around the country makespussy happy. Made on the slyby somehigh-profile filmmakers. specificallylesbian produced series are hardto comeby Thisprogram Beyond/Body/Memory (NeeshaDosanjh. Canada, 1.993 4 min.) includessamples of dyke-TVfrom the "earlydays"-lntergalactic An Indianwoman's sense of selfand sexuality emerges through rhythmic Lesbian Video (NewMexico) Lesbische TV (Germany).and imageryand revelatory voiceover Object/Subject of Desire Visual Salon (NewOrleans). and the morerecent productions. Girl/ (ShawnaDempsey and Lorri Millan. Canada1.99.J 5 min)A humorous Girl TV (Northampton.MA), l,aughing Matters (Cambridge.MA), performancemonologue on the insand outs of lesbianlove Bumps andNew York's own weekly cable access show, DYKE TV "GAYS AND FILM: (WendyJo Carlton. USA 1993 18min) A lesbiantries to findthe source Guestcurated and introduced by Alisa LebowHosted by DYKETV of hersexually transmitted disease and winds up with morecomplex questionsIn mesmerizingpixelvlsion It's Over (LauraPerry, USA 5:30 Scent of a Woman GET REEL" 19947 min.)Theaftermath of an EastVillage breakup Fat Chance THEATER4 (Ff/ms,77 min) Filmsabout lite lesbiansand the pursuitof happiness,in (AnneGolden Canada, 1994, 6 min.)Sexy, stylized reflection on loving whichcommunication is instantaneous and wordless. Home You Go ones largerself A Ride Out/Una Vuelta (I PatriciaMontoya, (ColetteCuff en. UK 1993,12 min USPremiere) a briefencounter in a USA 1993 10min.) Memories of loveand cultural displacement train stationleads us on the trail of elusivelove. Et l'Amour (Mary Frenzy (JiffReiter, USA 1993,10 min) Super8 girlpunk bacchanal Kusmissand Ellen Seidler, USA 1993.24 min) An eroticrendez-vous that JUNE 17TH TO JULY 12TH The Weight of Women•s !Eyes (MaureenBradley, doesn'treveal whether it's fantasyor reality betweenstrangers or lovers Canada.1994 6 min)What it feelslike to getweak-kneed and wet A Dog's Life, (CamdenMorse and J. ScottGrant, USA 1994. at a glancea touch Parole (DianeBorder, USA 1993.. 9 mm '33min. WorldPremiere) What happens when damaged people and NYPremiere) A beautifullyesoteric glance at textual sexualpsychology damageddogs form alternative families? You II laugh,you'll cry Better FOR DAILY SCREENING SCHEDULE, Mad About the Boy (AlexUmen. USA 19948 min) Fromthe than Cats!Central Park (SandeZeig USA 1994.16mm 8 min PLEASE CALL (212) 708-9480 barbershopto the publicbathroom, the longand short of the lesbianboy. NYPremiere) Beautifully shot and scored, Central Park features lyrical f'reebird (SuzieSifver, USA. 1993, 11 min )What doesLynryd Skynyrd romanticismand hot sexin a rowboatin the middleof Manhattan's ADMISSIONTO SCREENINGS INCLUDED IN MUSEUM ADMISSION haveto do with lesbiansensibility? Silver's performance and video pleasurepark effectsare nothingshort of stunningGenius! THISSERIES PRESENTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH MEDIA NE1WORK AND IS Also showingon $at May 14 7-00pm 7:00 To Be Announced SPONSOREDINPART BY A GRANTFROM THE ROCKEFELlER FOUNDATION THEATER1 2:00 Remembrance of Things Fast THEATER4 (JohnMaybury,. UK 1993,16mm, 80 min, USPremiere)Virtual in 7:30 The Children•s Hour reality Remembranceof Thingsfast displaysphenomenal power in its THEATER4 (WilliamWyler, USA 1962,16mm, 107 min )The secondfilm version technologlcalwizardry and satirical wit RupertEverett and Tilda Swinton of LillianHellman splay abouta nastygirls ·unspeakableallegations reignin Maybury'scinematic cyberspace layered with personalanecdote againsther schoolmistresses. successfully challenged the Hollywood andcultural indictment Also showingon Fri May 1J 6 00pm ProductionCodes ban on' sexpeNerslon As manylesbians first exposureto a mainstreamImage Martha Dobie/Shlrley Maclaine's 3:00 One Foot on a Banana PeeL the Other Foot in the Grave suicideleft a soberinglegacy But Karen/Audrey Hepburn·s expression THEATER1 (,JuanBatas and Lucas Platt USA 1993 video,83 min) A compelling as shewalks into the sunset-withouther fianc8-sounds a note portraitof life andhumanity, this verit8 documentary captures the spirit of hopeAndrea Weiss wilf introducethe film. Hostedby Networkof of a groupof menliving with AIDS.Artist JuanBatas chronicles his Gayand Lesbian Alumni/ae regulardoctor's visits recordingthe intimacythat developsamong the membersof a uniquefraternity Batas whose art worksappear in 9:30 Let's Watch Something Daddy Wants to Watch JonathanDemme's Philadelphia, was a friendand inspiration to the THEATER1 (Video/lecture.90 min) An explorationof imagesof sadomasochism directorAlso showingon Sat May 14 500 pm in mainstreamand independent film television,and pornography Assemblinga provocativeseries of clipsfrom the vastspectrum of 4:00 Love Against the Odds sourcesJim Lyons(actor and editor, Poison) and JennieLivingston THEATER4 (Videosand film 94min) It's The Anniversary (GarthChristensen. (directorParis Is Burning)will investigatethe constructionpurpose and USA 1994 16mm14 min) andyou'll be amusedby howthis foursome impactof s/m imageryin popularly-consumedmoving images Excerpts pairsoff for "that specialdinner ., Raceproves an ambivalentlens through will include:The Killing of SisterGeorge, Batman ..Spartacus. Barbareffa, whichto view gaymale desire in the meditativeand personal Ghost Charlie'sAngels, Beffe de .]our FareweffMy Concubine.The Kindling Body (ChristopherCutrone, USA 199,Jvideo, 20 min). Memories Point BathroomSluts, and Dottie Gets Spanked, among others "A rare and marvelous book. of adolescentdating and budding lesbian desire are rekindledin Guestcurated by Jennie Livingston and Jim Lyons Sisters in the We: First Love (YvonneWe/ban. USA 1.993 Highly recommended." video.30 min) Next imaginea bandof African-Americanwomen fighting 10:00 The Darker Side of Black - - Library Journal againstracist clones to presef\letheir lovein Odds and Ends THEATER4 (IsaacJulien. UK 199'3,16mm. 55min )This latestwork by the acclaimed (MichelleParkerson. USA 1994video, '30 min). a sci--fithriller! makerof Lookingfor Langstonand YoungSoul Rebels investigates the f'>, Q ~§,ophobic trendin rapand ragga and confronts a deepercrisis of black Also by Derek Jarman: AT YouR 1 popularculture which still carriesthe scarsof slaveryracism, and colonialismlnteNiews with rapartist Shabba Ranks cultural theorists OWN RISK, DANCING LEDGE, BJ,UE CornelWest and Tricia Rose and writer/gay activist Donald Suggs reveal Available at bookstor·es,or· order U"om a culturegrappling with a divisiveand destructive phenomenon The Overlook Press, 2568 Rte. 212, Followedby the award-winningfilm Heavy Blow (HoangAlan Duong, Woodstock, NY 12498 USA 199,J16mm 23 min.)dramatizesa battle of neNesand morality (914) 679-6838 A youngman's predatory run-with-the-pack instincts are tested as he strainsto understandthe unfamiliarworld of his open-mindedgirlfriend TheDarker Side of Blackis also showingon )un. May 15,10:00 pm 40 "Top bang for.the buck"-Zagat i '92 Saturday,May21 1:00 Family Ties 6:00 THEATER1 (Videos.78 min) Explorethe manyshades of gayfamily life in thesethree THEATER4 diversedocumentaries Queer Son (VickieSeitchik 1994.U)A video, 48 min NY Premiere),an intimatevideo diary of the life of its filmmaker 7:00 Desperate Remedies (StewanMain and Peter Wells. New Zealand. 1993. '35mm 93 min andother parents of gayand lesbian children In Tomboychik (Sandi THEATER1 NYPremiere) Lushly melodramatic and lavishly arch, Desperate Remedies DuBowskiUSA 1993.video. 15 min )the videomaker plays dress--up is a visualtour-de-force of astoundingdimensions. Bursting with dazzling andtalks gender roles Daughters of Dykes (Ami/caPalmer, USA lesbianheroines and lusty homo-styled villains this mythicalVictorian Tl-IE 1994.video. 15 min WorldPremiere) completes the trio as a close-knit agestory completewith operaticscore emblazons the screenwith groupof teenagegirls briefly share their thoughtsabout the uniqueness timelesssensual power A post-moderncompendium of cinematicquotes PARIS of their ·ordinary'·lives and their literallyextraordinary families andfashion cliches from QueenChristina to Gaultier. Hostedby P-F/ag(Parents and Friends of Lesbiansand Gays) In View of her Fatal htcHnation Lilo Wanders Gives A/c;oshowing on Sun May 15,'3:30 pm COh,]\\llNE up the Ghost (JdrgFockefe Germany, 1994, '35mm, '3 min. German with Englishsubtitles, US Premiere/A vividly ironic twist onthe Hollywood 1 :30 Long Time Comin' homo-.fataleAl.so showing tonight at 9-00pm RESTAURANT THEATER4 (DionneBrand Canada. 1994 16mm,52 min)This beautiful documentary is asinspirational in messageand spirited in toneas the workof thetwo African-Canadianlesbian feminist artists it profilesGrace Channer's large 8:00 Sisters (Filmsand videos, 68 min)These innovative works by womenof color canvassesevoke her sexuality and her African heritage; Faith Nolan's THEATER4 thoughtfullyexplore sexual and cultural identities in all theirpotential musicspeaks passionately to Blackpeople's daily struggles Long Time andpotential contradictions In Dunye'sinimitable tongue-in-cheek 929-0509 Comin' conveysa creativeprocess inseparable from one's political confessionalstyle Greetings from Africa (CherylOunye, USA andsexual being. 199416mm, 8 min WorldPremiere)presents an interracial dating comedy Lunch and Dinner Daily Cruel (Desidef Valle,USA 19.9416mm 15 min.)When her lover of errors (Mrchel/eMohabeer. leavesher for someoneelse a youngChicana lesbian is torn apartby ties Coconut!Cane & Cutlass Canada.1994. 16mm '30 min USPremiere) A poeticrumination on exile Brunch Sat & Sun of personaland cultural loyalty Hostedby African Ancestral Lesbians indentureship,and displacement from the perspectiveof an Inda·· Alsoshowing on Fri May 1'34-00 pm 411 BLEECKER STREET Caribbeanlesbian who migrated to Canadaas a child Footageshot in Guyanaand gorgeous staged scenes enact the fusionof disparatecultural 3:00 Fifty Years of Perversity: Rosa von Praunheim locationsinto one identity and aesthetic vision. Intro to Cultural GREENWICH VILLAGE THEATER1 (Video/lecture.100 min) Rosavan Praunheim is a directorof exceptional Skit,.Zo••IFrenia (JamikaAja/on. USA 199,Jvideo, 10 min )challenges originalityand humanity His documentaries and narrative films capture homophobiain the Blackcommunity (Jocelyn the essenceof his subjectsand their milieu VonPraunheim will be in Frankie and .Jocie Taylor,USA 1994.video, 20 min WorldPremiere) An honestand attendanceto guideus throu"gh his illustriouscinematic career (1967 to provocativeexperimental tape exploring Black lesbians' complex relation the present)Costumes memorabilia and selected film clipsare all shipswith their brothersand other straight black men Maleand female partof this ingeniousone--man show heteroand queer collidein this personalinvestigation of homophobia andviolence Filmmakers will be presentHosted by TheAstraea National 3:30 First Time Out The LesbianAction Foundation Also showingon Tues May 17.10'00 pm THEATER4 (Films.81 min) Self-realizationisn t easywhen you re seventeen andwearing speedos Get a little wet with this lifeguardon summer ElegantChef dutyin Pool Days (BrianSloan, USA 1993,16mm, 27 min./. 9:00 Desperate Remedies (StewanMain andPeter Wells. New Zealand 199.J '35mm 93 min In Public Opinion (TedDvoracek USA 1993 16mm,24 min NY THEATER1 Premiere)an actor engagedto be marriedis lostwithout a scriptwhen NYPremiere) In View of her Filtal Inclination Lile Wanders Gives ,:-····-.-•.,:;,;:ii•a·-· :~;;.:jf:- he unexpectedlyfinds himself attracted to a priest Tell Me No Lies & up the Ghost (JOrgFockele. Germany, 1994 35mm3 min German (NeilHunter, UK 199,J16mm, 10 min NYPremiere/follows a group with Englishsubtitles. US Premiere) See 7 00pm listingabove witk~1:;~;~1/:Zif!Ji1r·.· of friendsbeyond the comfortof universitylife intofirst jobsand first relationships. 10:00 Confession of a Pretty Lady (KrisClarke. UK 1993 16mm45 min NYPremiere) Grand diva Sandra \ 5:00". Not Just sing Through WorldPremiere THEATER4 Bernhardreveals almost all in this hilariouslycandid tour through TER~_!.}rJfJ..D--C~Jomusto:DoloresPerez ~atherine ~aalfie/~ \1/,H a~~ her life andlegacy Concert footage from her Madison Square Garden ·::11,:~~~:Jt;::;, U/Ol·~ PollyTh1stlethwa1te USA 1994v,deo. 60 mm) An mspIrmgfour-part performanceis interwovenwith interviewsand behind-the-scenes shots cocktai{pft,'ftf!# {I)\ -~"J_f_ documentaryabout constructions of lesbianhistory community and ,,-,.1;J/\Jculture Photographs and oral history memorialize Atrican--American lesbian suchas herPlayboy photoshoot I! With a Sneak Preview of the latestshort work by the celebrated • Offenngjkrr£Wllf~~16g,floral MabelHampton (1902~ 1989) The work of the LesbianHerstory Archives is documentedin the retrievalof the personaleffects of Marge directorof PoisonTodd Haynes Confessionof a PrettyLady also showingon Fri May 13 1000 pm arrangementr/{i(iJtptlltnment McDonaldwho came out butchin ColumbusOhio's 1950s bar scene JuneChan s slideshow is the centerpieceof a profileof AsianPacific Americanlesbian culture Finallybackstage at the WOWCafe with the BruceLinden FiveLesbian Brothers· spoof on lesbianstereotypes Brave Smiles Outlaw (AlisaLebow. USA. 1994 video, 30 min WorldPremiere) ✓ A manifestoon transgenderlife as seenby self-identified'gender Serving the New York outlaw·and author of StoneButch Blues, Leslie Feinberg Raw edgy Metropolitan Area andconfrontational, this low--budgetveritB video asks the audienceto facetheir owngender issues rather than psychoanalyze Leslie's Hosted by LesbianHer.story Archives Also showingan Sun May 22. 100 pm 516-496-7971 Sunday,May22 k 7:00 Twenty-Seven Pieces of Me WorldPremiere 1 :00 Not .Just Passing Through WorldPremiere 4:00 Labyris Re-Rising THEATER4 (Filmsand video. 85 min.)Seventies lesbian feminism is duefor an THEATER1 (GeraldDonahoe, USA 1994,video 90min) A sister'sunannounced THEATER1 (JeanCarlomusto, Dolores Perez Catherine Saa/field, and arrivalupsets Tanya's delicate balance between her artwork and her PollyThistlethwaite. 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JuneChan s slideshow is the centerpieceof a profileof AsianPacific in slickblack-and-white mock-Hollywood vignettes Cumulus Nimbus (VirginiaGiritlian, USA 197'316mm 5 min) A youngwoman 'fo Each Her Own (JeanCarlomusto. USA 1994.video. 28 min) Americanlesbian culture Finally backstage at the WOWCafe with the confrontslesbian eroticism (BarbaraHammer 19n 16mm See6-00 pm listing.Closing night screening to benefitthe New York Fivelesbian Brothers· spoof on lesbianstereotypes Brave Smiles Sisters! '3min.) 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PRODUCEDBYMARC BERKLEY & MATTHEW BANK PHOTOGRAPHBYJOE ZIOLKOWSKI Film,Shorts Program Distributor Page Filmand Program Index Don'tLook Up My SkirtUnless KVPI 44 YouMean It Film, Shorts Program Distributor Page DownThere and Looking for Love 14,36 28thInstance of June1914 Tilo Kaiser 24 25 DownThere and Out 14,34, 39 10:50am, MCMXCIIIThe DreamGirls WomenMake Movies 27 Afflicted Frameline 29, 38 Dreamsof Hindand Camilla ArabFilm Distribution 15,35 All FallDown PathwayProductions 30, 39 DYKETV DYKETV 13 41 All YouCan Eat MBC•-FiImp rod uktion 36 DykesRule HarrietHirshorn/Mary Patierno 44 An/Aesthetic ARTTOGO 25,34 EasyGarden The AnieStanley 37 Anastasiaand the Queenof Hearts ShawnAtkins 44 Esperanza GracielaSanchez 28, 36 Anniversary,The GarthChristensen 40 Et !'amour WolfeVideo 41 Anthem Frameline 30, 38 ESP:Visions CraigPaull/Intolerance Productions 27. 45 Apartments MeganMcMurchy 34, 39 FamilyTies 28. 43 Armyof Lovers GoetheHouse 13,30 Farewell,The FinnishFilm Archive 36 38 Ashesof Pasolini,The ALLAs.c.r I 35, 38 Farewellto Charms WomenMake Movies 34, 39 At Home Frameline 29,38 FastTrip, Long Drop Drift Distribution 11, 45 AutoBiography VTape 36, 38 FatChance LockUp Your Daughters Prod. 27,40 Backto MyRoots 27, 45 Fatheris Nothing,The LeanneKnight 34, 39 BananaDance Project BrianLiem 28, 36 FiftyYears of Perversity· GoetheHouse 13 43 BasicInstincts JorgFockele 35, 39 Rosavon Praunheim BedtimeStories SuFriedrich 44 Fight,The Frameline 27, 36 BereniceAbbott: IshtarFilms 36 FirstTime Out 43 A Viewof the TwentiethCentury FleshIs Willing,The ToddVerow 25, 34 Beyond/Body/Memory WomenMake Movies 27 40 FleshIs Wilfing The 25, 34 BeyondImagining WomenMake Movies 36 Fly,The LaurentHolzamer 36 Bill andTed's Homosexual Adventure ChrisFreeman 31,37 Forward,Bound DanielHumphrey 27, 36 BirthdayParty Jill Reiter 31 37 FrankieGoes Downtown FredSoffa 27,36 BlackIs ... BlackAin't Signifyin'Works 30, 38 Frankie& Jocie JocelynTaylor 35, 43 BlueHour, The Drift Distribution 25, 34 Freebird VideoData Bank 27 31,37,40 Bodiesof Knowledge 27, 40 Friendof Dorothy's,A StrandReleasing 27, 36 BodilyFunctions JocelynTaylor 44 Frenzy Jill Reiter 27,40 Both Frameline 24, 26 29, 35 FreshKill ShuLea Cheang 24,35 Bumps WendyJo Carlton 27, 40 Gabriellaon the HalfShell KVPI 44 ButchWax LightBox 28, 36 Gathering,The DoyleRobertson/Gregory Jeresek 29 ButterflyScavengers 27, 45 GayDay, A CanyonCinema 45 Caged SwankMotion Pictures 15,27 GayRights/Special Rights TraditionalValues Coalition 45 Cancerin TwoVoices LucyMassie Phenix 29 35 Gay)unshine: Documents of the Early Can'tYou Take a Joke? WomenMake Movies 34, 39 Post-StonewalfEra " CarmelitaTropicana Frameline 25, 43 GayUSA Frameline 13,36 CastroCowboy NancyKates 24 26 GhostBody ChristopherCutrone 40 CentralPark ArtisticLicense 11.23, 41 GoFish SamuelGoldwyn 11,23 CharmingMutt V Tape 31, 37 GotAway in the DyingMoments VTape 24,36 Chicksin White Satin ElaineHolliman 29, 35 GreatDivide, The DNAProductions 45 Children'sHour, The SwankMotion Pictures 15,41 Greetingsfrom Africa GoodMachine 35 43 Coconut/Cane& Cutlass WomenMake Movies 35, 43 Hair& Makeup 27 45 Coconut=Death DavidZamora Casas 28, 36 HeIs Boldand He Is a Racist JurgenBruning Film Produklion 25 34 Comedyin Six UnnaturalActs Frameline 45 HeIs Gayand He Is a Fascist! ComingOut Under Fire ZeitgeistFilms 27 He-ShePee AlisaSurkis 35, 39 Confessionof a PrettyLady BBCArena 25, 43 Heaven,Earth and Hell ThirdWorld Newsreel 24,35 ConfirmedBachelor Drift Distribution 25, 34 HeavyBlow Freedman& Assoc 39,41 CoolHands, Warm Hearts WomenMake Movies 45 Hea\f'/8/ows 39 Cruel DesiDel Valle 24 43 HidingFrom Hockney DonaldPasquella 28,36 CulturalDislocations 24, 35 Hidingthe Kitchen KayvanSotoodeh 27,45 CumulusNimbus CanyonCinema 45 Historyof WesternSexuality, The AaronKIie 31,37 Dandie~ 24, 45 HomeMovie Frameline 45 DarkSun; Bright Shade CanadianFilmmakers Dist Centre 36 38 HomeYou Go LCPOT 41 DarkerSide of Black,The Arts Councilof GreatBritain 29 41 Hotheads JennieLivingston 39 Daughtersof Dykes Tamerick Productions 28 43 I Am a Man,But DADA Kamera 35,39 Dayin the Life of EdmundWhite, A Bill Cory 24, 45 I Wasn'tCounted at the March UziPame·s 45 DearJohn JimmyCaiola 25, 34 If Only JohnDaschbach 39 Deathin VeniceCA DesiFilms 25, 4B lfe Frameline 30 Defiance VTape 39 In LovingMemory LeoneKnight 36 DesperateRemedies MiramaxFilms 43 In View of HerFatal Inclination Hochschulefur Fernsehen 43 32 Second Avenue at Second Street Dog'sLife, A J. ScottGrant/Camden Morse 41 LiloWanders Gives Up the Ghost undFilm Munchen New York 10003 Donnae Mobile,La MariaMaggenti 44 Introto CulturalSkit-Zo-Frenia ThirdWorld Newsreel 35,43 Don'tGo Breaking My Heart 27 45 It NeverWas You P.Siemer/L Steger 39 It TakesTwo 29 35 C'. f. .----+- APPOINTMENTS• INFORMATION 516-597-9400 V FORTHE SEASON. FORTHE MONTH. FORTHE WEEK. FORSALE. FOR YOU! FROMSOMEONE YOUKNOW. Filmand Program Index OB HOWAR Film, Shotts Program Distributor Page R E A L E S T A T E NC. It's Over LauraPerry 27,40 Jumpingthe Gun AFTRS 34, 39 LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER LabyrisRe-Rising 13,45 labyrisRising VTape 13,45 LastStop, The Dangerousto Know 39 LastTime I SawRon, The Drift Distribution 24, 36 LesbianAvengers Eat Fire Too JanetBaus 24 Let'.sWatch Something Daddy 14 41 Wantsto Watch Little Bird 27, 45 LivingTree, The VideoOut 24, 36 LocalHeroes 44 FIREISLAND PINES LonelyBoy VTape 25, 34 LongTime Comin' WomenMake Movies 24,43 • SOUTHDECK/PINES PAVILION• Lookingfor a Space; KellyAnderson 29 lesbians& GayMen in Cuba LoveAgainst the Odds 40 37FIRE ISLAND BOULEVARD LoveUndeafeated 24, 36 LoveUndefeated - Corwersationswith DerekJarman TimeZorie Productions 24, 26 POBOX 5297, FIRE ISLAND PINES Lucid CherubimProductions 27, 36 MadAbout the Boy Rocketdyke 27, 40 SAYVILLE,NY11782-0999 Maidens JeniThornley 36 Marchin April HypeProductions 28 MargaretAtwood and the Problem DADA Kamera 31353739 with Canada MarlonRiggs Retrospective 30,38 Maya Frameline 30 MemorialTribute RedHot and Blue 24. 36 Mercedes Misr InternationalFilms 15,26, 39 MidwestMambo BartEverly 25, 34 CherylDunye Millionaire 44 APPOINTMENTS• INFORMATION Mr Wonderful MarliseMalkames 35, 39 My Kindof Girl NoraSzilagy 27, 45 NatureMarte J. S. Grant/CamdenMorse 30 Nearthe BigChakra CanyonCinema 45 29, 38 516-597-9400 NeverSay Goodbye y-- Nightwork AFTRS 30, 39 Nobody'sChildren ProductOut 28, 36 Non,Je Ne RegretteRien Frameline 30, 38 Noneof the Above AFTRS 30, 39 NotJust PassingThrough PollyThistlethwaite 43 44 Object/Subjectof Desire VideoPool 27 40 Oddsand Ends AmericanFilm Institute 40 OneAdventure OutspokenProductions 13, 44 OneFoot on a BananaPeel ClinicaEst6tico 27 40 the OtherFoot in the Grave Orgasmof Hot Blood ChrisDumas 31, 37 OurGay Brothers Drift Distribution 35, 39 FORTHE SEASON. FORTHE MONTH. FORTHE WEEK. OuterSpaces 29 Outlaw Alisa Lebow 43, 44 Parole Frameline 27,40 PH/R/ASES SikayTang 44 FORSALE. FOR YOU! Poetin the Ring JenniferMontgomery 24 PomoLesbo Video 37 PoolDays StrandReleasing ' 43 FROMSOMEONE YOUKNOW. Pourle Plaisir NadiaEl--Fani 35 Pravda{the Truth!?) MelisaShore 34 Pretty(Boy) Films 27,36 Princeof Peace SixpackFilms 24, 26 PublicOpinion TedOvoracek 43 QueerSon Frameline 28 43 Remembranceof Things Fast Lim_elight 24 40 FinnishFilm Archive Tilo Kaiser CherubimProductions Box177 197East 4th Street#1 328West 49 Street,#3RW SF-00151Helsinki Finland NewYorkNY10009 NewYork NY 10019 andProgram Index Distributors 3580171417 Nancy Kates Film Lisa Cholodendo Frameline 1830Marich Way 434 West 120thStreet #Bl MountainView CA 94040 Page AFTRS 346 NinthStreet Film,.Shorts Program Distributor NewYork NY 10027 SanFrancisco CA 94103 28, 36 POBox 126 Kit Parker Films Revengeof the Strangerettes ToddSavell NorthRyde NSW 2113 Australia Garth Christensen 415 7038650 P.O.Box 16022 27, 40 RideOut, A ThirdWorld Newsreel 0116128056611 230 East44 Street #140 Chris Freeman MontereyCA 93942 NewYork NY 10017 Scentof a Woman 41 ALLAs.c.r,1.. POBox 460885 408393-0303 CanyonCinema SanFrancisco CA 94146 ScreenDreams 14,30, 39 Viadel Pertuso 7 Aaron KIie BassanoRomano VT 01030 Italy 2325Third Street #33B 215Aldine Street DavidGrotell 31, 37 Freedman& Assoc Scrubme, Mama SanFrancisco CA 94107 130West57thStreet #11A RochesterNY 14619 LCPDT 30 AmericanFilm Institute 415626--2255 Secrets 2021North Western Avenue NewYork NY 10018 LeoneKnight 28, 36 Sepia'sBlues RootWy'mn LosAngeles CA 90027 Clinica Estetico 212222-·2514 1 WatkinsStreet E.T.Baby Maniac 44 213856-7651 652Broadway, #8F Jorg Fockele NewtownNSW 2042 Australia SexBowl NewYork NY 10012 E.T BabyMa11iac 27, 40 Kelly Anderson Kesselbergerstr.14 LCPDT SexFish 212533 6800 Munich81539 Germany PiranhaProductions 35, 39 200Dean Street 6 BackHill SexWars BrooklynNY 11217 Bill Cory 35, 39 Su Friedrich LondonEC1R 5EN England SexWars 6010 Street,NW 222East 5 Street,#6 01144 71 735 8484 26, 30 Arab Film Distribution WashingtonDC 20001 Shadesof Black HeadlinerProductions 4022Stone Way N NewYork NY 10003 Alisa Lebow 212475--7186 ShockCorridor 31, 37 SeattleWA88103 CrossCurrent Media 310First Avenue, #2E 206547--8607 3469 Street NewYork NY 10009 Showand Tell 30 Shari Frilot SanFrancisco CA 94103 16Ocean Parkway, #C21 Sighof Lovein Waiting ValerioGoverni 31 37 ARTTO GO 415552,.9550 QuentinLee 7 BartonRoad BrooklynNY 11218 840South Serrano Ave# 608 CharlesLofto11 25, 34 Significa11t(Br)other LondonW14 SHB England ChristopherCutrone J. S.. Grant and CamdenMorse LosAngeles CA 90005 #301 SisterLouise's Discovery MargaretHetherman 30 713867316 510West Fullerton Apt 535Salt Springs Road Chicagoll 60614 Brian Liem Sisters! Ca11yonCi11ema 45 ShawnAtkins SyracuseNY 13224 4408Austin DA DAKamera Sisters 35,43 63Avenue D, #4B GoetheHouse HoustonTX 77004 NewYork NY 10009 700Shaw Street 1014Fifth Avenue Sistersin the Life ThirdWorld Newsreel 40 Toronto,Ontario MSG 3L7 Canada Light Box Artistic License NewYork NY 10028 QuentinLee 24, 35 2303West 11th Street SleepingSubjects 470Park Avenue South. 8th Floor Dangerousto Know 212439--8700 AustinTX 78703 27, 36 SleepyHaven CanyonCinema NewYork NY 10016 20 OffleyRoad Mari Keiko Gonzalez 25, 34 212251-8718 LondonSW9 OLS England limelight So UnlikeTheir Reputation PeterBowe11 122Bond Street 3 BromleyPlace, Conway Street 44 71735 8330 BrooklynNY 11217 Souvenir LisaCholodendo 30 Arts Council of GreatBritain LondonW1 P 5HBEngland 14Greater Peter Street John Daschbach Kit ParkerFilms 30 GoodMachine 071255 3939 Star is Born,A LondonSW1 P 3NO England 301East 21 Street#2M 24, 26 526WEST 25th Street 2nd Fl ,JennieLivingston StrangeSpace Drift Distribution 4471 333 0100 NewYork NY 10010 NewYork NY 10001 25, 34 148Chambers Street. #3 Summer,1993 RobertBeck Janet Baus Desi del Valle 212229--1046 NewYork NY 10007 USA 400324 Street, #2 Takea Walk RedHot Organization 24, 26 21 ParkPlace Valerio Govemi BrooklynNY 11217 SanFrancisco CA 94114 LockupYour DaughtersProd TakeMe Backto Cairo MilankaComfort Production 30, 39 ViaPontida 5 1965Main Street Desi Films Milano20121 Italy LeslieSinger 37 BBCArena VancouverBritish Columbia V5T 3C7 Canada TakingBack the Dolls KensingtonHause, Room 5044 1048Manzanita Street JOrgenBrlining Film Produktion 28 DavidGrotell CharlesLofton TarchTrip LondonM14 DAX England LosAngeles CA 90029 315East 65th Street Dangerousto Know 43 44 81895 6543 166Norfolk Street #5A Tell Me No Lies DNA Productions NewYork NY 10021 NewYork NY10002 WomenMake Movies 36 RobertBeck POB22216 TerraNullius GroupeIntervention Video Maria Maggenti Mari KeikoGonzalez 44 717East 5 Street#10 SantaFe NM 87505 5505boul. St. Laurent bureau 4203 Texas NewYork NY10009 337East 10th Street #3E 15,28, 36 Drift Distribution MontrealQuebec H2T 1S6 Canada NewYork NY 10008 Texasf.D. 611Broadway, #742 514271 5506 Ca11adianFilmmakers Distribution Centre 39 Scott Beveridge ThickLips Thin Lips 461A SackvilleStreet NewYork NY 10012 Marlise Malkames HeadlinerProductions 2243 28th Street, #D ThingsWe SaidToday Frameline 30 TorontoOntario M4X 1T3 Canada 2122544118 2238Redondo Beach Boulevard SantaMonica CA 80405 28, 36 TimeWill Tell Tori Breitling PeterBowen ChrisDumas TorranceCA 90504 MBC-Filmproduktion Jean Carlomusto 11,45 P.O.Box 1655 3369 Street3rd Floor 310327 0728 To EachHer Own Hermannstr.64 NewYork NY10113 BrooklynNY 11215 Harriet Hirshorn/MaryParierno To My WomenFrie11ds Frameline 34 BerlinD· 12049 Germany CherylDunye 20Clinton Street, #3F VideoData Bank 28, 43 Tori Breitling 49 306217800 Tomboychik 352718 Street #4 101Stanton,#2 NewYork NY10002 Frameline 30, 38 Megan McMurchy TonguesUntied SanFrancisco CA 9411 O NewYork NY10002 Margaret Hetherman WomenMake Movies 34, 39 P0Box11 Transportations Jiirgen Briining Film Production Ted Dvoracek 165Garfield Place BondiBeach NSW 2026 Australia Twenty-SevenPieces of Me NonSequitur Productions 30, 45 Willmanndamm12 3501West School Street BrooklynNY 11215 Chicagoll 60618 Milanka ComfortProduction Ca11yonCinema 24, 30 Berlin10827 Germany Hochschulefur Fernsehenund Two Marches 01149 307B28702 Ronnestr.14 Drift Distribution 37 DYKETV Film Munchen Berlin14057 Germany Uh-Oh! 5B8Broadway, Suite 504 Frankenthalerstr.23 44 ,JimmyCaiola 01149 30 321 4462 Untitled CatherineSaalfield 1024North Lawrence Street NewYork NY 10012 0-81539Munchen Germany RedHot Organization 24, 26 PhiladelphiaPA 19123 212343 ..9335 3989 68 00 040 Miramax Films Until!ed 375Greenwich Street 15,36, 39 VampireLovers Kit Parker CanadianFilmmakers Distribution Centre Nadia EI-Fani Elaine Holliman NewYork NY 10013 43,rue de la Plaine 224728th Street, Apt. A Very NaturalThing, A Filmslnc.JNon-Theatrical 13, 24, 30 67A PortlandStreet 212941 3800 Toronto,Ontario M5V 2M9 Canada 75020Paris France SantaMonica CA 90405 GroupeIntervention Video 29 VoyeuseLa 41658J-1B08 Misr InternationalFilms E.T BabyManiac Daniel Humphrey 35.Champollion Street WakeUp, Jerk Off, Etc DA DA Kamera 31 37 Jean Carlomusto 594Broadway, #908 352018th Street. #2 CairoEgypt Wall of Silence ProductoraLita Sta11tic 28 84Horatio Street, #20 NewYork NY 10012 SanFrancisco CA 84110 2025788124 34. 39 NewYork NY 10014 We Aim to Please WomenMake Movit!S Bart Everly HypeProductions Jennifer Montgomery 449WEST 44 Street Suite8 Weight of Women'sEyes, The LockUp Your DaughtersProd. 27 40 Wendy,Jo Carlton 823Palms Boulevard POBox 72 237North Sherman VeniceCA 90291 NewYorkNY10036 TivoliNY 12583 What is a Line? ShariFrilot 44 OlympiaWA 98502 Ishtar Films ScottBeveridge 39 Filmslnc./Non-Theatrical Div Non SequiturProductions WhenYou NameMe 5547N. RavenswoodAvenue 14755Ventura Blvd. Ste. 766 24 35 DavidZamora Casas 709East Aloha #1 White Christmas CrossCurrent Media 622Avenue E ChicagoIL 60640 ShermanOaks CA 91403 SeattleWA 98102 Frameline 37 SanAntonio TX 78215 312878•2600 X 42 818784 7380 WickedRadiance OutspokenProductions Witches& FaggotsDykes & Poofters WomenMake Movies 36 Shu LeaCheang KVP! 1725West Catalpa Avenue 3rd Floor 564Broadway 525Broadway, #701 ChicagoIL 60640 NewYork NY 10012 NewYork NY 10012 312878 9282 ?1?-?11:J..1qq11 / fred Soffa !125 East23 Street #23 Distributors· NewYork-NY 10010 KayvanSotoodeh 213Seventh Avenue #5 Uzi Parnes NewYork NY 10011 THENATIONAL GAY & LESBIANNEWSMAGAZINE 120Avenue C Anie Stanley NewYorkNY10009 335South fifth, #4 DonaldPasquella BrooklynNY 11211 5127Horseshoe Trail StrandReleasing DallasTX 75209 8033Sunset Boulevard Suite 4002 PathwayProductions LosAngeles, CA 90046 5101Whitsett Avenue 213462-4200 NorthHollywood CA 91607 Alisa Surkis CraigPaull/Intolerance Productions 198East 7 Street.#5 525Broadway #701 NewYork NY 10009 NewYork NY 10012 Swank MotionPictures 212-219-1990 350Vanderbilt Motor Parkway LauraPerry Hauppauge,NY 11787 187East 4 Street.#1 J 516434-1560 NewYorkNY10009 NoraSzilagy LucyMassie Phenix 169Avenue A P 0. 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Box1700 ChicagoIL USA60603 SanAntonio TX 7B296 312345-3550 Life. CatherineSaa!field VideoOut 149Church Street, #4S 1965Main Street New YorkNY 10007 VancouverBC V5T 3C1 Canada Not Lifestyle. 604872-8449 SamuelGoldwyn 888Seventh Avenue Suite 2901 VideoPool NewYork NY 10106 300-100Arthur Street 212315--3030 WinnipegManitoba R3B 1H3 Canada 204949 9734 ToddSavell 4664Matilda Unit H VTape DallasTX 75206 183Bathurst Street Toronto,Ontario M5T 2R7 Canada Melisa Shore k 415863-9897 2431Delmer Street OaklandCA 94602 WolfeVideo PO.Box64 P. Siemer/L..Steger NewAlmaden CA 95042 1547West Chestnut 408268-6782 ChicagoIL 60622 WomenMake Movies SignifyinWorks 462 Broadway,#500 2600Tenth Street, Suite 106 NewYork NY 10013 ' BerkeleyCA 94710 212925··0606 Leslie Singer ZeitgeistFilms 520East 14 Street.#32 247Centre Street 2ndFloor NewYork NY 10009 NewYork NY 10012 Sixpack Films 212274--1989 To subscribe call l-800-827-0561 87 East3 Street.#20 NewYorkNY10003 "iheNevv York :..esb;an and Gay Film Fest1vai and the GayGames Cultural Fest1va! pre. em sbian&Gay 25Years o Exposure lmFestive! June17-23, 1994 at AnthologyFilm Archives 32 SecondAvenue (at East2 Street)Information 212 343.2707 Admission$7, except as noted Friday,June17 Tuesday,June21 8:00 Before Stonewall OpeningNight Gala Screening admission $20 3:00 Johanna d'An, of ~olia {GretaSchiller, USA, 1986, 16mm, 87 min/Party to follow (UlrikeOttinger, Gennany, 35 mm. 165min) 5:00 Forbidden Love: 11te Unashamed Stories of Letlbian Liv•. Saturday,June18 (AerlynWeissman and Lynne Femie, Canada, 1992, 16 mm, 85 min) PlusBar Jeder Frau (The Bad Girl BarJ (Kitrin Barben,Switzerland, 3:00 1hanll God I'm A Lesbian 199116mm, 6 min) (LaurieColbert and Dominique Cardona, Canada, 1992, 16mm, 55 min) PlusChi- in White Satin (ElaineHolliman, USA, 1993, 16mm, 25 min) 7:00 Looking fol' Langston (IsaacJulien, UK, 1989,16mm, 40 min) 5:00 Pink Ulysses PlusHeavy Blow (HoangAlan Duong,USA, 1983. 16 mm. 23 min] (Ericde Kuyper,Netherlands, 1989, 16mm. 80 min) 9:00 7:00 Forbidden Love: the Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Uves Pi---(JimBidgoodUSA.197015mm. 119mm) (AerlynWeissman and Lynne Femie, Canada, 1992. 16 mm. 85 min) P!usBar Jeder Frau (1he Bad Girl Bar} (KatrinBarben. Switzerland, 1991.16mm, 6 min) Wednesday,June22 9:00 Sex Is. .. 3:00 Carmelita ~k\ana: YOW" Kunst Is Your Wafhn (MarcHuestis. USA 1993.16mm. BO min) {ElaTroyano. U)A, 1993 16mm.30 min) P!vs("'."~·--"'"-IJ'~,,..-_,,.... & C.~gr; /Mir:heliP.Mnl)f:1/Jr:Ar. 1994 Jf,: 1m '](} min! Kha&h (PratibhaParmar, UK, 1991. 16mm, 24 min) Sunday,June19 Stonne (MichelleParkerson,. USA, 16mm.. 21 min) 3:00 Confession of a Pretty Lady ~~-~~~~~------·---·5:00 Looking for Langston {Kric;Clarke, UK 1993..16mm, 45 mm) (IsaacJulien, UK, 1989, 16mm. 40 min) PlusL le For the Way You Look PlusHeavy Blow (HoangAlan Duong,USA,1983. 16 mm. 23 mir1) (JeanCarlomusto, USA, 1991. video, 24 min) =:---=-a-,-:,a-:-,~,,,,------__, --- "' ., 7:00 The Last Of England 5:00 Carmelta Tropifl:on1c.-i~Your Kunst Is Your Waffen (DerekJarman, UK, 1987, 35mm. 87 min) (ElaTroyano, USA, 19!13, 16mm, 30 min) PlusCoconut/cane & CUtlass {MichelleMohabeer, 1994, 16mm, 30 min) 9:00 The Last Of England Khush {PratibhaParmar, UK, 1991, 16mm, 24 min) {DerekJannan, UK, 1987, 35mm, 87 min) Storme (MichelleParkerson, USA, 16mm, 21 min) 7:00 Johmma d'Arc of -ngolla Thursday,June2J: Judy! {UlrikeOttinger, Germany, 35 mm, 165min) 1:00 I Could Go on Singing 10:00 Days of the Greek Gods: (RonaldNeame. USA 1963, 16mm. 105 min) Physique FR- of Richard E. ,_ {Richard£Fontaine, 1948-1966, USA, 16mm. 60min) 3:00 Easter Parade {CharlesWalters. USA 1948,16mm. 103 min) Monday,June20 4:30 A Star is Born (GeorgeCukor, USA, 1954 15mm. 170 min) 3:00 Pink Ulysses /Ericde Kuyper, Netherlands,. 1999, 16mm 80 min) 8:00 11te Wizard Oz ClosingNight Feature admission $10 {VictorFleming USA, 1939, 35mm. 102 min) 5:00 Confession of a Pretty Lady PlusVideo Retrospectives of Sadie Bennirg and Marlon Riggs (KrisClarke, UK 199S16mm, 45 min) PlusL Is For the way You Look (.JeanCarlomusto, USA 1991video. 24mm) All programssubject to change 7:00 A Place of Rage Pleaseconfinn dates and times of screenings. (PratibhaParmar, UK, 1991 16mm 52 min) PlusGreetings From Africa (CherylDunye U,A 199416mm 8 min) TheNew Festival Inc. 462Broadway Suite 510 9:00 Pink Narcissus NewYork NY10013 i),m BidgoodUSA 1970,35mm. 119 min) tel 212343 2707 fax 212343 0629 Exposure. 1994NEW YORK LESBIAN ANO GAY FILM FESTIVAL AUDIENCESURVEY NAME.______ ADDRESS Street___ .______Apt.____ _ City_~------State____ Zip__ _ AGE 18-24__ 25··29_ 30-34 35.44 >44__ SEX F__ M AREYOU A MEMBEROF THE NEW YORK LESBIAN AND GAY Fll.M FESTIVAL? Yes__ No_ DIDYOU ATTEND NEW FESTIVAL SCREENINGS LAST YEAR? Yes No IN PRIORYEARS? Yes_ No_ HOWMANY SCREENINGS ARE YOU PLANNING TO ATTEND THIS YEAR? 1 2--3_ 4-5__ 6-8_ >8_ HOWMANY TIMES A MONTHDO YOU GO TO THE MOVIES? 0 1 2-3__ 4.5 6-8_ >8 HOWMANY PERFORMANCES (THEATER, DANCE, MUSIC) A MONTHDO YOU ATTEND? O__ 1 2-3 4-5__ 6-8_ >8 WHICHOF THE FOLLOWING PUBLICATIONS DO YOU READ REGULARLY? 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