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THE ELEV ENTH SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY FILM FESTIVAL
JUNE 19-28, 1987 CASTRO THEATRE VIDEO FREE AMERICA ROXIE CINEMA
We dedicate this year's Festival to Curt McDowell (January 9, 1945 to June 3, 1987). Curt will long be remembered for his provocative and unique creativity as a filmmaker, artist and friend. And to Howard Sullivan (January 1, 1952 to May 15, 1987) , Frameline board member, in gratitude for his hard work , creativity, unfailing good humor, and friendship.
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ALEXANDRA VON GROTE 1987 FRAMELINE AWARD
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1987 FRAMELINE AWARD
SHE MUST BE SEEING THINGS
POUVOIR INTIME
This year Frameline honors director, author and screenplay writer Alexandra von Grote for her per sistence of vision in producing lesbian films. Ms. von Grote remains committed to providing us with im ages that go beyond the surface realities of our dai ly living.
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1986 San Francisco Premiere
A Benefit for the Frameline Completion/Subtitling Fund She Must Be Seeing Things, Sheila McLaughlin's first feature is both very personal and nearly universal in its understanding of the dynamics of intimate relation ships. Funny, touching and very real, the story of Agatha, a lawyer, and Jo, her filmmaker girlfriend, is a deft exploration of jealousy 's effect on a lesbian relationship. Throughout the film Jo and Agatha's professional lives pose a striking contrast to the intimacy of their life together. The tension of their sexual attraction for each other and the details of that intimacy become a framework for the film's more explicit narrative, At the same time, the strength of their feelings comes to con stitute a parallel drama-one that starts a dialogue with the current debates over women's sexuality in the 80's as well as with current theories on the nature of voy eurism in contemporary cinema, Sheila McLaughlin comes from the world of down
Martial, a burly security guard (Robert Gravel) and his lover Janvier (Jacques Lussier), a blond waiter, get caught up in a bungled Brinks-style caper planned by a gang of small-time, lovable thugs, The group is led by Thea, a fifty-year-old ex-con, and his accomplices include his 17-year-old son, Robin, An unforeseen twist
town New York theatre, where she performed in the 1970's with Richard Foreman's "Ontological Hysterical Theatre" company, Her first short film, Inside Out, screened at the Berlin Film Festival in 1978. Her most recent film, Committed, based on the life of Frances Farmer, was co-directed with Lynne Tillman, McLaugh lin played Justine, the dazzling blond seductress in the hit of 1985 festival, Sedu ction: Th e Cruel Woman. Sheila Dabney (Agatha) and Lois Weaver (Jo) are both Obie award winning actresses and McLaughlin has gathered a crew for She Must Be Seeing Things of equal stature, Director of Photography Mark Daniels shot Yvonee Rainier's Th e Man Who Envied Women while well-known German filmmaker Heinz Emigholz shot the integral period film-within-the-film segments, Ac claimed composer John Zorn makes his movie debut with his score, the sound-editing was done by Margie Crimmins who worked on the Oscar winning Witn ess to Wa r, and the Art Director was Leigh Kyle who did the art direction on Lizzie Borden's Wo rking Girls,
Producer: Claude Bonin Screenwriters: Yves Simoneau, Pierre Curzi Photography: Guy Dufaux Cast: Mario Tifo, Pierre Curzi, Jacques Godin, Robert Gravel
In recognition of this contribution, a reception will be held at the Goethe Institute on Wednesday, June 24th. The 1987 Frameline Award will be presented to Ms. von Grote on Saturday, June 27th at the Castro Theatre prior to the screening of Novembermoon .
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Director, Writer, Producer: Sheila McLaughlin Photography: Mark Daniels Editor: Iia Von Hasperg Music: John Zorn Art Direction: Leigh Kyle Sound Editor: Margie Crimmins Associate Producer : Christine LeGoff Cast: Sheila Dabney, Lois Weaver, Kyle DeCamp, John Erdman Print source: Sheila McLaughlin, 204 East 7th St., Apt. 17, New York, NY 10009 16mm, color, 90min.
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of events changes everything, and Martial is unex pectedly trapped inside the truck with all the loot. The truck is taken to a warehouse used for storing old theater sets and the thieves try in vain to persuade Mar tial to leave his armored refuge, Convinced that that is his only chance for survival, Martial refuses to leave the truck, and all the characters settle down to an interminable wait in this strange baroque setting, Direc tor Yves Simoneau keeps this tautly-paced thriller on track with the aid of some of Quebec's finest acting and technical talents, A wonderfully satisfying ending in which, for the first time in film history, the queer gets off with the loot. Director Yves Simoneau
Print source: Simcom International, 9570 Wilshire Blvd., Penhouse, Beverly Hills, CA 90067 35mm, color, 87min.
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THE QUEEN IS DEAD Great Britain, 1986 Three songs by The Smith: Th e Queen Is Dead, Th ere Is A Light That Never Goes Out, Panic, Directors: Derek Jarman, John Maybury, Richard Heslop Print source: Frameline, P.O, Box 14792, San Francisco, CA 94114 35mm, color, 15min.
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A VIRUS HAS NO MORALS
1985 North American Premiere
Shown at a benefit for the SHANTI PROJECT during
Brazil,
DER OHRENWURM Switzerland, 1986
Raul, extroverted and funny, has just left a frustrating
West German,
1986
the 1987 San Francisco Film Festival last spring, A Virus Has No Morals is a controversial film about an increas
T he pleasure of digging around in one's ears.
marriage and spends his time playing sad music in
Director, Writer: Herbert Fritsch. Producer: Res Balzli. Photography: Ueli Steiger. Print source: Frameline, P.O. Box 14792, San Francisco, CA 94114. 35mm, B/W, 10min.
the small flat he shares with a pet canary. Saul is shy,
ingly controversial subject-AIDS. A macabre, some
biUer and relentlessly critical of the world around him.
times offensive black comedy by Rosa von Praunheim,
FIVE WAYS TO KILL YOURSELF US.A., 1987 Director: Gus van Sant. Print source: Frameline, p.o. Box 14792, San Francisco, CA 94114. 16mm, color, 3min.
He recently attempted suicide. Both men are very lonely
Virus features wealthy transvestites, gay revolutionaries,
and very heterosexual. But when they meet on the first
a woman therapist who teaches death-meditation and
day of work at a government agency, they become
gymnastics to PWAs, night nurses who throw dice to
drawn to each other and develop a deep, very close
see who'll die first, and a snoopy woman reporter who
friendship. While there is nothing overtly sexual about
dresses as a man to spy on the gay sex scene. The
MY NEW FRIEND US.A., 1987
their relationship they soon discover the extent of their
result is a provocation to everyone dealing with AIDS,
societ y 's homophobia when their colleagues decide
from bathhouse owners and gay activists to clergy,
that they are gay. Twenty-five year old director Sergio
press, and doctors. Von Praunheim's response to the
Director: Gus van Sant. Print source: Frameline, P.o. Box 14792,
Amon has created a thought provoking study of male
health crisis is social satire, a cruel mockery of a tragic
San Francisco, CA 94114. 16mm, color, 3min.
bonding that beautifully blurs the line between hetero
situation that has, as yet, no solution in sight. At the
A MOFFIE CALLED SIMON Canada, 1986
sexual and homosexual friendship and affection.
end, ever yone's got AIDS, and the government sends
Aqueles Dais is a production of Roda Films, one of the
everyone to Hell-Gayland. A lively, tough film by the
most original and exciting film production companies
44-year-old Praunheim, former assistant to under
student leader in South Africa. The film examines the
in Brazil.
ground American filmmaker Gregory Markopoulos and
connection between the gay and anti-apartheid
Director: Sergio Amon Script: Paulo Viersi and Sergio Amon Photography: Cesar Charlone Editors: Sergio Amon and Alex Sernambi Cast: Pedro Wayne, Beto Ruas, Syzana Saldanha Print source: Embrafilme, rua Mayrink Veiga, 28 CEP 20.090 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The case of Simon Nkodi, jailed black gay activist and
movements. Director: John Greyson. Print source: John Greyson, 66 Lip pincott St., Toronto, Ontario M5T 2R5, Canada . 16mm, B/W, 15min.
TUGGING THE WORM US.A., 1987 Director: James Duesing. Print source: James Duesing, 1908 Mills Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45212. 16mm, color, 10min.
H ALLOWEENIE US.A., 1986 A six-foot penis at the Halloween Parade, Greenwich Village. Director: Bill Daughton. Print source: T he Cinema Guild, 1697 Broadway, New York, NY 10019. 16mm, color, 13min.
35mm, color, 85min.
one of the world's leading gay directors. Director: Rosa von Praunheim Photography: Elfi Mikesch Editors: Rosa von Praunheim, Michael Schafer Print source: First Run Features, 153 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10014 16mm, color, 82min.
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ANNE TRiSlER Canada,
1985
THE OUTSIDERS Taiwan,
1986
An often melancholy, deliberate work, Anne Trister
In this well-shot and well-paced suspense story, Ah
THE BERLIN AFFAIR Italy/West Germany, 1985 San Francisco Premiere
(triste means sad, in French) is the story of Anne, a
ching, a young student thrown out of his house for
Berlin in the late thirties, Louise von Hollendorf, wife
young Jewish painter, who, as the films opens, is bury
being gay, takes up with other abandoned gays in a
of a high-ranking diplomat, idly whiles away her days
ing her father and grieving deeply. She decides to leave
park in central Taipei. Several of the cute young boys
at cocktail parties, playing tennis, in painting and draw
her boyfriend and go to Quebec for an indeterminate
are given shelter and guidance by a fifty-ish photo
ing classes. But her privileged upper-class lifestyle is
visit. She looks up an acquaintance, Alix, a 40-year
grapher, Yiang, and his feisty female landlord, Lee Man
shaken when she meets Mitsuko Matsigae, the young
old child psychologist, and moves in with her. Thin,
Hua. Ah-ching becomes paSSionately involved with
attractive daughter of the Japanese ambassador, who arouses emotions in Louise that she has never felt
dark, intense, Anne is obviously adrift; Alix is more
Wang Kei-Lung, recently returned to Taiwan under
mature and settled, a handsome woman with an elegant
mysterious circumstances, ten years after killing his
before. After their torr'id, love affair begins, Mitsuko's
apartment, arrogant boyfriend, and beautiful clothes.
lover, whom Ah-ching resembles.
male lover attempts to blackmail them, then Heinz,
Anne finds herself an enormous studio space, and
The Outsiders (literally "the bastard children" in
begins to create a detailed, abstract mural, from floor
Chinese) is the first film with a homosexual theme to
Mitsuko playing husband against wife against black
to ceiling. This aspect is the most interesting and unique
be licensed by the government of Taiwan. Based on
mailer, so nobody knows who Mitsuko really loves. The
in the film-to literally watch the design develop, as
a popular 1983 novel by By Shiang Yeong, it received
sex scenes between the women are some of the most
Anne works on a rickety scaffolding with tape, sponges,
a multi-theatre premiere in Taiwan and opened to good
beautiful in the film, with hairtugging and the knot
and paint, alone with her vision. Director Lea Pool sets
. reviews.
Louise's husband, gets involved in the menage, with
ting and unknotting of both bodies and silk. The hetero
up parallel situations in Anne Trister: Alix is working
Director Yu Kan-Ping protrays principal characters
humping scenes come off a poor second. Director
with an aggressive, difficult child, Sarah whose behav
Yiang and Lee Man-Hua as caring providers to the boys
Liliana Cavani (The Night Porter) combines treacher y,
ior often resembles Anne's. And when Anne is dis
and a true sense of family develops among this group
sleeping powders, poisons, and international intrigue
traught with Alix at one point she tries to destroy her
of social misfits. Their rise to success after Yiang quits
for a sensationalistic, pretentious and often ludicrous,
magnificent mural.
his photography business to open the Blue Angel, a
yet thoroughy entertaining movie experience.
This is not a fully realized lesbian love story at all, though both women discard their boyfriends and
bar and disco that figures in the suspenseful conclu sion, seems a just reward.
acknowledge their need for each other. And presumably
The Outsiders offers a revealing look at gay life in
they end up together, following Anne's coming to terms
Taiwan and the boys (and one girl who plays a nelly
with the loss of her father. The pace is often frus
boy because, supposedly, not one femme could be
trating-one wants the women to be together-but their
ofund in all of Taiwan) are adorable.
reluctance and doubts are somehow realistic, especially considering the disparity in their professions and ages, and their former sexual preference. Director: Lea Pool Producers: Roger Frappier, Claude Bonin Writers: Marc Beaulieu, Lea Pool Photography: Pierre Mignot Cast: Albane Guilhe, Louise Marleau, Lucie Laurier Print source: Telefilm Canada, 600 West de la Gauchetiere St. , 25th floor, Montreal, Quebec H3B 4L2, Canada 35mm, color, 115min.
Director: Yu Kan-Ping Producer: Writer: By Shiang Yeong Principal cast: Sun Yueh, Lee Tai-Ling, Su Ming-Ming, Shao Hsin, Kuang-Kuang, Chau Jan, Chiang Ho-Jen, Ma Chao-Chun Print source: Oriental Films Ltd., 2025 West Chestnut St. , Alhambra, CA 91803 35mm, color, 90min.
Director: Liliana Cavani Producers: Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus Writers: Liliana Cavani, Roberta Mauoni Photography: Dante Spinotti Editor: Ruggiero Mastroianni Cast: Gudrun Landgrebe, Kevin McNally, Mia Takaki Print source: Cannon Films, 640 San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048 35mm, color, 121min.
SUNDAY, JUNE 21 12 NOON CASTRO THEATRE
MAINSTREAMING Lesbian Filmmaking in the 80s
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The last decade has seen a major increase in the pro duction of films and video works by and about lesbians. Now that more works are being made questions arise over what happens to these works in distribution and exhibition. How and when are these works released to the public? Are the distributor and director trying to reach the same audience? Should a film not be labeled a "lesbian" film so that it can reach a wider audience? A panel of women directors , artists and distributors will discuss the issues of mainstreaming and lesbian media. Panel members will include : Debra Zimmerman , Women Make Movies Sheila McLaughlin , Director Alexandra von Grote, Director Andrea Weiss, Author and Director Frances Reid , Cinematographer Barbara Hammer, Media Artists
SUNDAY, JUNE 21
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LA TRICHE
Women Mak e Movies Tribute
ON GUARD
Australia, 1984 Winner of the Best First Feature' Award when shown at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 1984, On Guard is director Susan Lambert's story of a group of women who attack a segment of the medical! scientific establishment in Australia that they feel is potentially harmful to women's bodies and self-deter mination. There's more than one righteous dyke and lots of personal drama in the outfit. The assignment mess up the computer memory banks in the genetics institute.The risks : loss of jobs, life, limb, commitment, kids, cooperation and love. The complication : one of the would-be saboteurs has been keeping a diary of their plans, and has lost it. The reality : a dual paced thriller-adventure laced with conspiracy and caring. II
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Director: Susan Lambert Producer: Digby Duncan Screenplay: Sarah Gibson and Susan Lambert Photography: Laurie Mcinnes Cast: Liddy Clark, Jan Cornall, Kerry Dwyer, Myster y Carnage Print source: Women Make Movies, 225 Lafayette St., Suite 212, New York, NY 10012 16mm, color, 51min.
DOMESTIC BLISS
Great Britain, 1984 The conflicts in this carefully observed and knowing comedy/drama center around the relationship of Diana , a successful doctor and her lover, Emma, a divorced woman with a ten year old daughter. Diana invites Emma and daughter to live with her in her comfortable London home. They all get more than they bargained for, including visits from Emma's ex-husband , Emma's best friend Amelia who arrives with baby and dog , and a next door neighbor who has a bad habit of locking herself in the bathroom and crawling through Diana's window. Diana, loving but inflexible, is torn between her love for Emma and her need for structure and tran quility, Full of bright dialogue and a genuine chemistry between the excellent cast, the film depicts lesbians in a way rarely seen in the movies. Director: Joy Chamberlain Producers: Newsreel Collective Ltd. Script: Gillian Siovo Photography: Pascoe MacFarlane Cast: Mandy Moore, Penny Nice, Martha Parsey, Yvonne Giddon Print source: Women Make Movies, 225 Lafayette St., Suite 212, New York, NY 10012 16mm, color, 52min.
La Triche was screened at the NY Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, and impressed the Village Voice reviewer, who found it "a turn-on from beginning to end . . . Seldom have I seen an eye more knowing about sexual yearn ing , the ache . . . that can cramp existence for months, years. " La Triche is about the relationship between Michel , a cultured but disillusioned police inspector, and Bernard, a young nightclub musician, Michel (the handsome cousin in Cousin, Cousine) has a wife and young son. He has also always been bisexual , and had many one-night stands. He meets Bernard during an investigation , and the two experience a violent mutual attraction. The affair becomes a relationship, then gets complicated when the case under investigation adds a blackmail attempt and murder. Bernard is implicated , and Michel is placed in a dangerous and awkward posi tion. No longer primarily Bernard's lover, Michel must confront him, and is met with defiance. Throughout the film , the men's relationship is played out , sexual nuances and tension included , against the increasinly opposed roles of cop and suspect. A subtle film by writer/director Yannick Bellon, 64, who directs short films for screen and TV and has two other features to her credit. Director, Writer: Yannick Bellon Producer: Denise Petitdidier Photography: Houchang Baharlou Editor: Kenout Peltier Cast: Victor Lanoux, Valerie Mairesse, Xavier Delux, Michel Galabru Print source: T he Cultural Service of the Consulate General of France, San Francisco 16mm, color, 101min.
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1987
Director: Gus van Sant Print source: Frameline, P.O. Box 14792, San Francisco, CA 94114 16mm, color, 3min.
SUNDAY, JUNE 21 7:00 PM CASTRO THEATRE
MONDAY, JUNE 22
SUNDAY, JUNE 21
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Under the Spell of the Lesbian Vampire a presentation with film clips by Andrea Weiss Dracul a , that tal l, dark, handsome menace, has been give n some stiff competition over the years by an even more attractive fe male counterpart-the lesbian vam pire. Sh e has taken a variety of forms of expression in the cinema, which has relied loosely on lesbian vam pire tale s that date far back i n lite rature and legend . , 'Blood & Roses" will present an introduction to the various l esbian va mpire characters and themes found within the ho rro r fi l m genre. The va mpire is not a sim ple stereotype, but a complex figure whose function varies in accord ance with its context. The prepon derance of lesbian vampires in ho rror fi l ms invariably raises a number of questions: why is this such a recur ring the me? How is the lesbian vampire used and what do its imag es convey? How do lesbian vam pires diffe r from m ale vam p i res? Who do the fi lms address; who is their intended audience? Why i s lesbianism so con sistently linked to vam pirism? Can gay and lesbian audiences find anythi ng pleasurable or red eeming i n these fi lms? " Blood & Roses" will utilize film clips and slides from such films as The Hunger, The Vampire Lovers, Daughters of Darkness, Dracula's Daughter and others to analyze the meanings at work i n the l esbian va m pire cinema, and to explore what possi bil ities, if any, these fil ms hold for subversive reinterpretations by gay and lesbian audiences.
DAUGHTERS OF DARKN ESS Belgium/France/Germany/Spain, 1971 One of the most stylish ho rror fi l m s of the 1970 's, this lesbian vampire epic masterfully co mbines traditional horro r elements with outrageous-often ludicrous wit. It also expresses feminist themes and is decidedly anti-male, despite being d i rected by a man, Belgian writer/d irector Harry Kumel . A sadistic male chauvinist and his beautiful new bride miss th e i r boat to England and check i nto a deserted seaside hotel in modern day Belgium. A mysterious woman arrives with a young co mpanion who is both servant and lover. The mystery wo man claims to be Elizabeth Bathory, the name of the " Bloody Countess" who lived and murdered scores of virgins fo r their blood three centuries before. She becomes attracted to the bride and sets out to take her away from her new husgand. Daughters of Darkness movies fro m campy to sexy to ho rrifying and does it all with amazing o rig i nality. Kumel makes g reat use of sound, music, color (red especially) , cloth es, character place ment and wierd camera angles. The . creepy husband's mother is played by a man-director Fons Rademakers who makes a memorable contri bu tion to this h o rrifying , undeniably fun cult classic. Director: Harry Kumel Cast: Delphine Seyri g , Daniele Ouimet, John Karlen Print source: New Image Fil ms, 91 00 S unset Blvd . , Los Angeles, CA 90069 35m m , color, 87min .
VERA Brazil, 1986 Vera is the story of a young wo man's strug gle to find her place in a world she finds h osti le and co mplex. An o rphan, she spends her youth in a children's home and her adolescence i n a boarding school . Vera's i m personal and isolated situation represses her emotions, and she responds by developing a masculine personal ity, and dominating the other girls. She leaves the o rphanage at 18, and with the help of a teache r finds a job i n a modern research center. There she meets Clara, an independent woman with a four-year-old son . Vera and Cl ara become friends, then more i nti mate. Vera's behavior becomes more extreme, and she tries to convince Clara and herself that she is a man . How ever, she doesn't find it as easy to impose her personal ity on her coworkers as she did at the o rphanage, and inevitable conflict develops. Cornered and alone, she confronts her personal truth: she is a man trapped in a woman's body. Writer/director S e rgio To ledo, 31, studied soci ology in the 70s and gained film experience working on documentaries and sho rts with Hector (Spider Woman) Babenco. Making Vera allowed Toledo to " express his own anxieties and uneasiness in a per sonal manner," according to the fil m notes. He d i d n't want to handle Vera's dilemma fro m a simple ho mo or tran sexual angle; the conte mp orary symbolism of being l iterally at odds with one's life i nterested him more. Di rector, Writer: Sergio To ledo Photography: Rodolfo Sanchez Editor: Tercio G. da Mota Cast: Ana Beatriz Nogueira, Raul Cortez, Aida Leiner, Carlos Kroeber Print source : Em brafi lme, Rua Mayrink Veiga 28, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 35m m , col or, 92m i n .
MONDAY, JUNE 22 8:00 PM CASTRO THEATRE
STORME: THE LADY OF THE JEWEL BOX U S.A., 1987 Directed by Michelle Parkerson, Storme: The Lady of the Jewel Box is the story of Storme DeLarverie, a black wo man who was the e mcee and a male impersonator i n the legendary Jewel Box Revi ew, Ame rica's first i nteg rated female impersonation show. From 1939 to 1973, the show toured bl ack theatres across America and was in Washington, D.C. duri ng the McCarthy era-defying common sense and 50s morality. Parker son, who directed the video documentary, " Gatta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in the Rock," is looking for funding to turn Storme into a full-length feature documentary. Director, Prod ucer: Michelle Parkerson Print source: Eye of the Storm Productions, 1716 Florida Ave. N .w. #2, Washi n gton, D.C. 20009 1 6 m m , color, 2 1 m i n .
INTERNATIONAL SWEETHEARTS OF RHYTHM US.A., 1986 The I nternati onal Sweethearts of Rhythm was an all wo men, mostly bl ack musical group that breathed refreshing life i nto the big band sound of the 1930s and 40s. Faced with al most i nsurmountable sexi s m a n d racism a s they toured t h e country, t h e band was a surprising, though somewhat underg round , success. This captivating fil m i n cludes inte rviews with band members-all who have clear, and very entertaining, memories of a special time i n their lives. The inter views are mixed with a mazing footage fro m the era. Co-di rectors Greta Schilla and And rea Weiss also gave us the classic gay march documentary, Greetings From Washington D.C. Directors: Greta Schi l l e r, Andrea Weiss Print source: The Ci nema Guild , 1697 Broadway, New York, NY 1 0019 1 6 m m , color, 30m i n .
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ST. LOUIS BLUES US.A., 1928 Director: Dudley M urphy Cast: Bessie Smith 16mm, B/W, 1 7m i n .
MONDAY, JUNE 22 10:00 PM CASTRO THEATRE
WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS?
Spain, 1984 Gloria works as a charwoman and does not have a minute to herself. Her own home alone would give her enough work to keep her busy all day long . She shares the small apartment with her chauvinist taxi-driver husban d , her mother-in-law, her two sons and a lizard . She is not a happy wo man. Like many housewives, she has not enjoyed the same opportunities as those of Caroline of Monaco. H e r husband is even stil l in love with a German woman he worked for fifteen years ago. Her twelve year old son has an attraction to his friends' fathers. His brother, age fourteen, is a smack dealer. So Gloria goes through her d ays clean ing , washing, i roning , cooking, taking the kids to the doctor, trying to get uppers, suffering cold turkey, never having an o rg asm, unable to afford the hairdresser, and never being chased by Madrid 's ten most sexy men. Gloria is reach ing the b reaking poi nt. Eve ntually everyone leaves (her husband in an outrageous incident of domestic violence), and at last she is alone. An endeari n g , witty and surprisingly fe minist tale fro m one of the worl d 's finest new film talents. Director, Writer: Pedro Almodovar Producer: Herve H achuel Photography: Angel L. Fernandez Editor: Jose Solcedo Cast: Carmen M au ra, Angel de Andres-Lopex, Chus Lampreave, Veronica Forque, Kitty Manver Print source: Cinevista, 353 West 39th St. , Suite 404, New York, NY 1 0018 35m m , color, 1 06min .
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SIMONE France, 1984 San Francisco Premiere Simone is the first feature fro m 19-year-old Christin e Eh m . S h e h a s created a stylish a n d stylized d rama of a love affair between two wo men, the beautiful and mysterious Simone and the gamine Francoise, fi rst seen recovering in the h ospital fro m a suicide atte mpt. The two meet on the metro, when Francoise is arguing with her well-intentioned but patronizing brothe r. Si mone intercedes, the th ree laugh it off, and part as abruptly as they met. But Simone reappears, and she and F rancoise begin to establ i s h a certai n d o m e stic routi ne-Francoise washes dishes while Si mone pl ays sol itai re. Little else is seen of their lives, apart o r togethe r, but within this context they argue, flirt, and act out a controlled fantasy. At issue is Simone's age (at least 20 years older than Francoise) and her inaccessibility-she will divulge nothing of her personal situation. Frustrated , Francoise struggles to integ rate the elegant Simone into her life on Si mone's terms and make sense of their l ove. Ehm's fi l m seems to parody many pretentious and symbolic avant garde fi l ms of the 60s with its mini mal dialogue and rituals. She uses color liberally as an ind icato r of mood and depth i n the wo men's relation ship. I nitially they wear bright yellow boots and F ran coise's apartment has yellow touches throughout. Then it changes to o range, red , burgundy, and bl ack. The device works, adding a cohesive ele ment to the fil m's fragmented structure. Both actresses are appealing in their respective roles, intrigued by each other but perhaps wary of a relatio nship g rounded in the reality of d aily life. Director, Writer: Christine Ehm Photography: Andre Domage Editor: Khadicha Bariha Music: Kolinka Cast: Pascale Audret, Pascale Bardet, Fabien Kachez Print source: New York Gay Film Festival , 1 00 Stuyvesant PI . Apt. U-4, Staten Islan d , NY 10301 1 6 m m , color, 90m i n .
�USURE Canada, 1986 No in going futher! The problem is clear: the closeness that once l i nked these two girls has been worn thin by routine, by force of habit, by attrition . Director: Jeanne Crepeau Print source : Cinema Libre, 3575 bo ul. St. Laurent, bureau 704, Montreal , Quebec, H2X 2T7 Canada 1 6 m m , color, 8 m i n .
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DAMNED IF YOU DON'T u.S.A., 1987 U.S. Premiere
Damned If You Don'tis a portrait of a young nun fighting a losing battle against her sexual desires, then sud denly awakened by the persistent attentions of a beautiful neighbor. The film combines narrative and experimental elements and draws on historical docu ments, among them testimony from the trial of a 17th century abbess accused of lesbian relations with another nun. The film also makes much use of Black Narcissus a "classic" nun film in which the "bad" nun admits her desire for a man and therefore dies. In Damned If You Don't not only does the nun finally admit her desire but finds great pleasure. Director: Su Freidrich 16mm, B/W, 43min.
THE LONDON STORY
Great Britain, 1986 This lively accessible spy spoof by Sally Potter revolves around the unlikely alliance of three eccentric characters and their mission to uncover government foreign policy duplicity. Beautifully and humorously set/choreographed against London's most famed locales in Technicolor! Director, Writer: Sally Potter 35mm, color, 15min.
THRILLER
Great Britain, 1979 Since its release in 1980, Thriller, Sally Potter's recon struction of Puccini's opera, "La Boheme" has become a classic in feminist film theor y and a model deconstruction of the Holly wood film and the conven tional role of women as romantic victims in fiction. As Ruby Rich wrote in her seminal review in the Chicago Reader" Thriller is the first feminist murder mystery. Sally Potter has syntheseized fantasy, wit and intellec tual rigor into a fresh, startling work. Like Deren and Rainer, she has retained a sense of timing, of enter tainment, and of audience . . .Thriller becomes an exemplary sign of how pleasure and how illuminating a new feminist art might be." Director: Sally Potter 16mm, B/W, 30min. Print sources: Women Make Movies, 225 Lafayette St., Suite 212, New York, NY 10012
DESERT OF LOVE 1986 San Francisco Premiere West Germany,
One of the most prolific European gay directors, Lothar Lambert began making underground films in the 1970's. Since then he has grown as both an actor and a director, though his films still create a certain amount of controversy. New Yorkers still remember the angry reaction to his Fucking City, a film that was called one of the ten best of 1982 by The Village Voice. His Paso Doble, about a bizarre German family's Spanish vaca tion (shown at the SFILGFF in 1985) was his first main stream success. Desert of Love, a bitter, funny look at the failures of human relationships has been called both his rawest and cruelest film, and a clever pastiche. The story centers around a director's ruined film most of which was inadvertently destroyed at the lab. It is a wild mosaic of startling imagery including a safe sex foot-fucking scene with toes in a condom, a woman flasher, and a woman voyeur in a wheelchair who com ments on the street life near a public toilet. Desert of Love is a challenging, highly original work from one . of Germany's most exciting gay talents. Director, Writer, Editor: Lothar Lambert Cast: Lothar Lamber t, Ulrike S., Dieter Schidor, Frederike Menche, Dagmar Beiersdorf Print source: New York Gay Film Festival, 100 Stuyvesant PI. Apt. U-4, Staten Island, NY 10301 16mm, B/W, 70min.
THE PASSION OF REMEMBRANCE
Great Britain, 1986 Produced by the Sankofa Black Workshop, a film cooperative formed in 1983 by black, feminist, and gay filmmakers, The Passion of Remembrance is a work about racism, sexism, homosexuality, and the genera tion gap, and their effects on a black British family. The film has two story lines: one features a black man and woman in a desert landscape, discussing the plight of blacks in the U.K. He is aggressive, she shows restraint. The second shows life for the Baptiste family through its personal histories from the 50s to the 80s. Issues of race and sexuality arise, fragments of identities surface and suggest the diversity of a black family's experience in Britain. Writer/directors Maureen Blackwood and Issac Julian also use footage from the inner-city riots that swept Britain in 1981 and shots of gay demonstrations to portray the government's harsh attitude toward its minorities.Although its scope exceeds its technical expertise, The Passion of Remem brance reflects a new generation of filmmakers' response to social issues, and has been praised for directing itself mainly to Britain's black community rather than preaching at whites. Directors: Sankofa Black Workshop Writers: Maureen Blackwood, Isaac Julien Photography: Steve Bernstein, Nina Kellgren Editor: Nadine Marsh-Edwards Music: Tony Remy Cast: Anni Domingo, Joseph Charles, Antonia Thomas, Carlton Chance Print source: Third World Newsreel, 335 West 38th St., 5th floor, New York, NY 10018 16mm, color, 80min.
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Canada, 1986 The case of Simon Nkodi, jailed black gay activist and student leader in South Africa. The film examines the connection between the gay and anti-apartheid movements. Director: John Greyson Print source: John Greyson, 66 Lippincott St. , Toronto, Ontario M5T 2R5, Canada 16mm, B/W, 15min.
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Greece,
Spain,
1985 West Coast Premiere
In Meteor and Shadow Greek director/writer Takis Spetsiotis has avoided the cliches of the typical film biography. Instead he has fashioned a fascinating por trait of the poet Napoleon Lapathiotis (1888-1944) that both celebrates his life and stylishly depicts his tragic fall and eventual suicide. A romantic, charming leftist homosexual, Lapathiotis created a scandal in Athens when he refused to follow the rules of conservative Greek society. Turn of the century Athens is conveyed rather than reconstructed in a bold departure from tradi tional period films and Spetsiotis makes great use of the junkies, gays and avant garde singers that sur rounded Lapathiotis during his life as a poet. An unusual, striking film that won awards for best actor, set design, costume design, and make-up at the pres tigious Thessaloniki Film Festival in 1985. Takis Spetsiotis was born in 1954, studied film and English in Athens and London before beginning his filmmaking career with the short films Lisa and the Other and Beauty. In 1982 he created a half hour television film called Napo/eon Lapathiotis that served as the inspira tion for the feature length Meteor and Shadow.
Klaus, a doctor who has been instructed to carry out experiments on deported children towards the end of the Second World War, feels compelled to leave the country with his wife and daughter. But subconsciously he harbors the latent desire to perform the atrocious, murderous experiments, an impulse against which he wages a desperate war in his remote refuge near the cliffs. A few years later he has an accident which results in his being confined to an iron lung so that he can still breathe. One day a young man, Angelo, turns up to visit Klaus. It becomes clear that he knows about Klaus' inclinations, knowledge which enables him to needle and blackmail him. Gradually Angelo assumes Klaus' personality, and a curious friendship evolves. And there develops an even stranger relationship be tween Angelo and his victim's daughter, Rena. This unusual constellation reaches a point where the three involved are caught up in a battle of life and death. Powerful and deeply disturbing, this is a film which will provoke misunderstanding. Yet it should not. This brilliant debut by Catalan director Agustin Villaronga is an intense exploration of the relationships between power, masculinity and sexuality. The cinematography is faultless, and the acting of David Sust (the nurse), Gunther Meisner (the doctor) and Marisa Paredes (his wife) is superb. Paredes appears in Pedro Almodovar's Sisters of Darkness also screening at the festival.
1985 U.S. Premiere
Producer, Director, Writer: Takis Spetsiotis Photography: Philippos Koutsaftis Cast: Takis Moschos, Georgos Kentros, Michail Marmarinos Print source: Greek Film Centre, 10, Panepistimiou Ave., 106 71 Athens, Greece 35mm, color, 101min.
This film will upset the sensitive. Director, Writer: Agustin Villaronga Executive Producer: Teresa Enrich Photography: Jaume Peracaula Editor: Cesc Candini Cast: Gunther Meisner, David Sust, Marisa Paredes, Gisela Echevarria Print source: Ministry of Culture, Spain 35mm, color, 100min.
OLIVIA
France, 1951 The love of a teacher at a French girl's school for one of her students is the subject of Olivia, which Vito Russo describes as "the only film of the 1950s to deal openly with lesbianism." The film's stars are French leading lady Simone Simon and Edwige Feuillere, the noted actress, stage director and member of La Comedie Fran> caise, who received excellent notices for her performance. The script by Colette is remarkable for the unblink ing, if sometimes furtive, passion of Miss Julie and Olivia, which, unusual for films or books of the period, grows out of a genuine attraction to each other rather than a failed heterosexual romance or other such disaster. Olivia was directed by Jacqueline Audry, whose film credits include Gigi (1949) and Mitzou (1956). Audry, known for "sensitive observations of the sentiments of women," lives up to her reputation in Olivia. Although the film ends with the tragedy and condemnation of deviancy requisite of 1950s films about homosexual ity, throughout most of the film Audry succeeds in creating a generally credible (and oftentimes steamy) relationship between the protagonists. Olivia was released in the U.S. in 1954 under the more provocative title, The Pit of Loneliness. Director: Jacqueline Audry Writer: Colette, from the novel by Dorothy Bussy Photography: Christian Matras Cast: Edwige Feuillere, Simone Simon, Yvonne de Bray Print source: JEF/Film Classic Exchange, 143 Hickory Hill Circle, Osterville, MA 02655 16mm, B/W, 88min.
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SISTERS OF DARKNESS
WOLFGIRL
P.A. N . I .C. IN GRI FFITH PARK
Spain, 1983
West Coast Premiere
West Germany, 1986
San Francisco Premiere
u. S. A . , 1987 PA . N. l.C. In Griffith Park is a video tape of a popular
Di rector Pedro Almodovar's third feature, Sisters of
The story of a short but intense fri e n d s h i p between
Los Angeles play about late 1 980s life had the so-called
Darkness is an e n g ag i n g , sometimes scary combi na
two ve ry different wo men in Berl i n . M asch a , in h e r
LaRouche I n itiative of 1 986, Pro position 64, been ap
tion of melodrama and comedy. It centers on Yolanda
mid-30's, worked a s a television ed itor f o r years before
proved by California voters. The authorities lack enough
Bel l , a beautiful young singer who accidentally kills her
d ro p p i n g out to make two self-fi nanced and u n ex
facilities to hold and test all those suspected of being
boyfrie n d , is chased by the police and ends u p in a
pectedly successful theatrical films. At the mo ment
sero positive fo r the A I D S virus, so L . A.'s Griffith Park
co nvent where the M other Superior is one of h e r big
she's taki ng a break-she's run out of ideas. H e r plight
becomes a te mporary concentration camp. Fou r gay
gest fans. A d rug user, Yolanda shoots h e ro i n i n the
is made worse by her boyfriend Frank's unsympathetic
men and a d rug abusing rock and ro l l e r are ro u nded
co nvent and begins an ambiguous rel ationship with
attitude. H e is a head of p ro d u cti o n , fro m a worki ng
up and must deal with life u nd e r the rules of Proposi tion 64.
the Mother whose " H u mble Redeemers" are dedicated
class backgro u n d , an u nscru pu lous care e r man , and
to saving young girls from the dangers of sex and d rugs.
wo n't tole rate an unsu ccessful wo man aro u n d h i m .
The concentration camp atmosphere l e n d s itself to
Ped ro Almodovar is emerg i n g as one of post-Franco
H i s attacks a l l c o m e down t o the s a m e th i n g : " Fo r
self-reflection on the part of the i ncarcerated , particu
Spain's most exciting filmmaking talents-a logical heir
God 's sake emanci pate you rself! "
larly those who re member Griffith Park in more carefree
to Lu i s Bunuel. H e was born sometime i n the d ecade
In the midst of this exasperating mess Mascha meets
days. The g ri m reality of post-LaRouche California and
of the fifties and moved to Mad rid i n 1 970 where he
the ' 'wolf girl ," Dennis, a you n g black rebel who works
the cyn ical way i n which AIDS is used as a pretext fo r executi ng a malicious social agenda are offset by the
i m mediately became a self-described h i p py. H e began
as a cleaner in a theatre. The g i rl fascinates M ascha
h i s fi l m career playi ng h i p py extras in n u m e rous
and s h e finally breaks off h e r l o n g , l ovel ess re lation
h u m a n ity-and h u m o r-of the camp m e m b e rs.
Spanish films and i n the mid-70's began wo rki ng with
ship with Frank so she can spend m o re time with
M ichael Alden gives a fine performance as the idealistic
s u p e r-8 fil m . Fo r the next few years he made co u ntless
D e n n i s. The two wo men move in tog ether: M ascha ' because she wants to turn the simple, " wild " Den nis
hypocritical camp authorities.
s u p e r-8 p roductio n s : g reat bibl ical epics, do mestic
Crai g , who craftily attempts to force the hand of the
m e l o d ramas, musicals, love sto ries and even trai l e rs
i nto a more sedate perso n , and D e n n i s because she
PA. N. I.C. In Griffith Park was i n itially p roduced as
for oth e r fil ms. No matter where he s h owed h i s work
has secret hopes of finding hu man warmth and shelter.
a fundraiser for the "No on 64" campaign . Writer David
the response was the same: keep making movies, we
Director Dag mar Beiersdorf studied drama and media
Reid h as cleverly woven his i m med iate goal of i nfo rm
want more. Finally in 1978 he shot his fi rst short feature
i n Berl i n and since 1 968 has worked as an assistant
i ng voters about the danger of the LaRouche I n itiative
in 1 6 m m (Salome) which was followed by Pepi, Luci, Boom and Other Girls like Mom, Labyrinth of Passions, Sisters of Darkness and What Have I Done to Deserve This. His Law of Desire is o u r closi ng night feature.
d i rector on films and television programs. She has also
i nto a potent and d ramatic exp l o ratio n of the ri g hts of
acted i n all of the films of Lothar Lam be rt.
ho mosexuals and people with AI DS.
Director, Writer, Producer: Dagmar Beiersdorf Photography: Ch ristoph Gies Editor: Lothar Lambert Sound: Christian Siewers Cast: I m ke Barnstedt, Martine Felto n , Lothar Lam bert, Albert Heins Print source: New York Gay Film Festiva l , 100 Stuyvesant P I .
Director: Lee Garlington Producers: Ian Praiser, David Reid Writer: David Reid Tape source: David Reid , P.O. Box 69991 , West Hol lywood, CA 90069 %," color, 70m i n .
Director, Writer: Pedro Almodovar Photography: Angel L. Fernandez Editor: Jose Salcedo Cast: Cristina Sanchez Pascual , J u l i eta Serrano, Marisa Paredes, Carmen Maura Print source: Cinevista, 353 West 39th St. , Suite 404, New York, NY 1 0018 35m m , color, 1 1 3min .
Staten Island , NY 1 031 1 6 m m , color, 85m i n .
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TERENCE STARK: MYTHOGRAPH ER u. S. A . , 1987 Tape source : Terence Stark, 808 Post St. , #618, San Francisco, CA 94109 W' vhs, color, 5 m i n .
1987 FESTIVAL VI DEO PROGRAM An Ove rview
tion to w h a t the 1 970s c a l l e d "alternative televis i o n ."
" As long as worthwhile information is shut out by con ventional television or rendered banal by silly news for mats, people will take TV in their own hands. "
Many sweeping pro n o u n ce me nts were made in the
Happily, fo r the lesbian and gay c o m m u n ity at least,
1 970s about the wealth of pro g ra m m i n g the introd uc
the p red iction appears to have turned out true.
tio n of portable video e q u i p ment wo uld bring about,
Lesbian and gay video makers, ever res o u rceful at
-The Prime Time TV Su rvey (1 974)
but it was truly less than clear whet h e r the d e mon
gai n i n g access to e q u i p ment and fu n d i n g , serve their
T h i s year's video p rog ram is eleg ant proof of the
cratization of video i magery would i ndeed yield a
designated constituencies and the population-at-Iarge
vibrancy and qu ality of the lesbian and gay co ntri b u -
flourishing alternative to the p redictable and p rofit-
by p rov i d i n g a m o re c o m p re h e n s ive p o rt rait of
mi nded programming of mass market broadcasters.
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ABSTRACTIONS
NINETEEN NINETEEN
Three impressive productions distributed by Women Make Movies, 225 Lafayette #212, New York, NY 10012:
Eight artists e m ploy a variety of formats and aesthetic
Great Britain, 1984
JUST BECAUSE OF WHO WE ARE U S. A . , 1986 Just Because of Who We Are is an exh ilarating tape about lesbian wo men whose love and savvy em power them against h o mo p h obia and sexism. The g ritty l es b ians i n Just Because overcome violence, familial rejectio n , arrest and attempts at hospitalizati on to " cure" them of l esbianism. Just Because goes beyond merely recounting the well-docu mented p roblems les bians face to show the strategies the wo men success fully e m p l oyed against those who tried to abrid ge their
strateg ies to study aspects of ho mosexual life.
M aria Schell (Sophie) and Paul Scofield (Alexander)
ILLEGAL TENDER Great Britain, 1986
turn in magnificent pe rfo rmances as fo rmer patients
D i rector: Paul Bette l l . Tape source : H u ngry Pictures, 48 Thackeray Court, Blythe Road, London , W14 OPW, England. 3,4," color, 14min.
YOU TASTE AMERICAN Canada, 1986 Director: John Greyson . Tape source: Video Data Bank, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Columbus Dr. at Jackson Blvd . , C h icago, I L 60603-6487. 3,4," color, 24m i n .
SNOW JOB: THE MEDIA HYSTERIA OF AIDS U S. A . , 1986
of Freud who meet for the first time in Vienna i n 1 970. Sophie convinces a wary Alexander to meet after s h e sees h i m i nterviewed on TV about h i s expe rience with Fre u d . I n their o ne-day encounter, i n a rel uctant Alex ander's cluttered apartment, the two sit d own to talk. Sophie is now a d ivorced New Yorke r of nearly 70, Alexander is a lonely widower; both still harbor resent ment of Freud 's treatment of their youthful ' ' p roblems." Their personal narratives, shown in flashback, are poig nant; Freud is an unseen but vivid p resence i n the therapy scenes. Stellar casting includes Colin F i rth
NARCO AND ECOLA
(Another Country) as the aristocratic you n g Alex , who cannot e q u ate sex and self-respect. Clare H i ggi ns is the headstrong Sophie, who defie s her father with a
U S. A . , 1986
lesbian affair and is sent to Fre u d to be "cured ."
ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTIONS
Director: Bruce Geduld i g . Tape source: E. Troia, 1420 Pol k Street #4, San Francisco, C A 94109. 1/2" v h s , BIW, 14mi n .
U S. A . , 1985
eventual acceptance by Schell and Scofield , both triu m
THE COMPLETE ST. VERONICA
phant in roles worthy in every way of their talent.
U S. A . , 1986
Director: Hugh Brody Writers: Hugh Brody, Michael Ignatieff Photography: Ivan Strasburg
civil rig hts. P rod ucers : Tony D ickers o n , Abigail N o rman , Robin Omata, Lydia Dean Pilcher, Afua Kafi Akua and Dareshi Kyi. Tape source: See above. 3/4:' color, 2 8 m i n .
Lesbian motherhood thro u g h donor insemination is the su bject of this s u pportive tape about a controver sial su bject. Alternative Conceptions makes sense of some of the medical , legal and social issues su rrou nd ing insemination : I s it difficult to beco me p regnant using this method? Does a sperm donor h ave any legal rig hts to the c h i ld? H ow do the mothers explain the " facts of life" to their children? Director: Christina Sun ley. Producers: Christina Sunley, Vicky Funari . Tape source : See above. 314;' color, 36m i n .
LABOR MORE THAN ONCE U S. A . , 1983 Marianne M acQueen is a lesbian who h as lost the custody of her son to the new wife of h e r ex-h usband. Ms. M acQueen co mes u p against homophobia i n the cou rts and in society as she battles to regain the rights to her son . Labor More Than Once is a remarkable story
Director: Barbara Hammer. Tape source : Barbara Hammer, 331 E. 89th St. , Apt. 1W, New York, NY 10128. 3;4," color, 8min.
Director: Dale Hoyt. Tape source: Dale Hoyt, 166 Precita, San Francisco, CA 941 1 0. 314;' color, 5 m i n .
VIRTUAL COCKPITS OF mMORROW U S. A . , 1986 Director: John C. Goss. Tape source: Video Data Bank, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Columbus Dr. at Jackson Blvd . , Chicago, I L 60603-6487. 314;' color, 1 0 m i n .
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A me morable portrayal of loss, ange r, regret, and
Editor: David Gladwell Cast: Paul Scofield, Maria Schel l , Frank Finlay, Diana Quick, Claire Higgins Print source: Spectra Fil m , 29 West 34th St. , 12th floor, New York, NY 10001 3 5 m m , color, 99m i n .
U S. A . , 1986 Director: Andre M. Burke. Tape source: Andre M. Burke, 321112 N. Stanley Ave. , Los Angeles, CA 90036. 3,4," color, 8 m i n .
LA CAGE Canada, 1983 Director: Marc Paradis. Tape source: Videographe, Inc. , 4550 Garnier, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2J 3S6. 314;' BIW & color, 20m i n .
of one moth e r ' s dete rmination and honesty versus a system dead set against her. Producer, Director: L i z Merzky. Tape source: s e e above. 3;4," color, 5 2 m i n .
homosexual lifestyle than might otherwise b e available.
tists refuting past notions of the " pathological " homo
F rameline is p rivileged to s h owcase forty-seven
The 1987 festival offers a veritable celebration of the
sexual , famous literary figures, lesbian pop performers,
works by people of varying sexual preferences who pro
many spirits and points of view that comprise our com
d rag q u eens, m u lti-ethnic wo rsh ippers of the Earth
vide us all with images of our lives and our possibilities.
munity. With i n this year's tapes are h o mosexual
Goddess, lesbians exploring the option of artificial
Our thanks to the artists who h ave dared to take TV
parents, people with AIDS, those min iste ring to peo
insemi natio n , a lascivious ESL teac h e r, a gay c h o reo
into their own hands and who have cou nte racted the
ple with AI DS, lesbian and gay political advocates, black
g rapher, artists, thinke rs and a strong minded fe male
i mage of o u rselves we g et fro m without by giving us
lesbians, confrontational British teenagers, social scien-
i mp e rsonator fro m South Africa.
a view of o u r lives fro m with i n .
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DRAMA IN BLOND West Germany, 1984 San Franc isco Premiere A funny, highly original work fro m Germany's under g round film hero, Lothar Lambert, Drama in Blond is a thoughtful study of conflicting worlds. A shy, reclusive bank clerk in his mid-thirties di scovers the dazzl ing , and for him, alie n , world of cabaret entertainment and learns a lot about himself in the process. With the help of an outg oing young coll eague, Gerhard le ans to rid hi mself of an oppressive older sister and fulfi lls a desire to explore and become part of the cabaret scene. He d resses as a wo man , dili gently practices lipsyncing and then completely bungl es his debut at the notorious Travesty Club. Surviving this ord eal he then develops a major, heartbreaki ng crush on Reinhard , the club's midd le-class, hunky technician . Through these funny and touching situati ons Lambert-in an unch aracter istically lighthearted style-offers interesting contrasts between the bourgeois and the bohemian , the narrow mi nded and the permi ssive, and between confo rm ity and unfulfi lled sexuality. Di rector, Writer, Editor: Lothar Lambert Photography: Helmut Rottgen S o u n d : Christian Moldt Cast: Lothar Lam bert, Dagmar Beiersdorf, Hans Marquardt, Stefan Menche Print source: New York Gay Film Festival , 100 Stuyvesant PI. Apt. U-4, Staten Island, NY 10301 1 6 m m , color, 8 1 m i n .
DER OHRENWURM Switzerland, 1986 The pleasure of digg ing around in one's ears. Director, Writer: Herbert Fritsch Producer: Res Balzli' Photography: Ueli Steiger Print source : Frameline, P.O. Box 14792, San Francisco, CA 9411 4 35m m , BIW, 1 0 m i n .
VERA Brazil, 1986 Vera is the story of a young wo man's strug gle to fi nd her place in a world she finds hostile and com plex. An o rphan , she spends her youth in a children's home and her adolescence in a boarding school. Vera's i m personal and isolated situation represses her emotions, and she responds by developing a masculine personal ity, and do minating the other girls. She leaves the o rphanage at 18, and with the help of a teacher finds a job in a modern research center. There she meets Clara, an independ ent woman with a four-year-old son . Vera a n d Cl ara become friends, then more intimate. Vera's behavio r becomes more extre me, and she tries to convince Clara and herself that she is a man . H ow ever, she doesn't find it as easy to i mpose her personal ity on her coworkers as she did at the o rphanage, and inevitable conflict develops. Cornered and alone, she confronts her personal truth: she is a man trapped in a wo man's body. Writer/director Sergio To ledo, 31 , stud ied sociology in the 70s and gai ned film experience . working on do cumentaries and shorts with H ector (Spider Woman) Babenco. Making Vera allowed To ledo to " express his own anxieties and uneasi ness in a per sonal manner," acco rding to the fi l m notes. He didn't want to handle Vera's dile mma fro m a simple homo or transexual angle; the contemporary sym bolism of being literal ly at odds with one's life interested him more. Director, Writer: Sergio Toledo Photography: Rodolfo Sanchez Editor: Te rcio G. da Mota Cast: Ana Beatriz Nogueira , Raul Cortez, Aida Leiner, Carlos Kroeber Print source : E m brafi lme, Rua Mayrink Veiga 28, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 35m m , color, 92mi n .
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BRIGHT EYES Great Britain, 1986 In this th ree-part tape made fo r Channel 4 , B ritain's showcase for innovative and experimental work, video g rapher Stuart Marshall thoughtfully exami ne s the historical and social factors i nfluencing current reac tions to AIDS and homosexuality. The fi rst part of this impressive tape compares 19th century British attitud es toward di sease to present ones. Marshall focuses on a particularly sen sational tabloid story about a per son with AIDS in order to demonstrate how inbred bias against homosexuality in media coverage of AIDS ruth lessly obscures the medical aspects of the crisis. The tape argues against the misrepresentation of AIDS as a " gay disease," i m plicitly suggesti ng that AID S be seen as a disease that affects human beings, some of whom are gay. The second part of Bright Eyes is a stylized com parison of the treatment of gays by the Nazis and others to police/gove rn mental actions agai n st homosexuals today. The poetic rhythms of the language of persecu tion underscore the pervasiven ess of homopho bia in conte mporary society. Political activist and person with AIDS Michael Callen concludes the third part of Bright Eyes by recreating a d ramatic speech he made in front of New Yo rk legis lators. Callen vigorously asserts the need fo r more funding fo r research and care fo r those with AI DS. Director: Stuart Marshall Tape source : Stuart Marshal l , 31 Carthew Rd . , London W6 ODU, England
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TESTING THE LIMITS u. S. A ., 1987 Testing the Limits documents g rass roots activities in New Yo rk by and on beh alf of people with AI DS, in cluding political activism, group civil disobedience, help with housing and information about new alte rnative medications fo r the treatment of the d isease. Producers: Testing the Li mits Collective Tape source : 58 Walker St. 5th FI . , New York, NY 1 0013 3;4," color.
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CAMPING AND FISHING
FIRE WORDS
Lesbians reflect on the social, political and spiritual components of their respective worlds.
John Sex stars in two music videos directed by Tom Rubnitz, who also presided over the delicious "rocku mentary" Wigsto ck: The Movie. Manhattan cable homosex impressario Rick X demonstrates with lascivi ous delight the subtle maneuvers that bring victory in How to Seduce a Preppy. Television is the key to Pleasure by Rowley Mossop. Dean Decent studies the organic relationship between Love/Sex. DQs ditch Nikes for spikes as they romp through NY in Rubnitz's Drag Queen Marathon , which features a moving haiku by the sensi tive Hapi Ph ace.
1986 West Coast Premi ere
W OMEN IN LOVE: BONDING STRATEGIES OF BLACK LESBIANS U S. A . , 1986 Women in Love features black women talking about their public and private lives. Their discussion of families, lovers, and the way they move through society is as entertaining as it is informati ve. Dir ector: Dr. Sylvia Rhue Pr oducers: Ted Johnson, Sylvia Rhue Tape source: Multi-Focus, 1525 Franklin St. , San Francisco, CA 94109 1/2" vhs, color, 52min.
OUR LADY OF L.A. U S. A. , 1986 Produced by members of The Woman's Building in Los Angeles, Our Lady of L.A. is a captivating look at wor ship of the Earth Goddess there. Women of various races describe her influence on their lives and their city. Producers, Directors: Kathleen Forrest, Cheri Gaulke, Sue Mayber r y Tape source: Cheri Gaulke, 1336 N. Occidental Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026 3/.1," color, 29min.
RAW MEET U.S. A . ,
1986 In Jerri Allyn's humorous Raw Meet, the artist boxes with trainer Zebra Davis while recounting incidences of sexual harrassment. Director: Jerri Allyn Tape source: Jerri Allyn, 573 Ninth Ave. , New York, NY 10036 3/.1," color, 3min.
W IGSTOCK: THE MOVIE U S. A. ,
1987
Director: Tom Rubnitz. Tape source: Tom Rubnitz, 431 Broome St. , New York, NY 10013. 3/4," color, 21min.
BUMP AND GRIND IT U S. A. ,
1986
Starring: John Sex. Director: Tom Rubnitz. Tape Source: Tom Rubnitz (see above). 3/<, color, 3min.
HUSTLE W ITH MY MUSCLE U S.A. ,
1986
Starring: John Sex. Director: Tom Rubnitz. Tape source: Tom Rubnitz (see above). 3/.1," color, 3min.
HO W m SEDUCE A PREPPY US. A.
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1985
Pr oducer: Rick X. Tape source: City Heights Closet Case Show, P.O. Box 790, New York, NY 10108. 3/<' color, 30min.
PLEASURE Canada,
1987
Director : Rowley Mossop. Tape source: V-Tape, 183 Bathurst St. , Toronto M5T 2R7, Ontario, Canada. 3/.1;' color 1 1 min.
LOVE/SEX
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U S. A. ,
COOL GLEAM
Dir ector: Dean R. Decent. Tape source: Dean R. Decent, 1510A Jackson St. , San Francisco, CA 94109. 3f4," color, 8min.
U S. A. ,
1987
Performers: The Emerald Art Ensemble Director: Rixanne Wehren Tape source: Freelance Video, Star Route, Redway, CA 95560 3/.( color, 6min.
THE FABULOUS DYKEmNES ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK US. A. ,
1986
Director: Kathy Wolfe Tape source: Wolfe Video Distributing, P.O. Box 64, New Almaden, CA 95042
3/4," color, 3min.
1985
DRAG QUEEN MARATHON U S. A. ,
1986
Director: Tom Rubnitz. Tape source: Tom Rubnitz (see above). 3/.1," color, 6min.
Canada,
Louky Bersianik, Jovette Marchessault and N icole Brossard are three respected yet controversial Quebec writers. Firewords offers an intimate glimpse at their struggles and at their successes in creating a distinc tive women's literature. Rooted in Quebec, with its unique vitality, these three writers have achieved recognition at home, in North America and in Europe. They have confirmed that fresh approaches are still possible. Their voices, indi vidually and collecti vely, leap over barriers of culture and politics, bringing feminist questioning to the heart of everyday li fe. In examining personal and global issues from a female perspecti ve, they have touched on human relationships, work, justice, pover ty, loneliness, and the future. Dir ector : Dorothy Todd Henaut Photography: Zoe Dirse, David De Volpi Editing: Pascale Laverriere Print source: National Film Boar d of Canada, P.O. Box 6100, Montreal, Quebec, H3C 3H5, Canada 16 m m , color, 90min.
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MASTURBATION: 5 W OMEN U S. A. ,
1987
Directors: Edd Dundas, Ann Auleb Photogr aphy: Frances Reid Pr int source: Cinematherapy Inc., 839 14th St. , San Fr ancisco, C A 94114 16 m m , color, 22min.
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3 FILMS BY MARC HUESTIS
CUPID'S TRUE LOVE
CHUCK SOLOMON: COMING OF AGE
US.A. , 1987 A lesbian cu pid on a crusade to get the world to love her way. Director: Connie Steinman 16mm, BfW, 10min.
KEEPING THE FAITH
U S. A. , 1986 Two female college friends meet after several years and deal with the quite different paths each has taken since · graduation. Director: Nina Koocher 16mm, color, 30min.
THE MARK OF LILITH
Great Britain, 1986 Lilia, a white bisexual vampire meets up with a black lesbian researcher whose perspectives jolt her out of a blindness caused by patriarchal society. Di �ectors: Bruna Fionda, Polly Gladwin, Isiling Mack-Nataf Pnnt source: Re-Vamp Productions, 56 Rattray Road, London SW2 1BD, Great Britain 16mm, color, 32min.
LIVING WITH AIDS
US. A. , 1986 The compelling story of Todd , a young San Franciscan with AIDS, and the people who provided him with prac tical and emotional suppor t during the last months of his life.
WHATEVER HAP PENED TO SUSAN JANE? UNITY San Francisco filmlvideo artists Marc Huestis has received international acclaim during the last year with the success of his touching portrait of Chuck Solomon. The Festival premiered this piece as a video in 1986 and is proud to present the first San Francisco screening of the film version of Chuck Solomon: Coming of Age. Whatever Happened To Susan Jane? ( 1 982) follows Marcie Clark, a suburban housewife dissatisfied with her bouffant and barbecue lifestyle, who leaves home in search of something new. She arrives in San Fran cisco, smack in the middle of its eccentirc yet thriving artistic underground . Filmed on a shoestring budget of $20,000, Whatever Happened To Susan Jane? cap tures one of the most exciting periods of San Fran cisco's gay culture featuring some of the City's most notable celebrities of the time: Lulu , Coco Vega , Silvana Nova , The Wasp Women , Tommy Pace and an extra ordinary per formance by Ann Block as the naive Marcie Clark . The program will also include Huestis' 1978 prize winning short Unity, made in response to the Briggs attack on gays. Unity relates the story of a love affair between two men in the face of violent retribution from the Nazis.
Director: Tina DiFeliciantonio
COMING OF AGE Print source: The Cinema Guild, 1697 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 16mm or 3/4" video, color, 58min.
Print source: Tina DiFeliciantonio, 128 Linda St., San Francisco, CA 94110 16mm, color, 25min.
UNITY 16mm, color, 15min. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO SUSAN JANE? 16mm, color, 60min. Print sources: Outsider Productions, 620 Guerrero St., #6, San Francisco, CA 94110
Presentation of the 1 987 Fra mel in e Award
NOVEMBERMOON
West Germany, France, 1984 Novembermoon deals with the German occupation of France and French collaboration with the German army via a love story between a German Jew, November Messing, and her French lover, Ferial. This is the first German feature film to tackle this era in Franco-German history and the persecution of French and German Jews. The film works as history, romance, and ar t : it is a moving, well-crafted look at love under political pressure. The lovers, played by Gabriele Osburg (of Depart to Arrive) as November, and Christiane Millet as Feria l , are beautiful , intense women whose bond is immediate and enduring. November is arrested in the so-called ' 'free zone " of occupied France in 1940 and suffers abuse and humiliation at Gestapo hands. Somehow she makes her way back to Ferial , in Paris, where she is forced to live in hiding while Ferial goes to work for a collaborationist newspaper to avoid sus picion . The women and their love sur vive, although Ferial must endure the abuse of her compatriots follow ing the liberation of Paris. Novembermoon is a grip ping drama and a real love story, and a hard look at an ignoble chapter of German history. Director, Writer: Alexandra von Grote Photography: Bernar Zitzerman Editor: Susann Lahaye Music: Eisto Macchi Cast: Gabriele Osburg, Christiane Millet, Daniele Delorme, Bruno Pradal Print source: Ariadne Film, Gustav Muller Strasse 17, 1000 Berlin 62, West Germany 35mm, color, 106min.
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TIME IS MONEY
West Germany, 1987 Time is Money tells the thrilling story of a mysterious woman who burglarizes the villas of certain people to teach them a very unusual as well as expension lesson. Director: Alexandra von Grote Cast: Gabriele Osburg, Ute Gerlach Print source: Ariadne Film, Gustav Muller Strass 17, 1000 Berlin 62, West Germany 35mm, color, 13min.
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LAW OF DESIRE Spain, 1987 San Francisco Premiere The h it of this year's Berl i n Film Festival , Law of Desire has been creating a sti r all ove r the worl d . Critics have been shocked by its sexual explicitness in this age of safe-sex but have also been overwhelmed by d i rector Pedro Almodovar's wi l d sense of h u mo r and equally wild sense of the outrag eous. When both Vito Russo and Pauline Kael rave about a fi l m you can be sure of so meth ing special . The story is part fantasty, part m u rd e r myster and part erotic comedy. It's about Antonio, who loves Pablo, who loves Juan. It's also about Pablo's sister Tina (played by Carmen Maura who nearly steals the film) who was his brother before under going a sex change. The fou r characters become in volved i n a tale of sexual intrigue and danger that leads to m u rd e r and amnesia. Pedro Almodovar has been called the Spanish John Waters and directed last year's hit What Have I Done to Deserve This? which featured Carmen Maura as the slum mother. She has been com pared to both Anna M agnani and Bette Midler and seems d estined fo r i nternational stard o m . Director: Pedro Almodovar Producer: Agustin Almodovar Photography: Angel Luis Fernandez Editor: Jose Salcedo Cast: Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura , Antonio Banderas, Miguel Molina, Manuela Velasco, Bibi Andersen Print source: Cinevista, 353 West 39th St. , Suite 404, New York, NY 1 0018 35m m , color, 1 00 m i n .
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FIVE WAYS m KILL YOURSELF
U S. A . , 1987
Director: Gus van Sant Print source: Framel ine, P.O. Box 14792, San Francisco, CA 9411 4 1 6 m m , color, 3 m i n .
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VANTAGE POINTS
ASSERTIONS
HOMOSEXUALITY: WHAT SCI ENCE U N D ERSTANDS
WE ARE FAMILY
Three perspectives on homosexuality: the scien tific, the personal and the collective.
U S. A . , 1987 The first part of this worthwhile tape, produced by I ntelligence in Media, refutes past noti ons of the " patholog ical " ho mosexual . Su rprise, ho mosexuals are just like everyone else, which means they (we) occasio nally need the rapy. Positive ways to cou nsel lesbians and gays are sugg ested in the second half. A tape of interest to the general public, teachers and cou nseling professionals alike, Homosexuality: What Science Understands offers a rational and low-key d i scussion of its topic. Director: Henry Mach . Producer: Dr. James Harrison. Tape source : I ntel ligence i n Media, 1 23 W. 44th St. , New Yo rk, NY 1 0036. 3/4," color, 54min .
H E'S LIKE U.S. A . , 1 986 He's Like is about what fo u r men understand about the men i n their lives. D i rector John Goss examines m ascu linity and male self-i mage through a collection of q u asi-docu mentary stories. Director: John C. Goss. Tape source: Video Data Bank, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Columbus Dr. at Jackson Blvd. I C hicago, I L 60603-6487. 3A" color, 24min.
FRAMED YOUTH : THE REVENGE OF THE TEENAGE PERVERTS Great Britain, 1983 Cheeky British lesbian and gay teenagers hit Lo ndon's streets with video cameras and microphones to con front normals' views on homosexuality. The results are both h u m o ro u s and revealing . Prod uced by the teenagers themselves, Framed Youth features a seg ment by B ronski Beat's Jimi Somerville. D i rectors: Jeff Cole, Jimi Somerville, Trill Burto n , Pom Mar tin , Nicola Field, Rose Collis, Toby Kettle. Tape source: Albany D i stribution Video, The Al bany, Douglass Way, London SE8 4AG, England . 3/<' color 50m i n .
Two tapes that assert the legitimacy of homosex ual rights.
U S. A . , 1987 Susan Stamberg n arrates WGBH's fine docu mentary about lesbian and gay parents that explores the legal and social i m plications of homosexual parenti ng th ro u g h the lives of three families. Concerns about AIDS, child molestation , sex education and the effects of the absence of a " traditional" family setti ng on foster child ren are sensitively addressed . A careful look at what life is really like in l esbian and gay famil ies, We Are Family is ulti mately about the well-being of children. It concl udes that homosexuals are as capable as heterosexuals of being committed , loving parents. Producer: Aimee Sands Director: Dasal Banks Tape source : Aimee Sands, WGBH-TV, 1 25 Western Ave. , Bosto n , MA 02134 31<1," color, 59m i n .
RIGHTS AND REACTIONS U S. A . , 1987 Rights and Reactions chronicles the recent and suc cessful fight fo r a gay rig hts o rdi nance in New Yo rk. The passage of Intra 2was the culmi natio n of a fifteen yea r effort by ho mosexual rights activists. " Separa tion of Church and State" takes a beating as Pro testants, Jews and Catholics line up on both sides to stake th eir moral g round i n front of the New Yo rk City legislature. Tempers flare, contempt citations abou n d a n d H arvey Fierstein makes a n appearance. A dramatic and excellent tape that indi cates why the bill might have been needed . Director: Phil Zwickler Tape source : Tapestry Productions, 924 Broadway, New York, NY 1 0010 31<1," color, 58min .
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AIDS: THE REAL AND THE UNREAL A documentary on individuals and groups who help people with AIDS, a person with AIDS who speaks for himself and a critique of the media 's portrayal of AIDS.
H EROES U S. A . , 1987 Among the heartening reactions to AIDS has been the flowering of support ser vices for those with AIDS. Heroes documents several San Francisco AIDS care groups and ind ividuals including SHANTI, THE META PHYSICAL ALLIANCE, PROJECT INFORM, a woman who massages people who have AIDS and a man who conducts art classes for them. The tape features inspirational and informative interviews with people who have sur vived AIDS for more than five years and con cludes with some potent thoughts about the true nature of heroism. Dir ector : John Canalli. Tape source: John Canalli, 182B Castro St. , San Francisco, CA 94114. 3/<' color, 28min.
I'M STILL ALIVE : A PERSON ' WITH AIDS TELLS HIS STORY Germany, 1987 San Franciscan Peter Sieglar is the subject of I'm Still Alive . Sieglar was born in Germany. He returned there in 1 98 6 to reveal to his family that he had AIDS. The trip home helped to cr ystallize his thoughts on AIDS, homosexuality and the meaning of his life, all of which he generously shares with director Michael Aue (and us). A very sweet and hopeful tape, I'm Still Alive is a testament to the wisdom and resilience of the human spirit. Director: Michael Aue. Tape source: EBS Pr oductions, 320 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA 94102. 3/4;' color, 58min. In English and Ger man with English subtitles.
A PLAGUE ON YOU Great Britain, 1985 A Plague on You is a sharp and defi ant critique of the British Establishmef1t's representation of AIDS by a London-based lesbian and gay media collective. An ambitious work, it attempts to separate the real from the unreal in the presentation of AIDS in England. Directors: Lesbian and Gay Media Group. Tape source: Con ver se Pictures, Bon Marche Building, 444 Brixton Road, Lon don SW9 8EJ, England. 314," color, 28min.
THE CALL TO ACTION
LESBIAN TV PARTY
Gay men and lesbians on the political front.
Pil iows/PJs OK! TV Party begins with hilarious 17 Rooms, whose subtitle, " What Do Lesbians Do in Bed?" got it banished from Britain's usually open minded Channel 4. A dozen or so women bare their breasts and talk about them in the wonderful Off Our Chests. The Minders is a lush fantasy about a celestial utopia ruled by women. Sick features nutty rumina tions on the origins of illness and sexual orientation. Frankly, Shirley portrays the less than successful re union of two ex-lovers. Episode One of the lesbian soap opera Two in Twenty introduces the melodramatic ad ventures of a typical group of lesbians in a typical American town . . . .
ACROSS THE RUBICON South Africa, 1987 Pieter-Dirk U ys is a South African female imper sonator/caricaturist whose finely-wrought satirical tour ing show elucidates apartheid while lampooning it. Uys walks a thin line between censorship and arrest as he occasionally steps out of characters that incl ude pw. Botha, Desmond Tutu and Margaret Thatcher to deliver pointed attacks on apartheid and the South African government. Uys' popularity with both white and black audiences insulates him somewhat from government interference, but he describes his balancing act as being " like doing the tango in front of a firing squad." Across the Rubicon brilliantly portrays the humor and grace with which U ys makes his contrib ution to the fight agai nst apartheid. Dir ector: Lionel Friedbe r g Pr oducer: Diana Fr iedbe r g Tape source: Zepr a Inter national, 6133 Pat Avenue, Woodland Hills, CA 91367 314;' color, 54min.
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DANCING IN DULAIS Great Britain,
1986
The South Wales miners' strike of 1 984/85 saw the formation of a curious alliance between a plucky group of young homosexuals from London and miners in Dulais Valley. In DanCing in Dulais, an initial wariness on the part of the young gays, the miners and the miners' families gives way, through sometimes delicate interactions, to a loving and purposeful solid arity. The unembell ished videography captures well this fas cinating-to-witness union of two disparate yet ultimately kindred groups. The " Pits and Perverts" benefit con cert features the Bronski Beat. Directors: Lesbian and Gay Suppor t the Mtners Gr oup Tape source: Converse Pictures, Bon Mar che Building, 444 Brixton Road, London, SW9 8EJ, England 3/<' color, 25min.
17 ROOMS Great Britain,
1984
Director : Caroline Sheldon. Tape source: Women Make Movies, 225 Lafayette #212, New York, NY 1 0012. 3/4," color, 1 0min.
OFF OUR CHESTS U S. A. ,
1987
Director : Susan Kuchinskas. Tape source: Susan Kuchinskas, 3016 Filber t # 1 0, Oakland, CA 94608. 314," color, 24min.
THE MINDERS New Zealand,
1985
Director: Melanie Read. Tape source: Women Make Movies, 225 Lafayette #212, New York, NY 10012. 3/.1," color, 50min.
SICK US. A. ,
1986
Director: Cecilia Dougherty. Tape source: Cecilia Dougherty, 431 40th Street #7, Oakland, CA 94609. 314:' color, 6min.
FRANKLY, SHIRLEY Canada,
1987
Director : Margaret Moores. Tape source: V-Tape, 183 Bathurst ST, Tor onto M5T 2R7, Ontario, Canada. 3/4," color, 11min.
TWO IN TWENTY US. A . ,
1987
Producers: Laurel Chiten, Cheryl Qamar, Rachel McCollum. Tape source: Two in Twenty, P.O. Box 105, Somer ville, MA 02114. 314:' color, 52min.
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GERTRUDE STEIN AND A COMPANION
US.A., 1986 Gertrude and Alice get fine treatment in this literate and stylish por trayal of their lives. The script, adapted by Win Wells from Stein's and Toklas' writings, is top notch, as are p erformances by Jan Miner as Gertrude and Broadway standout Marian Seldes as Alice. It is the afternoon of July 27, 1946 and Gertrude Stein is dead. Now "alone" in their famous salon, a place usually alive with gatherings of the avant garde from the literary and art worlds, Alice sets out to write to P icasso with the news of Gertrude's death. In her at t empt to tell how it happened, sh e begins to relive th e events of their lives together. In a style not unlike Stein's free verse, scenes from their public and private life are interwoven with Alice's r ecollections. Director Ira Cirker successfully marries theatrical and v ideo t echniques to render this com pelling portrait of Gertrude's and Al ice's tempestuous forty year r elationship. An interesting counterpoint to the recently released " Waiting for the Moon," this tape offers a fresh look at two of literature's most interesting figures. Starring: Jan Miner, Marian Seldes Director: Ira Cirker Writer: Win Wells Producer: Nancy Walzog Tape source: Tapestry Productions, 924 Broadway, New York, NY 10010 3f4," color, 87min.
HAIL THE NEW PURITAN
Great Britain. 1986 Michael Clark, the sexy, internationafly acclaimed twenty-three-year-old " rock star " of the British dance world, is the subj ect of Hail the New Puritan, produced by Charles Atlas for Channel 4 in Great Britain. Atlas employs a fictional/docum entary style to pre sent a wild chronicle of a day in Clark's life. Clever shooting and editing accentuate the superb dancing of Clark's company and the unabashed sexuality that infuses the punk star's work. Hail the New Puritan begins with a skillfully executed dream sequence and follows Clark from waking through returning home at dawn the following morning. Dur ing this very active day Clark charms his way through an interview with a dance critic, works out with his com pany, performs in a surreal skit with members of the post-punk band Th e Fall, travels to a cemetery to par ticipate in the filming of an underground featurette, has an erotic encounter in a mi rrored b edroom, leads the action at a nightclub and finally heads home, where he dances to exhaustion to Elvis Presley's "Are You Lonesome Tonight." At the heart of Hail the New Puritan are ten principal dance sequences which Atlas weaves into a colorful time capsule of th e punk scene of 1980s London. Starring: Michael Clark Director: Charles Atlas Tape source: Charles Atlas, 319 W. 14th St., New York, NY 10014
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CRIMES AGAINST NATURE
US. A. , 1977 In 1977, the Gay Men's Theatre Collective of San Fran cisco commissioned a video tape of their landmark play, Crimes Against Nature, in hopes of gaining fund ing for a film that never panned out. A three camera, forty hour shot produced this vibrant translation of the testaments and self-discovery of a group of gay m en. Described in the '70s a " Chorus Line for gay people, " Crimes Against Nature remains vital today as a com munal disclosure of roles gay people adopt in order to survive in a world that devalues homosexual feelings. The play features individual actors delivering reveal ing monologues, during which the other members of the collective play background roles (parents, school mates, etc.}. One by one the actors detail the ways in which they have buried their true selves in order to sur vive and be accepted in the world : repression ; drug use ; shyness ; being agreeable ; putting experiences into "little boxes " ; acting "butch" and so on. An inspiring courage informs th e som etimes humorous, sometimes painful t estimony of the m en, each of whom occupies the unsettling region between intell ectual and emotional transformation. Exceptional performances convey the suspense involved in treading such dangerous psychological ground. Clever staging raised the original theatrical produc tion above m ere confession and director Edward Dundas imaginatively weaves his cameras into the play's action to create an intimacy which the viewer fully shares. Dundas' video tape recreates the emo tion, humor, ritual and pathos that characterized th e play. The world premiere of Crimes Against Nature is one of the "must see" programs of this year's festival. As a record of a popular and important play produced in a bygone era, this tape has obvious historical value. Its message about the u rgency of authenticity speaks directly to the present. Director: Edward Dundas Performers: Gay Men's T heater Collective of San Francisco Tape source: Frameline, P. O. Box 14792, San Francisco, CA 94114
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ANITA SPERM
US. A. , 1977 The late Jane Dornacker recalls the politics of th e late '70s in her classic send-up of Anita Bryant. Video: Bonnie Engel Tape source: The Public Eye, Inc., P.O. Box 640402, San Francisco, CA 94164
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