Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival 2009

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 13

TICKETS

Full Festival Pass (All Films and Parties)

Premiere Night Pass (Opening Film, Catered After Party) ............

Individual Film Tickets (Saturday and Sunday)

A DAY AT THE BEACH DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS BUTTERY TOP THE BIG GAY MUSICAL

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 14

IMA DEBOEST LECTURE HALL

LESBIAN SHORTS 1:00PM GIRL TALK SHAFTED MAKE A MATE EVELYN EVERYONE LASH REMEMBER THE EYES TOOLS 4 FOOLS QUEERER THAN THOU

IMA THE TOBY 8:00PM KADEN LATER PLAYING WITH GENDER AMANCIO: TWO FACES ON A TOMBSTONE

Premiere Film Ticket (Friday Night) Sunday Documentary Pass (All 7 Films) ......................................

STUDENT DISCOUNTS (WITH VALID STUDENT ID) • Individual Films On Saturday and Sunday

IMA THE TOBY 1:30PM 5:30PM

YOUTH SHORTS KALI-MA DOLLS TROPHY JAMES RECESS DISH QUEERANTINE!

3:30PM SHORTS ON THE EDGE 3:00PM PORTRAIT OF A COUPLE WEAK SPECIES PROMISE LUSHES SOCE THE ELEMENTAL WIZARD NICKY CLICK 8 INCH BETSY

5:00PM KWEERING UP NAPTOWN MUSIC SHOWCASE 9:30PM

BUTTERY TOP I CAN’T THINK STRAIGHT 7:00PM

5:30PM 7:30PM

GAY SHORTS FREQUENT TRAVELER BOYCRAZY NAILING JELLO IT'S IN THE CARDS DINX UNION COUNTY WIG

SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW HANNAH FREE 8:00PM BABYSITTING ANDY MISCONCEPTIONS 10:00PM DINX HOMEWRECKER

IUPUI CAMPUS CENTER / 405 A PLACE TO LIVE 1:30PM BI THE WAY 3:30PM BEYOND BOUNDARIES ANNUL VICTORY 6:00PM SWIMMING WITH LESBIANS FOR MY WIFE

IUPUI CAMPUS CENTER / 450A STRAIGHTLACED 3:00PM

Full Festival and Premiere Night Passes available for presale at Out Word Bound and online at www.indylgbtfilmfest.com. All other tickets available Festival Weekend at the Box Office inside the Indianapolis Museum of Art on Friday and Saturday and the IUPUI Campus Center on Sunday, based on availability.

Seating for films guaranteed to Full Festival Pass Holders up to 15 minutes before showtime.

Welcome

to the ninth annual Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival! It’s hard to believe that almost ten years have passed since this festival first hit the ground running. But this year is the year that the festival takes place at not one but two great locations! Following on the success of last year, we’re honored to be screening an impressive and provocative program of documentaries at the IUPUI Campus Center, just a few blocks west of downtown Indianapolis. The Friday and Saturday portion of the festival, however, will be held at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, with screenings in the DeBoest Lecture Hall, and the sumptuous Tobias Theater. And as always, we’re offering an amazing line-up of gay-themed cinema, none of which have ever been shown in Indianapolis before. It’s going to be a grand weekend!

Our presence at the IMA is by special invitation, and we hope that you’ll appreciate the first rate screening facilities they offer. The DeBoest Lecture Hall has bragging rights to a long history of innovative film programming. Meanwhile, The Toby provides 600 comfortable seats, balcony seating, “alternative” seating, high-def digital projection, and Dolby surround sound, all in stylish, comfortable furnishings. In between screenings, enjoy a sit-down meal at the Nourish Café, just a few steps away from either theater.

On Sunday, the spectacular IUPUI Campus Center will be the place to be for a variety of stimulating documentaries, speakers, and discussions, all afternoon long. We’ll be holding these screenings on the fourth floor of the center in both a large multi-purpose theater and a smaller viewing space to facilitate interaction.

As always, the weekend is full of entertainment with another year of festival “firsts” and something to suit everyone’s taste. Clearly, musicals and singing are popular these days, so the choice for the Premiere Night film is The Big Gay Musical, directed by Casper Andreas, a festival favorite of our audiences in years past (A Four-Letter Word and Between Love and Goodbye). This hilarious feature will be preceded by the side-splitting short Buttery Top, directed by local filmmaker and film festival personality Catherine Crouch. Spend all day with us on Saturday, with features ranging from the gripping drama Hannah Free (starring Sharon Gless), the screamingly funny Misconceptions (starring Orlando Jones), and Shamim Sarif’s sexy lesbian romance I Can’t Think Straight.

But don’t go home early, because for the first time in festival history, we’ll be offering a rock concert at the end of the day. You read correctly! This year, through a special and productive collaboration with Kweering Up Naptown, a local organization of music promoters, the festival will present a program of musical artists ranging from techno-pop and hip-hop to hardcore punk, all with a decidedly queer edge. The line-up includes Soce: The Elemental Wizard, Nicky Click, and 8 Inch Betsy—an exceptional bill of fare!

Arts organizations and film festivals must work hard to survive these days. If you’re impressed by what you experience this weekend, then join us in thanking the Indiana Youth Group. The film festival exists as official IYG programming, but also through tireless volunteer efforts. The steering committee is composed of community-minded individuals who work countless hours behind the scenes. As a committee we do all of this with several purposes in mind: to bring a strong program of queer cinema to local LGBT audiences, to create an enjoyable weekend of entertainment, and to direct the public’s attention to IYG and all that they provide for local youth. We thank these individuals for their time and dedication.

We have our sponsors to thank, though, since it is through community efforts that we remain active as a cultural event. If you enjoy the film festival this year, please take a look at the names and logos displayed throughout the program. These are the generous forces that keep this event going, year after year. Their faith in our project and their abiding loyalty help us meet our goals. It’s the sponsors who keep this festival intact and propel us forward as we grow.

Because of the generosity we’ve received from both the IUPUI community and the IMA, we’re pleased to announce that we’ve lowered our prices this year! Transitional economic times call for open minds, which is why we’re reducing the rate on the Full Festival Pass and the Premiere Night Pass, as well as creating a special discount for an all day pass for Sunday’s documentary program. This is a great year to be part of a weekend-long arts event for such a low price.

Finally, it’s my pleasure to thank you for coming to the festival this year! Our event offers everyone the chance to gather in a lively environment to laugh together, make new friends, and discuss the various issues that continue to impact our lives. When you show up for any part of the festival, you become part of that environment and add to the mix. Thanks again, and enjoy the weekend!

MARK HARPER FESTIVAL DIRECTOR

Juried Prizes

The Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival honors two films with the AT&T Pioneers: Best of Festival Awards. The director winning First Place receives $1,000. The director winning Second Place receives $500. In order to be eligible, films must be submitted via our international call for entries and abide by all terms for submission. The field of films is narrowed down by our film selection committee and then presented to our panel of judges for a final decision. The winning films will be announced at our Premiere Night Event. The following six films are nominated for our 2009 Juried Prizes...

JUDGES

DEBRA WHITE-STANLEY

Debra White-Stanley is Assistant Professor of Film Studies at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, where she teaches courses on topics such as Film History, Women and film, the Horror Film, and Experimental Cinema. She is currently working on a book on the war film and memoir, and has published articles on sound in the films of Allison Anders; gender representation in Saving Private Ryan and T hin Red Line; and The Manchurian Candidate.

BILL ELLIOTT

AMANCIO: TWO FACES ON A TOMBSTONE

DIRECTOR: Tom Murray

KADEN LATER

RECESS

DISH

TROPHY

Bill Elliott grew up in England and moved to the United States in 1979. He completed master’s and PhD degrees in English literature and film studies at Indiana University and has taught at IU Bloomington, IUPUI, and Butler University.

His writing has appeared in numerous publications, including Arts Indiana, Nuvo, The Syracuse New Times (Syracuse, N.Y.), and The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis.

He is currently theatre and film critic for The Word and Up

SARAH MYNETT

Sarah Mynett is a British filmmaker whose work includes the award-winning film, In the Blue, written and co-directed by Sarah, Riley’s Story, a documentary about a child with a rare mitochondrial disease, screened at the 2009 Indianapolis International Film Festival. Sarah also wrote, directed and co-starred in the film Committed, an official selection at the 2008 Indianapolis LGBT Festival. Find out more about Sarah's work at

ROYCE COLE JR.

Royce Cole Jr. is in his fifth year serving on the film festival committee. Royce has played a role in helping secure film festival sponsors and building a relationship with those local and national sponsors to help make the festival a success. As a member of the AT&T Pioneers and former President of LEAGUE at AT&T, he has coordinated many volunteer activities in the LGBT community and with Indiana Youth Group. This is his second year on the film selection committee.

Self-proclaimed Crasian and part-time hibernator, Dawn Boarman has been with The Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival since its inception. From 2004-2007 she served as the Selection Committee Director. “Making sure films were selected on the basis of quality and originality was always most important,” Dawn explains. And as for her credentials,“In short...just like every other human, I have an opinion. And I'm not afraid to use it.”

DAWN BOARMAN

DIRECTOR: Harriet Storm

DIRECTOR: Davyde Wachell

DIRECTOR: Brian Harris Krinsky

DIRECTOR: Karla DiBenedetto WIG DIRECTOR: Todd Holland

www.IndyLGBTFilmFest.com

FESTIVAL CO-DIRECTORS

Mark Harper

Pamela Powell

SPONSORSHIP COMMITTEE

Royce Cole Jr.

Pamela Powell

SELECTION COMMITTEE

Kenny Abernathy

Royce Cole Jr.

Chelsea Cooke

Catherine Crouch

Sam Fyffe

Terri Gullion

Abby Ogden

Lida Rogers

CAMPUS ALLIANCE

Chelsea Cooke

Brittaney Coundiff

Emily Good Chelsea Shilling

Debra White-Stanley (IUPUI Film Studies Club Advisor)

PROMOTIONAL EVENTS COMMITTEE

Dawn Boarman

Petra Fippen

Michael Witte

PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE

Bob Dietrich

Josh Driver

Kevin Kelly

Brad Zavakos TECHNICAL LOGISTICS

Scott Benson

IMA TOBIAS THEATER / FRIDAY 8:00

PREMIERE NIGHT

PRECEDED BY THE FOLLOWING SHORTS:

A DAY AT THE BEACH

DIRECTOR

Véronica Courtois RUNNING TIME 3 minutes

When

THE BIG GAY MUSICAL

DIRECTORS

Casper Andreas and Fred M. Caruso

RUNNING TIME 100 minutes

Paul and Eddie have just begun previews for the new Off-Broadway musical “Adam and Steve Just the Way God Made ‘Em.” Their lives strangely mirror the characters they are playing. Paul is looking for the perfect man and Eddie is dealing with how his sexuality and faith can mix. After yet another disastrous dating experience, Paul has an epiphany. He is done dating and just wants to be a slut like the sexy chorus boys that share his dressing room. Eddie has to tell his parents that he’s gay and is starring in a show that calls the bible the “Breeder’s Informational Book of Living Examples.” Eddie comes out to his family and Paul goes on Manhunt. Eddie’s parents are destroyed by the news and Paul can’t even have a good one-night stand. But after musical numbers with scantly clad tap dancing angels, a retelling of Genesis, tele-evangelists, a camp that attempts to turn gay kids straight, and a bunch of showtunes, everyone realizes that life gets better once they accept who they really are. And they are just the way God made ‘em.

BUTTERY TOP

Catherine Crouch and Kelly Hayes RUNNING TIME 4 minutes

Directors Catherine Crouch and Kelly Hayes Present

A jug of wine, a loaf of bread - but wait - what kind of bread? A comedy about a first date with extra baggage.

DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS DIRECTORS

Carrie Schrader and Tricia Cooke RUNNING TIME 5 minutes

A comic morality tale about two cocky young lesbians who bite off more than they can chew at a Texas roadside diner. Written by Tricia Cooke and Oscar winning director Ethan Coen.

LESBIAN SHORTS

GIRL TALK

DIRECTOR

Jennifer Smith

RUNNING TIME 7 minutes

Everyone wants to know about Kelly’s date, but she isn’t talking.

SHAFTED

DIRECTORS

Allegra and April Hirschman RUNNING TIME 10 minutes

When Lyndsay realizes her butch ex-lover took all her sex toys she will do whatever it takes to seek justice.

MAKE A MATE

DIRECTOR

Jennifer Jordan Day

RUNNING TIME 4 minutes

A lonely woman finds a magical shop where she can choose the ingredients to make a mate in this fantasy film.

EVELYN EVERYONE

DIRECTOR

Kylie Plunkett RUNNING TIME 17 minutes

Thirty-three-year-old Eve is single and searching for love online in this mix of animation and live action.

REMEMBER THE EYES

DIRECTOR

Nathalie Camidebach

RUNNING TIME 15 minutes

To be free is having the courage to be different. A story about love, acceptance and hope.

LASH

DIRECTOR

Elka Kerkhofs RUNNING TIME 6 minutes

Celina discovers that religious persecution cannot kill the power of love.

TOOLS 4 FOOLS

DIRECTOR

Kate A. Brandt

RUNNING TIME 8 minutes

A wacky enthusiast hawks used dildos in the infomercial from hell.

QUEERER THAN THOU

DIRECTOR

Ramses Rodstein

RUNNING TIME 8 minutes

A comedic short that tackles the age-old question of 'Who is the queerest of them all?'

YOUTH SHORTS

RECESS

DIRECTOR

Davyde Wachell

RUNNING TIME

14 minutes

BEST OF FESTIVAL NOMINEE

Recess is a story about a closeted young woman at a new private school. Jess misplaces her feelings by idealizing a new friend as her savior. Brimming with fervor and a false self-confidence, Jess attacks another girl whom she perceives to be the enemy. When all is revealed she comes to see her actions in a different light. She learns that hurting others, especially in a vacuum of self understanding, is the same as hurting yourself.

KALI MA

DIRECTOR

Soman Chainani

RUNNING TIME

14 minutes

When a suburban Indian mother finds out her son is the victim of a vicious bully, she delivers her own brand of vigilante justice.

DOLLS

DIRECTOR

Randy Casperson

RUNNING TIME

10 minutes

An unexpected find, while preparing for a yard sale, forces a mother to come to terms with her teenage son’s sexuality.

TROPHY

DIRECTOR

Karla DiBenedetto

RUNNING TIME

11 minutes

BEST OF FESTIVAL NOMINEE

A teenager’s visit to her father’s vacation home turns steamy when she finds herself unexpectedly attracted to her father’s fiancee.

JAMES

DIRECTOR

Connor Clements

RUNNING TIME

18 minutes

When James realizes that long-buried secrets can lead to poor family relations, he feels it’s time to confide in his only friend with a secret of his own.

DISH

DIRECTOR

Brian Harris Krinsky

RUNNING TIME

16 minutes

BEST OF FESTIVAL NOMINEE

Emo kids Israel and Louie walk around dishing about their classmates. After listening to Louie boast about his sexual escapades, Israel decides he has some catching up to do.

QUEERANTINE!

DIRECTOR

Kerry O'Quinn

RUNNING TIME 5 minutes

When reports break about students acting out of character, a TV reporter and police investigate.

SHORTS ON THE EDGE

PORTRAIT OF A COUPLE

DIRECTOR

David Martin - Porras

RUNNING TIME 8 minutes

FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY

MAPlease be forewarned that the films in this program depict graphic scenes of drug abuse, extreme violence, alcoholism, homosexual rape, torture, bitchiness, organ harvesting, tragic drag, BSDM, underage sexuality and could be considered quite offensive to a sensitive viewer. So why are we screening them? Because they are also excellent films that represent some of the difficult realities of gay life. So enjoy! At your own risk.

WEAK SPECIES

DIRECTOR

Dan Faltz

RUNNING TIME 35 minutes

On the eve of moving from New York to Spain with his lover, Type-A personality Ryan hears from an ex-lover who is now HIV-positive. Suddenly faced with a difficult choice, Ryan chooses to go on the attack - a strategy with unexpected consequences.

Filmmaker Dan Faltz brings the unapologetically dark world of author Dennis Cooper to the screen. Steve and George are part of a frightening food chain. High school rivals, each gravitates toward sex and violence in an attempt to feel. Their downward spirals could lead them to self-destruction, or to each other.

PROMISE

DIRECTOR

Lalo Vasquez

RUNNING TIME 20 minutes

On the outside, Stu and Chris appear to be the perfect couple. It isn't until the eve of their wedding that past indiscretions are revealed causing unforgivable actions that both will forever regret.

LUSHES

DIRECTOR

Ash Christian RUNNING TIME 21 minutes

Cork & Desi, two of Tinseltown’s most transtastic transplants, are trying to make a name for themselves in the world of Hollywood drag queens. But it isn’t until their nemesis Basil sabotages their friendship that they realize they’re meant to be best friends forever, and create the most talked about drag number the Valley has ever seen.

Director Ash Christian & Producer Producer Nick Sweet Present

HANNAH FREE

DIRECTOR

Wendy Jo Carlton RUNNING TIME 90 minutes

Sharon Gless, (Queer as Folk, Burn Notice, Cagney & Lacey) stars in this passionate lesbian drama about a lifelong love affair between an independent spirit and the woman she calls home. Hannah and Rachel grew up as little girls in the same small Midwest town, where traditional gender expectations eventually challenge their deep love for one another. Hannah becomes an adventurous, unapologetic lesbian and Rachel a strong but quiet homemaker. Weaving back and forth between past and present, the film reveals how the women maintained their love affair despite a marriage, a world war, infidelities, and family denial.

PRECEDED BY THE FOLLOWING SHORT:

minutes

SPONSORED BY

Producers Martie Marro & Sharon Zurek Present

FEATURE IMA DEBOEST LECTURE HALL / SATURDAY 5:00 PM

AMANCIO: TWO FACES ON A TOMBSTONE

DIRECTOR

Tom Murray

RUNNING TIME 64 minutes

BEST OF FESTIVAL NOMINEE

As a young boy, Amancio Corrales immigrated from Mexico to Yuma, Arizona with his parents in search of a better life. Gay and Hispanic, Amancio dreamed of one day being a performer in Las Vegas, but his dream was cut short on May 6, 2005 when Amancio’s body was found floating in the Colorado River near Yuma. He had been brutally beaten and stabbed. He was just 23 years old. For the first time, the story of one man’s journey to seek justice for the murder on behalf of Amancio’s family and friends is revealed. Our profile of filmmaker Tom Murray begins on the following page.

PRECEDED BY THE FOLLOWING SHORTS:

KADEN LATER

DIRECTOR

Harriet Storm

RUNNING TIME 9 minutes

BEST OF FESTIVAL NOMINEE

For Kaden, a trans guy in his early thirties, top surgery gave him the body he wanted. Now he must figure out how he fits into society, not as female or male, but in a space in between.

PLAYING WITH GENDER

DIRECTOR

Ashely Altadonna

RUNNING TIME 7 minutes

Young people on a picnic learn about gender, gender roles, and transgendered identities in this re-imagining of a 1950's educational film.

INTERVIEW BY CATHERINE CROUCH

TOM MURRAY

FILMOGRAPHY

2004 FARM FAMILY

In search of gay life in rural America.

2005 FISH CAN’T FLY

Conversations about GOD and struggling to be gay.

2006 ALMOST MYSELF

Reflections on mending and transcending gender.

2007 TELL

More than soliders; fighters and patriots.

2008 A PORTABLE TRIBE

Talking with campers, vagabonds and naked men.

2009 AMANCIO

Two Faces on a Tombstone.

Learn more at www.tjoemurray.com

GAY SHORTS

FREQUENT TRAVELLER

DIRECTOR

Patricia Bateira

RUNNING TIME 8 minutes

Within the security control system of an airport, a man seeks to be touched. Today he crosses different frontiers.

BOYCRAZY

DIRECTOR

John Sobrack

RUNNING TIME 25 minutes

A boy meets boy meets boy meets...musical.

DIRECTORS

John Goodwin and Don Newcomb RUNNING TIME 8 minutes

A young man stumbles upon a fortuneteller that takes him on the ride of his (love) life.

WIG

DIRECTOR

Todd Holland

RUNNING TIME

21 minutes

BEST OF FESTIVAL NOMINEE

A bald dead woman, her favorite wig stolen by her son and a family that expects to bury her in it in three days? Wig mines humor in the face of tragedy and brings fresh style to the timeless journey of recovery after loss. Wig stars Tim Bagley, Judy Greer, Jason Dudey, Kim Coles and Scotch Ellis Loring.

NAILING JELLO

DIRECTOR

Jane Selle Morgan

RUNNING TIME 13 minutes

When Al's gay best friends experiments with bi-sexuality, she's confronted with her feelings toward him, and his toward her.

DINX

DIRECTOR

Trevor Anderson

RUNNING TIME 13 Minutes

A dissatisfied bar waiter in a men's club is thrown back in time to relive a day from his childhood - in short-shorts.

UNION COUNTY

DIRECTOR

Kent J. Henry

RUNNING TIME 8 minutes

The story of a Hoosier farm boy reconciling his journey into gay life. Directed and Written by Kent J. Henry, owner of Talbott Street nightclub of the 1980's.

Director Todd Holland and Actor Scotch Ellis Loring Present

Director Kent J. Henry Present

I CAN'T THINK STRAIGHT DIRECTOR Shamim Sarif RUNNING TIME

85 minutes UK

Tala (Lisa Ray) and Leyla (Sheetal Sheth) meet, the attraction is immediate, cloaked at first in a fast friendship that soon gives way to their growing passion. Forthright Tala, a well-to-do Palestinian Christian raised in Jordan, is the self-confident one. Shy, aspiring writer Leyla, a Muslim living in London with her Indian immigrant parents, is much less sure of herself. While tackling big picture issues of religion, racism, and ethnic differences, I Can’t Think Straight also delves into the more intimate matter of family. In particular, the relationship between mothers and daughters as Tala and Leyla must choose which is more important: family approval, or the love that burns within their hearts for one another.

PRECEDED BY THE FOLLOWING SHORT: BUTTERY TOP DIRECTORS

RUNNING TIME 4 minutes

Catherine Crouch and Kelly Hayes

MISCONCEPTIONS

DIRECTOR

Ron Satlof

RUNNING TIME 95 minutes

What happens when a conservative Christian woman from the South answers a call from God to be a surrogate mother for two gay married men living in Massachusetts? This poignant yet lighthearted comedy delves into this quirky scenario, while illuminating the clash between same-sex couples and evangelical Christians along the way. With a cast full of familiar faces and an array of surprising twists and turns, Misconceptions is a timely film deftly exploring what happens when belief systems collide — and how people can ultimately come together when they least expect it and need it most.

PRECEDED BY THE FOLLOWING SHORT:

BABYSITTING ANDY

DIRECTOR

Pat Mills

RUNNING TIME 11 minutes

What do you do if you’re nine and nobody will tell you what ‘fellatio’ means? If Andy, the most curious nine year-old, has a question, she will do anything to get the answer.

HOMEWRECKER

DIRECTOR Paul Hart

RUNNING TIME 102 min

A hilarious comedy spoof of Lifetime Channel movies with a gay twist! Hunky Boyd, a recent ex-con and seriously delusional aspiring actor, returns to the streets with only one goal: to become the reality series superstar he is destined to be. Through a mistaken identity, the newly blonde Boyd (now going by Sean), ingratiates his way into the home of successful producers and lovers Derek and Collin, where he lies, cheats, and seduces his way to the top--or does he? An entertaining, quick-witted independent comedy of the queerest kind. Homewrecker stars Dylan Vox (aka Brad Benton) and Rebekah Kochan of Eating Out. Warning: This film contains nudity, adult language and adult situations.

PRECEDED BY THE FOLLOWING SHORT:

DINX

DIRECTOR

Trevor Anderson

RUNNING TIME 13 Minutes

A PLACE TO LIVE

Carolyn Coal

RUNNING TIME 88 minutes

A Place to Live chronicles the development and construction of the country's first affordable housing facility for LGBT seniors. Sponsored by the IU School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI Department of English, Film Studies Program. Introduced by Professor Dennis Bingham, who will facilitate a discussion following the film.

BI THE WAY

DIRECTORS

Brittany Blockman and Josephine Decker

RUNNING TIME 87 minutes

Bi The Way investigates the latest scientific reports and social opinions on bisexuality, while following five teens and twenty-somethings OF THE “whatever” generation, who seem to be ushering in a whole new sexual revolution.

SWIMMING WITH LESBIANS

DIRECTOR

David B. Marshall

RUNNING TIME 68 minutes

It has been said, “Gays have a past but no history.” Swimming with Lesbians follows the fabulous Madeline Davis and her extraordinary friends as they struggle to create an LGBT archive in upstate New York.

FOR MY WIFE

DIRECTOR

David Rothmiller

RUNNING TIME 75 minutes

After the tragic death of her wife, Charlene Strong was thrust into the spotlight becoming a powerful voice for the equal rights of same-sex couples and their families, resulting in the passage of Washington State's historic Domestic Partnership legislation.

DIRECTOR

3:00 PM

STRAIGHTLACED

DIRECTOR

Debra Chasnoff

RUNNING TIME

66 minutes

With a fearless look at a highly charged subject, Straightlaced unearths how popular pressures around gender and sexuality are confining American teens and profoundly affecting all of our lives. Join us for the IYG Discussion Group immediately following the screening.

6:00 PM

BEYOND BOUNDARIES

DIRECTOR

Betsy Jose

RUNNING TIME

27 minutes

A close look into the lives of immigrants in USA with diverse sexualities – their challenges, triumphs and dreams.

6:00 PM

ANNUL VICTORY

DIRECTOR

Cheryl Riley

RUNNING TIME

67 minutes

Witness the historic struggle for gay marriage rights in California, that became a national civil rights movement, with commentary from Mayor Gavin Newsom, Margaret Cho, Cyndi Lauper, Madonna, Sigourney Weaver, Jay Leno, Liza Minelli and a host of others. Join the revolution!

Director Betsy Jose Present

Director Cheryl Riley Present