Frameline41 draws to a close
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| Jayne Mansfield in "Mansfield 66/67". Frameline41. Used with permission. |
By Moira Sullivan
Towards the end of the Frameline are several films worthy of mention. On June 22 "Hot to Trot" will be screened at the Rialto Cinemas Elmwood in Berkeley. The film is directed and produced by Gail Freedman. This is a look back documentary at four international dancers as they enter same-sex ballroom dance competition at the 2014 Gay Games: the Costa Rican Ernesto, Russian Nikolai New Zealander Kieren and the American Emily .
On June 23 is "Signature Move" at the Castro Theatre and June 24 at Landmark Theatres in Piedmont directed by Jennifer Reeder. Zaynab Qadir , a Muslim lawyer is involved in lucha libre-style wrestling. She is a member of Chicago’s Pakistani community and unbeknownst to her family is a lesbian. Next door neighbor Parveen tries to match Zaynab with a husband, afer spying on her with binocularsAt the same time Zaynab meets the former Chicana wrester Alma (Sari Sanchez) and a real romance is brewing.
On June 24 at the Roxie, the best feature film at the 2016 TIFF film festival will be screened: "Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves", directed by Mathieu Denis and Simon Lavoie. This is a fictionalized account of the aftermath of the 2012 “Maple Spring” student protests in Quebec. The activists used anthrax hoaxes, public defacement, and homemade explosives to get their message across.
Back by popular demand is Season 1 – episode 195 Lewis 0 of the popular TV series BKPI . It will screen as "Woke Women MixTape" on June 24 at the Roxie. The cast includes Mo (Hye Yun Park), a lesbian Korean American health aide, Dawn (Celine Justice), an African American MTA worker, and Iram (Dina Shihabi), an Arab American bodega owner. The trio works to solve crimes within the immigrant population in Brooklyn.
A new documentary on Jayne Mansfied - "Mansfied 66/67" directed by P. David Ebersole & Todd Hughes on June 24 at the Castro features interviews with Peaches Christ, John Waters, Kenneth Anger, Tippy Hedren and more. The film also looks at Mansfield’s relationship with San Francisco’s Anton LaVey, founder of the Church of Satan and circumstances that might have led to her death.
Playing about the time of the Dyke March on June 24 The Devil is in the Detail short film program by international artists on lesbian themes.
On June 23 is "Signature Move" at the Castro Theatre and June 24 at Landmark Theatres in Piedmont directed by Jennifer Reeder. Zaynab Qadir , a Muslim lawyer is involved in lucha libre-style wrestling. She is a member of Chicago’s Pakistani community and unbeknownst to her family is a lesbian. Next door neighbor Parveen tries to match Zaynab with a husband, afer spying on her with binocularsAt the same time Zaynab meets the former Chicana wrester Alma (Sari Sanchez) and a real romance is brewing.
On June 24 at the Roxie, the best feature film at the 2016 TIFF film festival will be screened: "Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves", directed by Mathieu Denis and Simon Lavoie. This is a fictionalized account of the aftermath of the 2012 “Maple Spring” student protests in Quebec. The activists used anthrax hoaxes, public defacement, and homemade explosives to get their message across.
Back by popular demand is Season 1 – episode 195 Lewis 0 of the popular TV series BKPI . It will screen as "Woke Women MixTape" on June 24 at the Roxie. The cast includes Mo (Hye Yun Park), a lesbian Korean American health aide, Dawn (Celine Justice), an African American MTA worker, and Iram (Dina Shihabi), an Arab American bodega owner. The trio works to solve crimes within the immigrant population in Brooklyn.
A new documentary on Jayne Mansfied - "Mansfied 66/67" directed by P. David Ebersole & Todd Hughes on June 24 at the Castro features interviews with Peaches Christ, John Waters, Kenneth Anger, Tippy Hedren and more. The film also looks at Mansfield’s relationship with San Francisco’s Anton LaVey, founder of the Church of Satan and circumstances that might have led to her death.
Playing about the time of the Dyke March on June 24 The Devil is in the Detail short film program by international artists on lesbian themes.
Closing Night Film "After Louie" – is the debut feature of Vincent Gagliostro. The film's protagonist Sam (Alan Cumming) hails from the onslaught of HIV/AIDS and is skeptical of a younger generation of gay men and their lack of political commitment or conviction but when he meets the young Braeden, he becomes open to possibilities. Alan Cumming will be the recipient of the 2017FRAMELINE AWARD on June 25.
© 2017 - Moira Sullivan - Air Date: 06/21/17
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