Saturday, May 11th

CITY GAY/COUNTRY GAY

VENUE: BRATTLE THEATRE

TIME: 1:30 PM

 

Join us for a series of shorts contrasting city and country life for LGBT communities. Are they really that different? Estimated running time: 90 min.

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THE LOVE PART OF THIS

VENUE: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS

TIME: 2:00 PM

 

Grace and Grace made a life together for 37 years in their hometown of Gloucester, Massachusetts. The Love Part of This explores their meeting, their ensuing love and their struggles being a couple. The Graces share their stories, both separately and together. We also hear from an ex-husband, their two children, the town pastor and a family friend. THE LOVE PART OF THIS is a heartbreaking, funny and extremely moving document of life and love in our times. Winner of the Best Documentary Film at the 2013 Torino LGBT Film Festival.

Directed by Lya Guerra. Norway, USA. 2012. 83 min. English U.S. PREMIERE

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WOMEN’S SHORTS PROGRAM

VENUE: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS

TIME: 4:00 PM

 

Another year and another round of the best lesbian shorts out there. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you might sneeze. Estimated running time: 90 min.

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CHUPPAN CHUPAI (HIDE AND SEEK)

VENUE: BRATTLE THEATRE

TIME: 4:00 PM

 

The film shows the secret, yet open lives of a group of Pakistani sexual minorities, raising questions about trans-gender activism, religion, underground gay life, social acceptance and collective familial customs of trans-genders in urban Pakistan.

Directed by Saad Khan and Saadat Munir. Denmark/Pakistan. 2013. 67 min. Urdu with English subtitles.

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MONSTER PIES

VENUE: BRATTLE THEATRE

TIME: 6:00 PM

 

17 year old Mike has always been kind of a outcast, never quite on time, never knowing quite the right thing to say. He’s doing his best just to survive high school. But all that changes when a new kid arrives in his class, William. And when the two of them are immediately thrust together to complete an English class assignment, Mike sees his chance to become closer to the quiet, enigmatic Will. As the two spend more time together under the auspices of making a ‘monster movie’ version of Romeo & Juliet, they begin to realise that their feelings towards one another may be more powerful than they’d anticipated.

Directed by Lee Galea. Australia. 2012. 85 min. English

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

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MARGARITA

VENUE: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS

TIME: 6:00 PM

 

Behind the facade of a beautiful urban home, a combination of complacency and bad investments has left power couple Ben and Gail disconnected, resentful and just about broke. When the cash-strapped yuppies fire their teen-aged daughter’s lesbian Mexican nanny, Margarita, they set off a chain of events that lead to her deportation.

Directed by Dominique Cardona & Laurie Colbert. Canada. 2012. 90 min. English

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CONTINENTAL

VENUE: REVERE THEATRE

TIME: 7:00 PM

 

A new documentary takes viewers back to sexually-charged NYC 1968, when the notorious Continental Baths opened its doors. The Continental brought high and low culture to its cabaret stage weekly, becoming instrumental in the careers of icons like Bette Midler, Barry Manilow, LaBelle and a keystone in the sexual revolution that contributed to a level of mainstream gay acceptance.

Directed by Malcolm Ingram. Canada/USA. 2012. 92 min. English Documentary Centerpiece

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THE GO DOC PROJECT

VENUE: BRATTLE THEATRE

TIME: 8:00 PM

 

Doc, a soon to be college grad, has fallen for a Go-Go dancer in New York City’s nightlife scene. Doc devises a plan to meet Go by pretending he wants him to be the star subject of a documentary. After some convincing, Go agrees to be part of the film, making Doc’s imaginary documentary suddenly a reality.

Directed by Cory Krueckeberg. USA. 2013. 100 min. English

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IAN HARVIE SUPERHERO

VENUE: BRATTLE THEATRE

TIME: 10:00 PM

 

Ian Harvie’s debut stand-up comedy concert film, Superhero, is the culmination of his very personal journey of having been born a girl and later becoming a self-made man. Ian is ‘quite possibly the most unique comic in the country’ says Frontiers Magazine and yet his jokes strike the core of all shared human experiences.

Directed by Liam Sullivan. USA. 2012. 70 min. English

IAN HARVIE WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE AT SCREENING

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