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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 16 at 7PM
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USA, 2005, 70 min
Joe Lovett's acclaimed chronicle of gay life in pre-HIV New York City.
Featuring narrative from Tony award-winning playwright, Larry Kramer, and long time activist and current Gill Foundation Executive Director, Rodger McFarlane, the film takes a steamy look at the period post-Stonewall, pre-AIDS when gay men experienced an unprecedented freedom no longer possible in the post-HIV world. Rodger McFarlane will be on hand for “Q&A” after the film and a guided tour down memory lane. Sexually explicit footage included. Must be 18 to attend.
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Preceded by
Directed by Karen Everett
USA, 2005, 61 min
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For a study in contrasts, Bent Lens pairs a lesbian view of non-monogamy. What a difference a gender makes! In this story of love and friendship set within the sexually charged, politically active, and artistically involved lesbian community of San Francisco, film-maker Karen Everett explores one woman’s journey through fifteen years of friendship and love. Through home videos, candid interviews and video diaries, Everett poses universal questions about the nature of relationships through monogamy and polyamory. A video autobiography that dares much and bares all, Everett and her friends are part of a seminal generation of young lesbians who moved to San Francisco in legions in the 1980's. At the peak of the AIDS epidemic, these queer women redefined sexuality in their own style: creating lesbian pornography, strip clubs and sex toy stores.
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Program followed by the Bent Lens Salon.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 at 7PM
Directed by Debra Chasnoff
USA, 2004, 19 min
Switch gears Saturday night and turn to the topic that was used to steer America to elect George W. Bush for his 2nd term: same sex marriage. In “One Wedding and A Revolution,” Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Debra Chasnoff delivers an evocative record of how the new San Francisco Mayor, Gavin Newsom, came to allow same sex marriage in that city. The city’s first marriage -- of long time lesbian activists Del Martin and Phyllis Lyons, who recently celebrated their 50th anniversary together -- is featured along with the political play-by-play. This will be the film’s Rocky Mountain premiere.
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Followed by:
Same Sex America
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Directed by Henry Corra
USA, 2005, 91 min
Meanwhile in Massachusetts, battle lines were drawn as queer activists and allies fought to the finish against extremist right wing contingents who had driven by the busload to that state in an effort to eliminate glbt civil rights. This film vividly portrays the intensity of the storm and the extraordinary resources put into play by both sides, as well as the sweet real-life tales of seven gay and lesbian couples and families as they prepare for their walk down the aisle. The film captures all the nuance of what may be the defining chapter in the history of the gay and lesbian struggle for equal rights.
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Saturday’s program is co-sponsored by Parents and Friends of
Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) and Boulder Pride.
Program followed by the Bent Lens Salon.
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SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 18 at 3:30PM
Keep Not Silent: Ortho-Dykes
Directed by Ilil Alexander
Israel, 2004, 52 min
Winner of the Israeli Oscar for Best Documentary
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If you’ve been thinking that being glbt in the U.S. was tough these days, try being a married, orthodox Jewish lesbian living in Israel. Trying to negotiate secret liaisons with their girlfriends on the one hand, and meetings with their local Rabbi on the other, these women are living as far on the edge as one can imagine. Director Alexander’s stunning debut film boldly documents the clandestine struggle of three women fighting for their right to love within their beloved Orthodox communities in Jerusalem. All three are pious, religiously committed women. All three are lesbians, and members of a secret support group called the “Ortho-Dykes.” The film-maker captures stirring footage of the risks they take as they try to maintain two lives with so much at stake.
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Followed by:
Fag Hags: Women Who Love Gay Men
Directed by Justine Pimlott
Canada, 2004, 60 min
A familiar story with unexpected twists. As Margaret Cho wryly observes in this fascinating documentary, “fag hags are the backbone of the gay community.” This entertaining examination of gay male/straight female relationships offers an illuminating look at fag hag stereotypes and the efforts of the group SWISH (Straight Women In Support of Homos) to embrace the term. But the heart of "Fag Hags" centers on three unique couples, two from Toronto and one living in San Francisco. More than everyday friendships, the film explores the deeper levels some of these relationships have gone, including marriage.
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Tickets $8/general admission; $5/seniors and students. Tickets are available at the door 30 minutes before each program, or online at www.thedairy.org (handling fee applies).
The Dairy Center for the Arts is located at the corner of Walnut and 26th St., Boulder. The Dairy Center's parking lot is to the rear of the building, accessible from Walnut Street.
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