Painting the Spectrum 11 :
SASOD's LGBT Film Festival 2015
SASOD's LGBT Film Festival 2015
Movie Schedule
Tuesday, June 2
Out on the Tracks – Documentary
Origin: USA | Duration: 79 mins
Out
on the Tracks portrays a gay Guyanese soul singer, Nhojj and documents his
ground-breaking “Made to Love Him” sessions. Affirming the LGBTQ community
through same-sex renditions of classic heterosexual love songs from Gershwin's
"Someone to Watch Over Me" to Billy Joel's "She's Got a
Way" ("He's Got a Way"), this gentle and human documentary
touches upon the themes of love, hope and self-acceptance, and explores the recording
process and the power of music.
Directors:
Simon Pearce, Christian Martin
Origin: UK | Duration: 94 mins
Worlds
collide as the lives of Cal and Olivier intersect in SHANK, a gritty coming of
age drama. Cal, an 18 year old Scally lad and gang member has
nothing in his life except drugs, sex, random acts of violence and a secret
that he keeps hidden from his mates. An online hook up for sex with a stranger,
Scott (36), temporarily satisfies but fails to dampen his unspoken desires for
his best mate, Jonno. Nessa, their twisted, foul-mouthed and controlling, de
facto gang leader, suspects that there is something going on between them but
she can't put her finger on it. Jonno, putty in Nessa's hands, can't express
his own deep rooted and unrequited attachment to Cal. Manipulating situations
that bring her closer to having her suspicions confirmed, Nessa sets out about
dividing loyalties and encouraging conflict.
Thursday, June 4
Blue is the Warmest Colour – Drama, Romance
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
Origin: France | Duration: 179 mins
(Subtitled)
The sensation of the Cannes Film Festival and
the most controversial film of the year, Blue is the Warmest Colour made cinema
history as the first film ever awarded the Palme d’Or to both its director and
its actresses. In a star-making role, Adèle Exarchopoulos is Adèle, a
passionate young woman who has a yearning she doesn’t quite understand until a
chance encounter with the blue-haired Emma ignites a flame and brings her to
life. Léa Seydoux (Midnight in Paris) gives a fearless performance as Emma, the
older woman who excites Adèle’s desire and becomes the love of her life.
Abdellatif Kechiche’s (The Secret of the Grain) tenderness and
passion chart their relationship over the course of several years, from the
ecstasy of a first kiss to the agony of heartbreak. Pulsing with gestures,
embraces, furtive exchanges, and arias of joy and devastation, Blue is the
Warmest Colour is a profoundly moving hymn to both love and life.
Tuesday, June 9
No Easy Walk to Freedom – Documentary
Director: Nancy Nicol
Origin: India | Duration: 90 mins
A story of the struggle for decriminalization
of homosexuality in contemporary India. Filmed in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore,
Lucknow and rural India, No Easy Walk to Freedom, a documentary by Nancy Nicol,
tells the story of the struggle to strike down section 377 of the Indian Penal
Code, which criminalizes homosexuality. Told through the voices of lawyers,
activists and community leaders, No Easy Walk to Freedom exposes human rights
violations perpetrated under section 377 and documents the growth of queer organizing
in India in the context of this historic legal battle to overturn a
colonial-era law.
Thursday, June 11
Punks – Comedy, Music, Romance
Director: Patrik-Ian Polk
Origin: USA | Duration: 91 mins
Editorial Review: From the creator of TV's
NOAH'S ARC, PUNKS tells the tale of 4 gay African-American friends in L.A. - shy, virginal photographer Marcus (Seth Gilliam), outgoing lethario Hill
(Dwight Ewell), hot-to-trot rich kid newbie Dante (Renoly Santiago), and fabulous
drag diva Crystal (Jazzmun). When the hunky Darby (Rockmond Dunbar) moves in
next door to Marcus, the foursome wonder if the seemingly straight music
producer might be bendable when Marcus strikes up a close friendship with the
new neighbour. Meanwhile, Hill struggles in the aftermath of a breakup with his
French husband (Rudolf Martin); young Dante struggles to find himself; and diva
Crystal deals with the trials of having a high-profile, closeted celebrity
boyfriend. Featuring fierce drag queen performances choreographed by Emmy-award
winning choreographer Marguerite Derricks and costumed by renowned designer
Linda Stokes (Missy Elliott, Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, etc.) all set to the
tune of a vintage Sister Sledge disco soundtrack- PUNKS is an award-winning and
ground-breaking romantic comedy. It was premiered at the prestigious Sundance
Film Festival in 2000; nominated for an Independent Spirit Award (2001) and a
GLAAD Award (2001), and winner of the Outstanding Emerging Talent Award at LA's
Outfest Film Festival (2000) & Best American Independent Feature Film at
the Cleveland International Film Festival (2000).
Tuesday, June 16
Southern Comfort – Documentary
Director: Kate Davis
Origin: USA | Duration: 90 mins
Rarely has a film garnered such high levels
of critical praise as SOUTHERN COMFORT, a breakout hit and winner at nearly 20
major film festivals including the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. From Seattle
to Florida from San Francisco to Berlin, SOUTHERN COMFORT has mesmerized
audiences and critics alike with its rare blend of humour, tragedy and romance.
At the heart of SOUTHERN COMFORT is a beautiful and remarkable love story more
touching and captivating than anything fiction could ever create. With a
masterful eye for emotional detail award-winning filmmaker Kate Davis takes us
to the back hills of Georgia and into the world of Robert Eads, a 52-year-old
wise-cracking cowboy warm and gregarious who was born female and later
transitioned into living as a man after bearing two sons. The film finds Robert
fifteen years later during the extraordinary last year of his life as he falls
headlong into a passionate romance with Lola a vivacious and magnetic woman who
was born male. One of the most remarkable documentaries of our time about gender,
family and love relationships SOUTHERN COMFORT is an illuminating and deeply
moving film- a world of contradictions where good old boys who drive pick-up
trucks and shoot the breeze around the barbecue double as 21st century pioneers
courageously forging a new world for themselves and for us.
Thursday, June 18
A Perfect Ending – Movie
Director: Nicole Conn
Origin: USA | Duration: 110 mins
Drop dead gorgeous Jessica Clark (True
Blood’s Lilith) and TV icon Barbara Niven co-star in this glossy, sexy and fun
romantic drama from writer-director Nicole Conn (Elena Undone, Claire of the
Moon). When straight and married Rebecca (Niven) seeks out the sexual services
of high-priced call girl Paris (Clark) she isn’t expecting to fall in love. A
Perfect Ending is filled to the brink with aching desire and the sexual
chemistry between Niven and Clark is off the charts. The cast also boasts
Morgan Fairchild, John Heard, Rebecca Staab and a cameo from celesbian actress/therapist
Cathy DeBuono. This opposites- attract, edge-of-your-seat lesbian romance is a
glossy, sexy and fun romantic drama guaranteed to earn a fresh array of fans
for veteran writer-director Nicole Conn.
Call Me Kuchu – Documentary
Directors: Katherine Fairfax Wright, Malika
Zouhali-Worrall
Origin: Uganda | Duration: 87 mins
In Uganda, a new bill threatens to make
homosexuality punishable by death. David Kato, Uganda’s first openly gay man,
and retired Anglican Bishop Christopher Senyonjo work against the clock to
defeat state-sanctioned homophobia while combating vicious persecution in their
daily lives. But no one is prepared for the brutal murder that shakes their
movement to its core and sends shock waves around the world.
Thursday, June 25
Muxes: authentic, intrepid danger-seekers –
Documentary
Director: Alejandra Islas
Origin: Mexico | Duration: 105 mins
(Subtitled)
This documentary is the living and surprising
portrait of a gay men group who defend their sexual diversity while preserving
their indigenous Zapoteca identity in the “gay paradise” of Juchitan, Mexico.
MUXES examines the pressure on the borders within the indigenous culture which
has historically embraced this “third gender”. Muxes from Juchitan feel proud of their
identity, enjoy their lives, laugh on themselves and on heterosexual society,
and freely accept their own weaknesses. They call themselves “authentic,
intrepid danger-seekers” and they have united to advance.
Painting the Spectrum: A Commemorative
Documentary
Origin: Guyana | Duration: 20 mins
An LGBT Film Festival? In the Caribbean?
Being held for 10 years? Improbable? Maybe. Festival organizers from the
Guyanese non-government organisation, Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) and
audience members relate what the LGBT film festival ‘Painting the Spectrum’
means to the them, the LGBT community, and the Guyanese population as a whole.
The customary ... PAINTING THE SPECTRUM - Thursday, June 25.
Spectrum Night, Cabaret event - Saturday, June 27.
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