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November 6 - 9, 2002
Presented in conjunction with EROS - Trinity College's Gay-Straight Alliance (Encouraging Respect Of Sexualities)
All films presented at
Film Descriptions
Girl King (Ileana Pietrobruno,
Canada, 2001, 16mm, 80 min)
The Wedding Video
(Clint Cowen and Norm Korpi, USA, 2001, video, 84 min)
Gypsy 83
Notorious C.H.O.
OUT in the Cold This riveting documentary provides a forum for the unvoiced stories of runaway and homeless lesbian, gay and transsexual youth. OUT in the Cold examines who and why families turn their backs on their children, and challenges the audience to become part of the solution to this disturbing problem. Winner of the Best Documentary Award at the 2002 NY Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. www.cirefoundation.org Saturday, November 9, 2:30 p.m. - AND - SPEAK UP! Speak Up! explores the discrimination LGBT teenagers face at school, where kids can be extremely mean without even knowing it, and teachers often look the other way. Here students share their personal experiences (both painful and rewarding), as do teachers and parents. www.mediaed.org Saturday, November 9, 2:30 p.m.
Free closing night dessert reception - 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday evening. Tickets: $8 General Admission $6 Students & Seniors
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A sexy, swashbuckling,
gender-bending adventure on the high seas! Naïve baby Butch i
Norman Korpi, first gay
resident on MTV’s The Real World, conceived this hip, clever video collage
that chronicles his wedding to boyfriend Sky. Clint, the videographer
hired to record the big event, sets out to do much more, seeking out and
interviewing all the important people in Norm’s life, ten ex-members of The
Real World, portraying exaggerated versions of their perceived public
images. In true reality-TV style, the camera is everywhere, recording the
good, the bad, and especially the ugly. 
Two misfit
Goths, a washed-up lounge singer, an Amish runaway, a group of frat boys and
1,000 Stevie Nicks impersonators . . . Gypsy(Sara Rue of TV's Popular and Less
Than Perfect) is a rock 'n roll wannabe. Her best friend, Clive (Kett
Turton), is just barely-out-of-the-closet. Together, they leave the
boredom of Sandusky, OH, and set out for the “Night of 1,000 Stevies” in New
York, hoping to find love and acceptance. Along the way they encounter lounge
diva Bambi LaBleau played by a knowing Karen Black. A wonderful
coming-of-age story and road movie from the creator of Edge of Seventeen. 
Filmed live at Seattle’s
Paramount Theatre, Margaret Cho is back with another raunchy, raucous and real
one-woman show, to follow up the cult success of her 2000 film “I’m the One
That I Want.” A brilliant, taboo-busting comedian in the spirit of Lenny
Bruce, Richard Pryor and George Carlin, Margaret Cho is known as much for her
raunchy humor as she is for her enormous contributions as a social equalizer and
healing force. Notorious C.H.O. was inspired by the ladies of rap music,
particularly their wonderfully lustful and bawdy expressions of strength and
sexuality through their images. Like those women, Margaret Cho has a dash of
that "Queen Bee" and "Pit Bull in a Skirt" vibe. Her raw
material has a decidedly female spin on machismo, tough as the perfectly
manicured nails of her counterparts. Cho is a smart, sexy, 21st century
gay diva. 
The return of a classic! Cheryl
Dunye's debut feature is as controversial as it is sexy and funny. Dunye's
character (Cheryl) is a twenty-something black lesbian working as a clerk in a
video store while struggling to make a documentary about Fae Richards, an
obscure black actress from the 1930's. Cheryl is surprised to discover
that Richards (known popularly as "the Watermelon Woman") had a white
lesbian lover. At the same time, Cheryl falls in love with a very cute
white customer at the video store (Guinevere Turner from Go Fish). Such
are the complexities of race and sex in this startlingly fresh debut, which has
been attacked by conservative Congressmen for having been funded by the NEA and
lavishly praised in the editorial pages for being charming and courageous.
"Dazzling! Imagine Woody Allen refashioned as an African American
lesbian." - New York Press 
