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NOTORIOUS C.H.O
Friday, June 21 " 7:00pm
What a way to kick off this year's festival! We are very excited to be able to welcome Margaret Cho for this special sneak preview of her new concert film, Notorious C.H.O, the follow-up to the box office record-breaking I'm the One That I Want. Director Lorene Machado's film captures Margaret Cho at her unbridled, uncensored, and unapologetic best while on her latest North American tour.
Taking inspiration from the strong and sexy women of rap music, Notorious C.H.O. celebrates female power as Margaret addresses such diverse topics as colonics, looking for the elusive G spot, visiting sex clubs for straight people, preferring bulldykes, renting porno films, and contracting "beaver fever" (trust us, all will be explained!). A vigilant champion of racial, sexual, and gender equality, Margaret of course allots equal time to skewering gay and straight men too, musing about what would happen if men had periods, remembering her high school drag queen buddies, and discussing her ex-boyfriends' sexual habits. Plus, meet Margaret's infamous mom and dad, as they respond to being part of their daughter's hilarious routines.
Notorious C.H.O. is, without a doubt, the funniest opening night film the KCGay Film Fest has ever presented.
(USA, 35mm, 95 min., Midwest Premiere
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O FANTASMA
Friday, June 21 " 9:15pm
Saturday, June 22 " 2:00pm
Joao Pedro Rodrigues stunning debut feature is a dark exploration of insatiable lust and sadomasochistic fetishes. Sergio is a lonely young man working as a garbage collector. Consumed by a constant longing, he has anonymous sex with men, until the day he spots the phantom of his dreams. Donning a black latex suit and mask, he stalks the object of his desire, initiating a dangerous game of uncontainable and brutal desire. O Fantasma is a surreal and disturbing tale heralding Rodrigues as a filmmaker to watch. EXPLICIT SEXUAL CONTENT -- NO ONE UNDER 21 ADMITTED
(Portugal, 35 mm, 90 min., Portuguese with English subtitles, Midwest Premiere)
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BORSTAL BOY
Saturday, June 22 " 4:30pm
Sunday, June 23 " 9:15pm
Sexual awakening and confusion are at the forefront of this excellent feature debut inspired by Brendan Behans wartime memoir of the same name. 16-year old Irish Republican Behan (US teen star Shawn Hatosy) embarks on a bombing assignment to mainland Britain. Apprehended by the police the teenager soon finds himself locked up in Borstal. Behans time there is not as harsh as he initially fears, due largely to the liberal attitude of the Warden (the infamous Michael York), whose aim is to reform not punish. The all-male environment serves up plenty of testosterone-charged emotions and Behan finds his feelings are torn between Charlie, an out gay sailor, and the artist daughter of the Warden. Borstal Boy beautifully captures the inner turmoil that Behan struggles to overcome, as his emotions and convictions make a play to shake his inner resolve and, ultimately, to shape the man he is to become.
(UK, 35mm, 91 min., Midwest Premiere)
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THE COCKETTES
Saturday, June 22 " 7:00pm
Sunday, June 23 " 2:00pm
On New Year's Eve, 1969, a flamboyant ragtag troupe of genderbending hippies took the stage of San Francisco's Palace Theater and The Cockettes were born. For the next 2 1/2 years, these outrageous drag performers created 20 shows with titles like "A Crab on Uranus Means You're Loved" and "Tinsel Tarts in a Hot Coma," and were featured in four underground films. But when the Cockettes flew to New York City to appear Off Broadway...well, youll just have to see what happened when New Yorkers took a look at them. If KC's wonderfully-popular LATE NIGHT THEATRE ever traced their theatrical tradition's origins...they might just find these well-dyed roots. Documentarians Weissman and Weber have expertly crafted a record of a wondrous time and a wild group in The Cockettes, and you won't want to miss a minute of it.)
(USA, 35mm, 100 min., Midwest Premiere)
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ELVIRA'S HAUNTED HILLS
Saturday, June 22 " 9:30pm
This is one film you MUST see on the big screen! It's ROCKY HORROR meets YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN with a splash of MOULIN ROUGE and a pinch of PEE WEE'S PLAYHOUSE!! (How's that for a cinematic concoction!!!) Kansas native, Cassandra Peterson is back as Elvira. And, we have her in all her voluptuous glory in one of the campiest films EVER MADE! This gothic horror comedy musical (!), set in 1851 Carpathia, also parodies the classic Vincent Price/Edgar Allen Poe films of the early `60s, with a healthy dash of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. On their way to Paris to perform in the Parisian Revue "Yes I Can Can," Elvira and her suffering maid, ZouZou, end up instead in the clutches of Lord Vladimere Hellsubus (Rocky Horrors Richard O'Brien). Can Elvira escape? And more importantly, will she get it on with the dark and handsome stable master?
(USA, 35mm, 89 min., Midwest Premiere)
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STRAY DOGS
Sunday, June 23 " 4:15pm
Monday, June 24 " 7:45pm
Catherine Crouch's moving and thought-provoking STRAY DOGS will replace LIANNA in this year's festival. In STRAY DOGS, A sultry pregnant woman (Guinevere Turner of "Go Fish"), fed up with her hotheaded husband (Bill Sage), bonds with her burly sister-in-law (Dot-Marie Jones). Adapted from Julie Jensen's award-winning play, Crouch's shows considerable craft and sensitivity by changing the original play script where the wife falls for a "brother"-in-law. By changing that to the sister in law, the film's lesbian twist subtly alters the psychodynamics and provides a new angle on this southern-gothic tale. The dates and showtimes remain the same. We hope to bring you LIANNA at another date later in the year
In Stray Dogs, director Catherine Crouch's film adaptation of Julie Jensen's award-winning play, the location is moved from a Mormon community in Utah to one in rural Appalachia. It's 1958 and Darla (Guin Turner in another wonderful performance) realizes that she is pregnant for the umpteenth time. She also believes that her unborn child is a girl and as such may not have long to live. Darla has two sons, the overly religious J. Fred and the rambunctious Reese. Darla also has an alcoholic and abusive husband named Meyers (Bill Sage). Meyers can never keep a job for long and so his kind-of-butch sister Jolene (Dot-Marie Jones) is the one who makes sure that Darla and her boys have food to eat. Jolene also has an unrequited love for Darla, though Darla seems completely oblivious about it, or is she? On one late summer's day, everyone's world in that household will came crashing down and no one will ever be the same afterwards. This might be the most harrowing twenty-four hour period that you will ever see.
This is independent film at it's best. If you are a Guin Turner fan, you have a chance to see he in a great dramatic role that really shows the range that she has. Stray Dogs is a character-driven actor's showcase, juxtaposing elements of suspense, revelation and violence with everyday life in a compelling family drama.
(USA, Beta SP, 110 min.,)
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LAN YU
Sunday, June 23 " 7:00pm
Monday, June 24 " 5:30pm
Director Stanley Kwan has crafted an uncommonly affecting love story between two men, adapted from the wildly popular underground novel, "Beijing Story", by the anonymous author, Beijing Comrade. The film begins in 1988 as Lan Yu, a young country boy newly arrived in Beijing to study architecture, meets Chen Handong, the successful head of a fast-growing trading company who prefers men to women. In need of cash, Lan Yu contemplates prostituting himself to a third man, but Handong takes him home instead, intending to initiate a purely sexual relationship. Handong doesnt want a longterm companion, and tells Lan Yu that their time together will be limited. Undeterred, Lan Yu falls in love. The older man eventually seems to warm to the idea of a lasting relationship, but his compulsive infidelity and desire for an eventual heterosexual union put obstacles in their path. Kwan tells the deceptively simple story of their relationship against the backdrop of a country in political turmoil. One especially poignant scene takes place on the night of June 4, 1989, as Handong searches for Lan Yu while the army sweeps into Tiananmen Square. But while informed by such developments, Lan Yus story remains essentially rooted in the deeply felt relationship between two men recognizing and confronting love.
(Hong Kong/China, 35 mm, 86 min., Mandarin with English subtitles, Midwest Premiere)
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ESCAPE TO LIFE:
THE KLAUS AND ERICA MANN STORY
Tuesday, June 25 " 5:30pm
Escape to Life is an enthralling documentary about Klaus and Erika Mann, the talented, gay, eldest children of Nobel prize winning novelist Thomas Mann. Erika (who eventually wed W. H. Auden for British citizenship) was an outspoken playwright, journalist and lecturer who often pretended to be a twin of her sensitive brother, whose novel Mephisto was adapted to film. Klaus and Erika were authors, cabaret performers, and committed anti-fascists. Their intense sibling relationship which took root through the imaginative, make-believe world they shared as children, (think Billy & Brenda from SIX FEET UNDER) was strained by the demands of life in exile, by Klaus' drug addiction and Erika's gradual shift in loyalty from brother to father, with fatal consequences. Bringing together rare archival footage and period music, revealing anecdotes from colleagues and friends, TV interviews with Erika Mann, and re-created scenes based on Klaus Mann's writings, Escape to Life is a fascinating tribute to a extraordinary couple. Featuring Vanessa and Corin Redgrave as the voices of Erika and Klaus Mann.
(UK, video, 84 min., Midwest Premiere)
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THE REGIONAL VIDEOGRAPHER'S SHOWCASE
Tuesday, June 25 " 7:00pm " One Screening Only
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STORIES FROM THE FRONT
Largely shot in Springfield, MO, Stories from the Front deals with issues such as gay marriage, gay parenting and small-town gay life, by those who live in the shadows of the religiously conservative "Land of Branson." Using real-life reflections from local gay folk, director Preston Hammond weaves his own perspective though music and prose in a very endearing and genuine look at life in the "middle of the hole in the buckle of the Bible Belt." Preston will introduce his film at this showcase.
(USA, video, 36 min., Theatrical World Premiere)
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UNHUNG HEROES
Ilya Pearlman's fast paced action comedy, Unhung Heroes, takes five FTM guys who, after finding an internet article announcing the first actual penis transplants are about to be performed, imagine a scheme to come up with over a million dollars in surgery money. Riffing on influences as diverse as Reservoir Dogs, Busby Berkley and Peter Berlin movies, this narrative video offers a lighthearted glimpse of what passes as "maleness." Janet Ryan, an active member of the local women's community (who also worked on this film) will introduce the screening.
(USA, video, 19 min., Midwest Premiere)
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JULIE
A snapshot of one woman's journey through mid-life angst and a telling portrait of a blues singer and artist. Film producer, Catherine Kelly, will introduce the film.
(USA, video, 20 min., Theatrical World Premiere)
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Wednesday, June 26 " 5:30pm / Thursday. June 27 " 5:30pm
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LIFETIME GUARANTEE: PHRANC'S ADVERTURES IN PLASTIC
This entertaining documentary profiles the endearing Phranc, the All-American-Jewish-lesbian -surfing-folksinger who took the underground music world by storm in the 1980s. Now that she's settled down and has a family, Phrancs found a second profession, easier than the hard-touring life of a musician: Tupperware. Yes, that's right, Phranc's the butchest Tupperware Lady you'll ever find, and she brings her own particular musical spin to the Tupperware parties she throws, breaking both sales records and gender stereotypes. Phranc's fanatical devotion to the plastic product shows in every frame of Lisa Udelson's charming film, and will have you contemplating throwing your own Tupperware party before the end.
(USA, video, 58 min., Midwest Premiere)
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A UNION IN WAIT
Susan Parker and Wendy Scott were members of the Wake Forest Baptist Church in North Carolina. In 1997 the couple decided to have a union ceremony in Wake Forest University's Chapel, but the university prevented it. A Union in Wait recounts the struggle of Parker and Scott to have their union recognized, and the controversy that divided a community.
(USA, video, 28 min., Midwest Premiere)
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JUST CALL ME KADE
Kade Farlow Collins is a sixteen year old FTM (female to male transgender person) residing in Tucson, Arizona. Kade's parents maintain a supportive and nurturing relationship to Kade regarding the many challenges facing their teenage child. However, it hasnt always been easy. As Kade's body began to transform during puberty, Kade became nearly suicidal. Realizing that the issue was more complex than Kade being a tomboy or a lesbian, he family searched for information. Kade and his family agreed to have their lives documented in order to bring awareness to the subject. The film begins when Kade (then "Kate") was in the initial stages of transition as the family embarks upon the path toward Kate's new identity as "Kade." It follows him well into testosterone therapy as friends and family candidly express their feelings about the transition, the changes in Kade and the impact on everyone involved.
(USA, video, 25 min., Midwest Premiere)
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LAWLESS HEART
Wednesday, June 26 " 7:30pm
Stellar acting, insightful direction, deft editing and wonderful writing distinguish The Lawless Heart , the latest feature from Neil Hunter and Tom Hunsinger (the filmmaking duo behind Boyfriends). Set in a rural village on the salt marshes of Englands Essex coast, this sweet, funny and engaging film expertly evokes the sort of small town where past lovers and future friends collide, and everyone else knows your business as soon as you do. Using an overlapping storytelling technique that might have failed in less nimble hands, Hunter and Hunsinger draw us slowly into their characters lives and unfold the towns mysteries and the residents motives with truly filmic panache. By starting each new segment of the film at the same moment in timethe funeral of Stuart, a drowned restaurateurthe filmmakers keep us guessing about whos who, what theyre up to and what will happen next. As the dead mans bereaved boyfriend, feckless brother-in-law, well-meaning sister and long-lost cousin all struggle to cope with their loss and find meaning in their own lives, each makes fateful choices that have profound, and often very amusing, results. Standouts in a great cast include Tom Hollander (GOSFORD PARK, BEDROOMS AND HALLWAYS) as the boyfriend, Douglas Henshall as the cousin, Ellie Haddington as the sister and Sukie Smith as a wacky check-out girl named Charlie who parties a little too hard and ends up in the wrong bed.
(UK, 35mm, 99 min., Midwest Premiere)
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PINERO
Thursday, June 27 " 7:45pm
Saturday, June 29 " 2:00pm
In a career-making performance, Benjamin Bratt inhabits the title role with mesmerizing fury. Driven by beatnik sensibilities, Latino rhythms and junkie reverie, poet/playwright/actor Miguel Pinero was only 40 when he died in 1988, leaving behind an impassioned body of work. Pinero's internal muse drinks from a bottomless well of anger and pain, periodically relieved by his wry sense of humor. Born in Puerto Rico, he's raised by a single mother (Rita Moreno) in New York, where the streets claim him at an early age through crime and same-sex-for-sale. Heroin takes hold of him in jail, where he also discovers his considerable talent for the written and spoken word. Although penned with intriguing dialogue, the script's non-linear structure is almost hallucinogenic. Constantly alternating black-and-white cinematography with color, the film visits Pinero in Sing Sing, then reciting poetry at the Nuyorican Cafe he co-founded in lower Manhattan. Pinero betrays those who nurtured him. His relationship with Public Theater impresario Joseph Papp (Mandy Patinkin) is particularly volatile in this harrowing portrait of a complex bisexual artist.
(USA, video, 90 min., Midwest Premiere)
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THE COMMERCIAL CLOSET
Friday, June 28 " 7:00pm
In advertising today, women show up less often on the hood of cars as behind the wheels, and blacks now appear with such frequency that they represent the "everyman." But what of gays and lesbians? Take a look inside the connections between advertsing and the gay and lesbian community by Kansas City native Michael Wilke, a journalist and media professional who tracks this fascinating information full-time
The Commercial Closet video lecture has informed thousands across the USA, Europe and Latin America at universities, corporations, ad agencies, and leading film festivals. It illustrates how the power and universality of advertising influences far more than brand preferences, it also affect how we think about each other.
Micheal Wilke will present the program live in person. Hear his insights on over 60 commercials with gay, lesbian and transgender themes. See how the common use of classic stereotypes, homophobia and same-sex kisses are use to sell everything from juice to jeans. Learn how marketers have stumbled and succeeded over these themes for years.
Join us for the wonderful presentation that will change the way you look at advertsing forever. The festival screening includes Michael's complete presenation, a question and answer session, plus a reception following sponsored by gaycoffees.com
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THE FLUFFER
Friday, June 28 " 9:15pm
The Fluffer is a movie about obsession, submission, money, and sexuality. The story centers on Johnny Rebel, a porn star with a paradox. Although he is a hot-blooded heterosexual male, Johnny makes his living as a gay porno star. The reason: money. Sean McGinnis is young, naive, adventurous, and pure. Moving to L.A. to pursue a career in movies, he becomes diverted to working for Hollywood's illegitimate stepchild - the porno industry. The reason: Johnny Rebel. Julie Disponzio, also known as Babylon, is the most fiery of the dancers at the strip club, Leggs. She and Johnny have been in a relationship for three years. She's hard as nails, willful and charismatic, and can play power games at Johnny's level, but ultimately she's at a disadvantage. The reason: She loves him. Sean gets a job as a cameraman, hoping to be near his porn idol. The first day on the set, he strikes a curious connection and steps beyond the bounds of his job to become Rebel's fluffer. The sex industry provides the setting for this "explosive" triangle. Everyone has to reckon with their deepest desires while engaging in a precarious balancing act. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE buy your tickets early so you don't miss this sell-out.
(USA, 35mm, 95 min., Midwest Premiere)
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GIRLS CAN'T SWIM
Saturday, June 29 " 4:30pm
Sunday, June 30 " 2:00pm
An award-winning coming of age film from France. Two teenaged girls living in opposite parts of France have spent summer vacation together on the Brittany coast for years. Gwen enjoys the attention of the boys in her port town, where she lives with her mother and often-absent father. She hopes to grow up as fast as she can and escape her parents' bickering over money. Lise has never known her father, the reason she is confused as to how to react to his sudden accidental death. Her failure to understand the reactions of her sisters and mother drive her to take off on her own for Brittany to join her friend Gwen. The fifteenth summer of Lise and Gwen will be one of many contrasts: love and hate, laughter and tears, life and death. All part of growing up for two very atypical young women.
(French, 35mm, 102min., Midwest Premiere)
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SECOND SKIN
Saturday, June 29 " 7:00pm
Sunday, June 30 " 9:00pm
Spanish actor Javier Bardem was a smoldering, intense presence in Before Night Falls, for which he received an Oscar nomination. In this sultry Spanish drama, he's still smoldering but this time hes caught in the middle of a love triangle with a very-married man. Actually, the entire cast of Second Skin smolders. Jordi Moll, who is lens-meltingly handsome, plays Alberto, a tortured young husband who embarks on the affair with a handsome surgeon (Bardem). Adriana Gil, an Audrey Hepburn-esque beauty with big, sad eyes, plays his wife, Elena. Latin passion abounds.(Spain, 35mm, Spanish with English Subtitles, 115 min., Midwest Premiere)
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SURPRISE SCREENING
Saturday, June 29 " 9:15pm
Once again this year, we will announce a special film that will be added to our schedule after the festival begins. You would think we like living in the edge, but it takes some last minute wrangling to bring you the best of what available . Look for special announcements at the festival and, of course, right here on our friendly website.
Thanks for your patience and support. We'll be working extra hard to make sure it's film you'll enjoy!
(Unknown Country, Unknown Length....sort of like life!)
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KE KULANA HE MAHU
Sunday, June 30 " 4:30pm
Fascinating personal interviews and outstanding historical research make this a groundbreaking analysis of the relationship between queer struggles and the struggles of the Kanaka Maoli, Hawaiis indigenous people. The documentary examines how Western colonization and modernization gave rise to intolerance and homophobia in Hawaii and how efforts are being made by the current generation to restore their culture and recognize the once-cherished role of gay and transgender people in Hawaiian society. More than a century of imposed Christian sexual repression almost destroyed the ancient traditions of unconditional love, community solidarity and acceptance of the transgendered Mahu, sacred healers in indigenous society. (Mahu literally means both male and female.). This phenomenal documentary is a response to the hate and fear generated by the mainland Religious Right in its campaign to prevent Hawaii from legalizing gay marriage. The film also demonstrates how Hawaiis embrace of LGBT civil rights is firmly based in the states struggle against political and cultural imperialism.
(USA, video, 67 min., Midwest Premiere)
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THE M.O. OF M.I.
Sunday, June 30 " 7:00pm
Monday, July 1 " 5:30pm
The M.O. of M.I. is a sexy suspense thriller with enough twists and turns to make your head spin. Michael and Tom are a happy couple until Jonathon enters their lives. The ruggedly handsome hustler is in hiding, and needs a place to stay for awhile. He also has a past with Michael, which makes Tom jealous and causes tension between the couple. But it soon becomes clear theres more going on here than we're initially led to believe. A dangerous game of double-crossing, blackmail, and murder unfolds revealing that you cant always tell whom to trust. Who's conning whom? Blackmail never looked so good.
(USA, video, 90 min., Midwest Premiere)
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PRINCESA
Monday, July 1 " 7:30pm
Tuesday, July 2 " 5:30pm
This bitter-sweet drama tells of Fernanda (Ingrid de Souza), a stunning nineteen-year-old Brazilian transvestite who arrives in Italy with two dreams: become a woman and find a respectable husband. With her above-the-rails looks, prostituting herself to raise money for the operation at first comes easy. As street-walking Princesa, Fernanda meets Gianni, a client who takes to her and promises to leave his wife and pay for her operation. But more urgently than whether Gianni can accept Fernanda as she is, Fernanda must decide if shes ready to change for herself. Princesa is a powerhouse of cinematic realism and a rare gem that quickly transcends its core storyline of the transsexual experience. Not to be missed!
(Italy, 35mm, 86 min., Italian with English Subtitles, Midwest Premiere)
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BOB & ROSE -
Tuesday, July 2 " 7:30pm (Episodes 1-3)
Wednesday, July 3 " 5:00pm (Episodes 4-6)
The KC Gay Film Fest brought you the original "Queer as Folk" in the 2000 Festival. We're thrilled to able to bring you Russell T. Davies (QAF's creator) brilliant new series, Bob & Rose. And yes, it's destined to create every bit as much controversy and excitement as QAF. Also set in Manchester, Bob & Rose expands the view of the city made famous in QAF. We see Canal Street and the Babylon again, but we're also introduced to Deansgate, where 30-year old Rose hangs out with her best mates. Rose is funny, sassy, down-to-earth, and, well, a bit bored with her life. Then she meets Bob! Bob is in his early thirties, a teacher, and a gay man with an overly-supportive mum. Having recently ended a relationship, he seems uneasy being single again. He certainly isn't expecting to meet someone like Rose! Meeting by chance, they are both surprised by how fast they click. They can't deny that something more than friendship is developing. Can they really be falling in love -- a gay man and a straight woman? How will Bob's proud PFLAG mother react to her son bringing home a woman? What will Holly, Bob's scarily off-kilter best friend, do about Bob choosing another woman over her? How do Bob & Rose themselves deal with the doubts and questions their relationship cause? Follow their story over the course of six absolutely delightful episodes. BE AMONG THE FIRST IN THE STATES TO SEE THIS!!
(UK, video, 144 min., Midwest Premiere)
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SORDID LIVES
Wednesday, July 3 " 8:00pm
Check out this cast: Bonnie Bedelia, Delta Burke, Beau Bridges, and Olivia Newton-John. (Can you see why this has become a record breaking cult hit in certain gay meccas?) Sordid Lives is the kind of post-modern fable born out of Shakespeare and Springer. Based on the critically acclaimed play by Del Shores (who wrote and directed the film), he puts a comedic twist on a torrid tale about unconditional love, acceptance and ''coming out'' in a Texas family. Peggy, the family matriarch, dies in a freak accident involving some wooden legs, a seedy hotel room, and an illicit affair with G.W. (Beau Bridges), a married man.
The colorful cast of characters converge in preparation for her funeral, and like an elaborate flow chart with the late Peggy as the center of the universe, everyone is either related, or has got some sordid connection to her. La Vonda and Latrelle (Ann Walker and Bonnie Bedelia), are her feuding daughters, who've got problems of their own, aside from fighting over their dead mama's wardrobe (a mink coat with the head still on it?). La Vonda wants to spring her brother out of a mental institution, where he's been staying for the past 20 years, because he's lived his life dressed like Tammy Wynette. Latrelle, on the other hand, is in total denial over her son's homosexuality. La Vonda is also best friends with Noletta (Delta Burke), the wife of Peggy's former lover.
Noletta is a woman scorned, and seeks revenge in the form of a Thelma & Louise plotline. Throw in the grieving sister of the dead matriarch and Aussie Olivia Newton-John as an ex-con turned barfly/singer named Bitsy Mae Harling, and we've got ourselves a trailer park Dallas! And this all happens before the impending funeral.
Proceeds from this screening benefit the Lesbian & Gay Community Center of Greater Kansas City!
(USA, 35mm, 111 min., Midwest Premiere)
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