Language: English
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CHRISTEENE “slowly/easy”
In “Slowly/Easy,” the 3rd installment of the CHRISTEENE Video Collection, layers of electronic darkness penetrate the bruised holes of a hellish nightmare where wet dreams collide and Pandas kill.
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CHRISTEENE “Bustin’ Brown”
In “Bustin’ Brown,” the fourth installment of the CHRISTEENE Video Collection, CHRISTEENE confronts the ever-present bastardization of anal sex from mainstream bourgeois heterosexuals by returning “da buh-hole” to its rightful owners.
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CHRISTEENE “African Mayonnaise”
In “African Mayonnaise,” the 6th installment of the CHRISTEENE Video Collection, Celebrity gets Fucked.
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Akin
“Akin” marks the first creative collaboration between Toronto-based artist Chase Joynt (Everyday to Stay) and NYC-based filmmaker Brooke Sebold (Red Without Blue). With haunting suburban visuals backed by the rich sounds of Toronto based-band Ohbijou, “Akin” powerfully engages in a relationship between an Orthodox Jewish mother and her transgender son as they navigate silent secrets of a shared past. Hauntingly beautiful. Rarely have I watched a film that is such a perfect union of parsimony and punch. It left me breathless. – Michelle Stone Perfectly timed and sequenced, “Akin” is so resolutely personal in it’s detailing. Joynt points to a…
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What I LOVE about being QUEER
34 beautiful queers. One big question.
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Transforming FAMILY
“Transforming FAMILY” jumps directly into an ongoing conversation among trans people about parenting. It’s a beautiful snapshot of current issues, struggles and strengths of transexual, transgender and gender fluid parents (and parents-to-be) in North American society today.
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Quiet
Ali must lie and say she is her wife Sam’s sister so that she can be with Sam in the hospital because gay marriage is not legally recognized in the small Texas town where they live. Reluctant to listen to the doctor’s opinions about Sam’s condition, Ali loses herself in the couple’s memories: their first meeting, their first date and the day before Sam’s accident. Simultaneously, the hospital situation comes to a head when Nurse Lucy realizes their true relationship. Ali must confront those who would keep her from Sam as well her own fears of letting go. Selected screenings:…
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her silent life
A version of family. From mother, grandmother, great-grandmother to me, stories flow through our matrilineal heritage to explore the remarkable life of my Inuk great-grandmother.
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Hawker, The
“When I was a kid in Singapore, the same person served me chicken rice every day. I didn’t know if that person was a man or a woman, and that was awesome.”
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Teens Like Phil
Inspired by the alarming increase in real-life tragedies involving high school bullying and suicide, “Teens Like Phil” tells the story of a gay teen, Phil, and one of his classmates, Adam, who brutally bullies him. The film explores the complicated and painful circumstances surrounding this relationship in an effort to better understand the roots of this epidemic. Phil’s story is ultimately a tale of survival and transcendence from this cycle of abuse.
