Date: Wed, 20 Jul 94 15:37 PDT From: davidb@wimsey.com (David Barron) Vancouver's 6th annual lesbian & gay film/video festival Out On Screen is taking place July 19-24. I know this is mainly of local interest, but readers in Seattle might be interested in attending on the weekend. Childcare subsidies available. Info and reservations: (604)685-1159, tix CBO (604)280-2801 or 1-800-665-5454. I claim credit for all typos. Venue addresses at bottom. Oh and by the way, August 1st is Pride Day in Vancouver. Bring a date or find one here! Tue July 19 (I know this is late, but I REALLY slept in yesterday...) Retrospective: Marlon Riggs A tribute to the life and work of Marlon Riggs, celebrating the richness of gay black culture and the joys of liberation. 7pm @ Pacific Cinematheque Anthem, 1991 Tongues Untied, 1989 Affirmations, 1990 No Regrets, 1992 Wed July 20 Resisting Agendas, Curated by Paul Lang Right wing propaganda confronts queer propaganda in a challenge to compliance, intolerance and inaction. 7 pm @ Video In. Tee Hee Hee, Ling Chiu, Canada Fear of Disclosure, Phil Zwickler, USA Let My People Go, Ming-Yuen S. Ma & Tran T. Kin-Trang, USA Gay Agenda (excerpt), Stolen, USA The Straight Agenda, Greg Segall, USA The Evil Cleric, Joel Baird, USA The Battle of Tuntnhaus, Juliet Bayshore, UK Defiance, Maureen Bradley, Canada Profile: Pratibha Parmar A profile of the groundbreaking and visually stunning work of Pratibha Parmar, including work on lesbians and gays living with disabilities. ASL interpreter in attendance. 9 pm @ Video In. Sari Red, UK, 1988 Emergence, UK, 1986 Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun, UK 1992 Khush, UK, 1991 Bhangra Jig, UK, 1991 Thu July 21 Gender Trobulemakers, curated by Maureen Bradley A challenging program exploring the lived reality of transgender identity and experiences from the perspectives of female-to-male and male-to-female transexuals. 7 pm @ Video In Mad About the Boy, Alix Umen, USA In Loving Memory, Leone Knight, Australia Gender Troublemakers, Jeanne B. & Xanthra Philipa, Canada P(l)ain Truth, Ilppo Pohjola, Finland Outlaw, Alisa Lebow, USA Are Bodies Our Selves?, curated by Kathy-Anne March Work which insists on thoughtful and visceral consideration of how our perceived bodies inform the psyches, identities and sexualities of ourselves and others. 9 pm @ Video In Seize in Love, Estate of Art McP., Canada Black Body, Thomas Allen Harris, USA Fat Chance, Anne Golden, Canada Saint Mulekicker, Simeon Hunter, USA My Body is a Metaphor, Stasie Frierich, Canada Chasing the Moon, Dawn Suggs, USA The Body Beautiful, Ngozi Onwurah, UK Fri July 22 Censorship: Shout It Out, curated by Lynne Wanyeki Broadening the anti-censorship debate to include voice, this program asks about the ways in which we have been silenced. What are the issues we silence ourselves on? Who is talking back? 7 pm @ Video In Intro to Cultural Skitz-O-Frenia, Jamika Ajalon, USA Is It Safe to Come Out Yet?, Neesha Dosanj, Canada Two-Spirit People, Lori Levi & Michael Beauchemin, USA Night Visions, Marusia Bociurkiw, Canada Sexfish Something about women...something about relationships...something about sex...something about...930 pm @ Video In Step Out Smartly, Charline Boudreau, Canada Safe Soap, Anne Golden, Canada Object/Subject of Desire, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, Canada Sexfish, E.T. Baby Maniac (Ela Troyano, Jane Castle, Shu Lea Cheang), USA Beyond/Body/Memory, Neesha Dosanj, Canada Her Body in Four Parts, Lauren Howes, Canada Wicked Radiance, Azian Nurudin, USA Trust You, Katherine Setzer, Canada Excess is What I Came For, Paula Gignac & Kathleen Pirrie Adams, Canada Stafford's Story, Susan Muska, USA Liasons Perilleuses/Perilous Liasons, Charline Boudreau, Canada Levi's 501's, Jenni Olson, USA Boy Crazy, Laura Cowell, Canada She Can Probably Fix It, Harriet Storm, USA She Don't Fade, Cheryl Dunye, USA Sat July 23 Homoteens What are lesbian and gay youth saying and doing? Coming out in the 90's is a whole new kettle of fish. 3pm @ Video In Homoteens, Joan Jubela, USA No Rewind, Paula Mozen, USA The Living Tree, Zachary Longboy, Canada Innocent Wisdoms, curated by Larissa Lai Works which view the world from the perspective of youth, beginning from the experience and moving outwards. 5pm @ Video In Intrepidissima, Marta Belletbo-Coll, Spain Sisters In The Life: First Love, Yvonne Welbon, USA Monique, Yvonne Welbon, USA Leftovers, Janine Fung, Canada Boy Crazy, Laura Cowell, Canada It's A Family Affair An eclectic collection of shorts which challenge and query traditional definitions of family. 7pm @ Video In Mavis Davis' Safe Sex Video, James Raymond, USA Other Families, William Jones, USA Identity Portraits, Liz Marshall, Canada Auto Biography, Dennis Day, Canada My Mother's Secret: Sons and Daughters of Lesbian Mothers, Meema Spadola, USA Two Men and a Baby, Juanita Mohammed, USA The Potluck and the Passion, Cherl Duyne, USA Love Makes a Family: Gay Parents in the 90's, Marla Leech, Dan Veltri and Remco Kobus, USA Abominations, curated by Ken Anderlini A flight through gay men's shorts with an eye on...fasten your safety belt and be prepared for turbulence. 9pm @ Video In Fly That Friendly Sky, Pablo Bautista, USA Tear Jerker, Joel Baird & Rick Philips, USA The Blue Hour, John Lindell, USA You Can Reach Me Today At..., Allen Braude, Canada Significant (Br)Other, Charles Lofton, USA Gender, Lace and Glass, David Findlay, Canada Evil Thoughts, Joe Hoffmann, USA Pizza 222, Jonathon Wells, Canada Charming Mutt, Steve Reinke, Canada Master-ba-shen, John eric Spitzer, USA Wake Up, Jerk Off, Daniel MacIvor, Canada Confirmed Bachelor, Tom Kalin, USA Boot, David Collins & Ian Jarvis, Canada When You Name Me, Scott Beveridge, Canada Porn, Lawrence Elbert, USA Lonely Boy, Steve Reinke, Canada Marilyn, David LacLean, Canada Media Blackmale, Wendell Bruno, Canada Lord and Master, Troy BOyd, USA Sun July 24 Beyond Loss: Two Voices, curated by Maureen Bradley Featuring the Vancouver premiere of _Cancer in Two Voices_, on lesbian lovers living with breast cancer. 1pm @ Video In La Recit D'a, Esther Valiquette, Canada Cancer in Two Voices, Lucy Massie Phoenix, USA Journeys Gay men take on love, race and history, with poetry and urgency. 3pm @ Video In The Living Tree, Zachary Longboy, Canada Ghost Body, Chris Cultrone, USA To Ride a Cow, Quentin Lee & Deeya Loram, USA Diagnosis, Andy Fabo, Canada Heaven, Earth and Hell, Thomas Allen Harris, USA Dark Sun/Bright Shade, curated by Winston Sim Haven't seen _Frank's Cock_ yet? It's back in this collection of short Canadian films highlighted by Kwoi's visually stunning and compelling love story _Dark Sun/Bright Shade_. 7pm @ The York Theatre Soul Neptune, Ken Sherman, Canada Frank's Cock, Mike Hoolboom, Canada Dark Sun/Bright Shade, Kwoi, Canada Reel Dykes Lush and sensual short films by lesbian artists working with the pains and pleasures of emotion, who keep visual pleasure in mind. 9pm @ The York Theatre Cruel, Desi del Valle, USA Peach, Christine parker, New Zealand Coconut, Cane and Cutlass, Michelle Mohabeer, Guyana/Canada Venues: Pacific Cinemathique, 1131 Howe Street Video In, 1965 Main Street The York Theatre, 639 Commercial Drive -- ______ |"Either the drapes go, or I go." \\\/// David Barron | Oscar Wilde on his deathbed \\// davidb@wimsey.com |"When gays and lesbians get equal rights, \/ SAME SEX, SAME RIGHTS | everybody will want them." | Sign outside Evanston's Methodist Church