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June
Co-Presenters
Dir. Sridhar Rangayan
(UK, India, 2006, 83 min)
While visiting India with his friend Paul, Ravi, a British Punjabi, gets a taste of gay life when they attend a sex party. Though Ravi finds a mixture of dying traditions and shocking openness, he cannot reconcile them with the gay scene back home in Leicester, England. With flashes of semi-surreal situations -presented through exciting dream sequences- the film unfolds on a brightly painted canvas that defies stereotypes and explores contrasting values within Indian and Western gay sub-cultures.
Presentation in partnership with 3rdiNY
Multimedia Presentation, Dir. Hector Canonge
(USA, 2006, 15 min)
A collection of Narratives created by members of SAGE\Queens who took part in the month long program "Writing & Visualization" led by Media Artist, HECTOR CANONGE. Lavender Ink develops into a series of themes and literary styles that explore and tell about the experiences of LGBT elders, the memories of the borough, and growing up "queer" in America. Since 1995 SAGE\Queens is an organization that has served LGBT older adults with social, educational, and recreational activities.
In collaboration with SAGE\Queens
Event Sponsor
That's a Family!
Dir. Debra Chasnoff
(USA, 2000, 35 min)
A film for kids about family diversity. A highly entertaining documentary that breaks new ground in helping kids see and understand many of the different shapes that families take today. The children who star in the documentary take viewers on a tour through their lives and speak movingly about their unique family experiences, explaining the lives of various families with parents of different races or religions, divorced parents, single parents, gay or lesbian parents, adoptive parents or grandparents as guardians.
Women's Educational Media
Postcards From Buster: Sugartime!
Dir. Jyllian Gunther
(USA, 2004, 22 min)
It follows the animated 8-year-old Buster Baxter as he travels across the country experiencing the rich and varied cultures that make up the United States. He records real kids in video “postcards” which he sends to his friends back home. In “Sugartime!”, Buster travels to Vermont where he learns about maple sugaring and dairy farming while visiting with a family of children who have two moms. The series is designed to help 6-to 8-year olds understand and respect differences and learn to live in a multicultural society.