S i rens of the 23rd Century
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Straight Out ( H r e i n og Be i n )
Monday June 16 9:00 pm Castro $8. 00 Mem/$9. 00 Gen (SIRE16C)
Friday June 27 6:00 pm
Sunday June 15 4:15 pm
Herbst $8. 00 Mem/$9.00 Gen (SP0027H)
Herbst $5.00 Mem/$6.00 Gen (STRA 15H)
S I R EN S OF T H E 23RD CENTU RY recreates a world where exaggerated fem i n i n ity is outlawed . No fas h ion; no make-u p; no s i l icone breasts; a n d no self-obsess i ng bea utification. A l l behav iors such as pl ucki ng, tweezing, and concea l i n g are ba n n ed-pun ishable by i m prison ment i n "fashion work ca m ps" o r death . T h e Facist a n d conservative Men's Pla in ness Advocacy has e l i m i nated a n cient bea uty, asserti ng that bea uti fu l women a re d is posa ble. So what's a g i rl to do? Ca l l i n the Beauty Renegades-the self-proclaim ed "victi ms of the 23rd century" who execute regu l a r gueri lla ra ids on thei r repressive govern ment. After a l l , "A l ife without skin ca re is not a l ife worth l ivi ng, " pro fesses Princess Helen, the na rrator a n d princi ple heroine who esca pes Troy (her a ppoi nted l over) o n l y to m eet l u stfu l D i a n n a , the Amazonian leader of the fem i n ist movement. Together they m ust contend with the ge nder bend ing a ntics of Dian na's sidekick Ga briel , the Renegade defector U l uth (who has stolen the Ha nger 5 1 sex fi les that jeopa rd ize the Pla i n ness Advocacy's regi me) , and even Dian na's own wea lth of over-the-top insecu rities that fuel th i s perverse, coming-of-age fantasy lived o u t in a colorful a n d bizarre pa ra l lel un iverse. Screen i ng before S I R ENS is T H E G I R L WITH T H E P EA R L SUSPEN D ED, a su rrea l ca r n iva l ride of love, lust and d rea ms.
If the gay M afia rea l ly d i d control Hollywood , this is what the med ia a nd enterta in ment industry m ight c h u rn out. Th is rol l icking col l ection la m poons a l l gen res-from i nfo m e rc i a l s to B m ovies; a nd from the nightly news to Satu rday morning ca rtoons. A you ng man stu mbles u pon a rath er gay i nfomercial wh i l e watc h i ng late- night TV in TA R G ET AU D I EN C E . Wh itewashed American media receives a ca m py critiq ue i n 6PM IN A M E R I CA. Dr. Winston a n d the loca l boys give a step-by ste p approach to mastu rbation in this pa rody of h igh school hea lth fi l m s from the 50s in M AS T U R BATI O N : PUTTI N G T H E F U N I NTO S ELF LOV I N G . Enjoy GAY PROPOGAN DA's q u eer ta ke on fa mous scenes from movies (ON G O L D E N P O N D , TH E B R EA K FAST C L U B , YO U N G F RA N K E N ST E I N , a n d more ! ) . M Y D I N N ER WITH OVITZ col l ides Coppola's G O D FATH E R headlong into t h e Va n ity Fa i r interview with M ichael "gay Mafia" Ovitz . When a wayward meteor crashes into her backya rd , Jan ice begi ns to q uestion her existence i n I WO KE U P! , a sch lock sci-fi ta keoff. We close the program with two odes to h u n ky guys in tights : T H E A M B I G U O U S LY GAY D U O a nd S U PER FAG a l l working hard to rid the world of " evil doers" a n d homophobia .
T H E G I R L WITH T H E PEARL SUSPENDED d i r Nata lija Vekic 2003
6PM IN AMERICA dir M a rk Kenneth Woods 2002 Canada 4 min
USA 18 min 1 6 m m SIRENS OF THE 23RD CENTURY* d i r Jenn ifer
video MASTURBATI ON: PUTTING THE FUN I N T O SELF-LOVING dir
M . Kroot 2003 USA 86 min video
J . T. Te pnapa 2002 USA 8 m i n video GAY PROPOGANDA d i r J .
* El igible for the Levi's" First Feature Award
d i r Steve Young 2002 USA 15 min video I WOKE UP! d i r Alex
-Dewey Schott TARGET AUDIENCE d i r David Kittredge 2002 USA 12 min 35mm
D . Disa lvatore 2002 U S A 2 0 m i n video M Y DINNER WITH OVITZ H i nton 2000 USA 6 min video THE AMBIGUOUSLY GAY DUO
This beautifu l ly crafted fi l m (a rec i pient of (; H orizons/Fra me l i ne F i l m & Video Com pletior Fund gra nt) ta kes us to I celand where n i n E cou rageous a n d articulate lesbian a nd gay youtr provide amazing com i ng-out testimonia ls. Witr com mendable ca ndor, the s u bjects reca l l their fi rst memories of fee l i ng exc l uded , d evelopin� self-hate, d iscovering sex, fi n d i n g other q u eers, attem pting su icide, experi menting with a lcoho and d rugs, dea l ing with thei r pa rents , and rea l izing their fi rst crushes and loves. Without a ny wh itewash ing, the youthfu l self-awa ren ess and wisdom is am azi ng. Co-d i rector G u n na rsdottir, wel l known i r t h e B a y Area for h e r work, retu rned t o her home land to close a cha pter on her own comi ng-oui expe rience twenty yea rs ago. " I n my youth therE was no open d ia log a bout homosexual ity. No'l Icela n d ic q u eers a re fu l ly protected by the la'l a nd can ma rry and d ivorce. Yet the kids WE s poke to su rprisi ngly descri be a l l the e motions I . remem ber as a 1 6 yea r ol d . " G u n na rsdotti r'� statement underscores that despite vast geo gra ph i c d i sta nce q u eers everywhere seem tc have s i m i lar experiences from which fa m i l ia r fee l i ngs resonate. ( I n addition, the h a u ntin� I celandic la ndsca pes and m usic a re s u re tc mesmerize!) BOYG I R L is a fi l m that add resses the d a i ly experience of fee l i ng d iffe rent. I nterviews witr people who fa ll in between the ge nder s pectru rr provide revelations a bout what it's l i ke to not fee 1 00 percent male or female. -Erica Marcus
BOYGIRL d i r Au rora R e i n h a rd 2002 Finland 1 2 m i n video i r
# 1 0-THE THIRD LEG OF JUSTICE dir J. J. Sedelmaier 2002 USA
F i n n ish w i t h English subtitles STRAIGHT OUT d i rs Hrafn h i i d u l
2 m i n video S U PERFAG dir Kurt Koehler 2002 USA 25 min video
G u n n a rsdottir & Thorva l d u r Kristinsson 2003 I celand 5 6 m i r video in Icelandic with Engl ish subtitles
Tota l R u n n i ng Ti me: 92 min
Co-Presented by MadCat Women's International F i l m Festival Sponsored by
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