My Broth er Nikhil
Luc k Be a Lady Saturday June 25 I 7:45 pm
I Roxie
Sunday J u n e 1 9 I 3: 1 5 pm
My Hustler I Castro
Tu esday J u n e 2 1 I 1 0 : 0 0 pm I Roxie
$8 members I $9 general I LUCK25R
$6 members I $7 general I MYBR 1 9C
$8 members I $9 general I MYHU21R
In YO U ' RE STI LL YO U N G, the life of a despondent and
Tuesday June 21 I 9:1 5 pm I Parkway
Thursday June 23 I 11 :00 a m I C astro
$8 mem bers I $9 general I MYBR21P
$6 mem bers I $7 general I MYHU23C
The must- see movie of 2005 from In dia's booming film
With a pologies to Andy Warhol, we present a col lection
sex u a l ly confused 1 6 -yea r-old is a ltered when she meets a stranger who knows too much about her. On a weekend getaway in the Californi a desert, Les lie a n d
industry is no song-and-da nce-fi lled, wet-sari extrava
of shorts exploring the compli cated, exotic, a n d often
h e r girlfriend r u n into a fri end from h o m e , a n d a new
ga nza. It does have hu nky swi m mers in wet Speedos,
fulfi lling lives of those who provide sex for pay.
adventure begi ns in D ESERT MOTEL. Sex with a stra nger a b road leads an Ameri c a n w o m a n t o d i scover the t r u e me a n i ng o f beauty i n
but MY B ROTH ER N I KH I L is really making waves as the
The program opens with MY HUSTLER BOYFRIEN D,
first Hindi movie to take on the twin taboos of homosex
a poetic tale of how a h ustli ng couple spend their day,
uality and H IV.
selling drugs, doing sex work, and looking fa bulous. Set aga i n st a background of lost love a n d fa llen friends,
EVERYTHING GOOD. On the eve o f h e r parents' anniver
Nikhil (Sanjay Su ri) has it all - he's a champion
sary, a qu eer Arab girl gives and gets some advice from
�wi mmer with a storybook ha ppy family - u ntil a rou
LICKING O U R WOU N DS finds Maria honori ng her friend
her father in ANN IVERSARY.
tine blood test comes back positive for HIV. It's the late
Pete r's last wish in an unusual act of fri endship and
Looking back on Super-8 images, a woman recalls
80s, and AIDS panic is ra m pant. The cops qu aranti ne
grace, reminding us of the courage, h u mor, and tenacity of love in the face of death.
her relationship with her mother in YOU WASH MY SKIN
h i m , fa mily and friends shun him, an d panicked swi m
WITH SUNSHI N E. STAN DING U P te lls the story of Kate, a
me rs flee the pool when he dives in. But he has unwa
In ROOM SERVICE, Ethan rents the "services" of
young punk, who is befriended by Dorothy, an eccentric
vering support from his sister, Anamika (Bol lywood star
Stone, 90s TV-actor-tu rned-escort and the object of his
older woman, at a surreal Texas bus stop. In this unlikely
Juhi Chawla) , and his boyfriend, Nigel (Purab Ko hli).
pairi ng, expectations and ide ntity are qu estioned.
Shorn of caricature, Nigel and Nikhil's relati onship
adolescent d reams, and discovers that child hood fa n tasies can be more satisfying than a d u lt rea l ities. In
Lucy meets her internet boyfriend for the first ti me
is a landmark in I n dian fi lm. Unambiguously gay, with
GO LD, Jay is a 20-year-old street h u stler being sup
and is in for a shock in TWO BRADS AND A FU N KY GIRL.
even a cute pick-up scene, it conveys everything with
ported by Calvi n, a 70-year-old artist who is going bl ind;
I n the excelle ntly prod uced TRACKS, Frizzy i n h erits a
out ever usi ng the word "gay. "
Calvin d i ctates precise i nstructions to Jay i n o rder to
junker from her dad which gives her clues to a puzzle about the person she wants to forget.
Tha nks to an i m passi oned and sen sitive scri pt,
complete the painting in his head in this mutual quest
Onir's debut fi l m is a poign ant story about fam ily, the
for sa lvation . The program concludes with MYO PIA, in
pressure to conform, love , loss, and forgive ness. U lti
which we find married man David struggl ing to remain
EVERYTH ING GOOD dir Elizabeth McCarthy 2004 USA 17 min 16mm
mately, the fi l m is less about HIV and more a bout how
faithful in his relationship of many years, unti l the day
DESERT MOTEL dir Liza Johnson 2005 USA 12 min 3 5 m m ANNIVER
his struggle for dign ity helps Nikhil become whole.
his desire leads him on a life-changing journey deep into
YOU'RE STILL YOUNG d i r Barbara Green 2004 USA 11 min video
SARY dir Shamiran Samano 2005 USA 14 min video you wash my
skin with sunshine dir Kathleen Mullen 2005 Canada 6 min video
I n a co untry where mobs once ransacked theaters
STANDING U P d i r Jennifer Garrison 2004 USA 7 min video TWO
sh owing the lesbia n-themed fi l m FIRE, MY B ROTH ER
BRADS AND A FUNKY GIRL dir Michelle Ho 2005 UK 3 min video
N I KH I L has ach ieved noth i ng short of a qu iet revolution.
TRACKS dir C.C. Webster 2005 USA 22 min video TOTAL R U N N I N G T I M E :
- SANDIP ROY
92 m i n MY BROTHER N I KHIL d i r Onir 2005 India 120 min 35mm in Hindi
with English su btitles
3rd I South Asi an Films a nd TrillOne
S P O N S O R E D BY
TIM GULLICKSEN of
(!/V1dU-fc & O,'I'l1.:Y 4 4 s a n francisco internati onal lgbt film festival
MY HUSTLER BOYFR IEND dir Peter Pizzi 2005 USA 4 min video LICK ING OUR WOUNDS dir Wendy Dallas 2005 USA 16 min video ROOM SERVICE dir Da niel Reitz 2004 USA 20 min video GOLD dir Armen
Kazazian 2005 Canada 16 min 35mm MYOPIA dir Mark Alan Dashnaw 2005 USA 29 min video TOTAL R U N N I N G TIME:
Eligible for the Levi's® First Feature Award
C O - P R E S E N T E D BY
the woods.
85 min