11th Annual Reel Out Charlotte Program

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THE QUEEN CITY’S LGBTQ FILM FESTIVAL APRIL 28 - MAY 5, 2019 CAMP NORTH END 1824 STATESVILLE AVE., CHARLOTTE, NC

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WELCOME Welcome to the 11th Annual Reel Out Charlotte!

The Reel Out Charlotte Team and Charlotte Pride are pleased to welcome you to this year’s 11th Annual Reel Out Charlotte, the Queen City’s LGBTQ Film Festival! First established in 2009 as the GayCharlotte Film Festival, our event has become an annual tradition in Charlotte, bringing together wider and wider portions of our community to celebrate our lives, loves, challenges, and triumphs on the big screen. We are excited to share our 11th annual celebration with you this year! We trust you’ll find special meaning in the artistic endeavors of the filmmakers, directors, and actors you’ll see in the films presented throughout this special 11th Annual Reel Out Charlotte.

VOLUNTEER WITH REEL OUT CHARLOTTE & CHARLOTTE PRIDE Join our awesome team of dedicated volunteers! See a staff member for ways you can get involved or visit charlottepride.org/volunteers/.

Our 2019 Host: Camp North End 1824 STATESVILLE AVE., CHARLOTTE, NC 28206

We’re excited to welcome you to our 2019 event space, Camp North End! Our new event space offers more social opportunities and access to a full bar and concessions! We can’t wait to share drinks, food, fun times, and, of course, our film screenings with you here this week!

Reel Out Charlotte

Charlotte Pride

FILM FESTIVAL COMMITTEE Donell Beaty Jason Coye Alicia Emmons Jenny Gunn Heather Hudson James Jenkins Gary Knight Daavonia Lee Will Martin Lupe Silva John Walton Asia Washington

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Daniel Valdez President Nan Bangs Vice President Lee Robertson Treasurer Riley Murray Board Member Brisa Ramirez Board Member STAFF Jerry Yelton

Programs & Events Director

Matt Comer

Communications Director

A PROGRAM OF CHARLOTTE PRIDE P.O. Box 32362, Charlotte, NC 28232 charlottepride.org

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SUNDAY, APRIL 2

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OPENING CELEBRATION + RECEPTION

SUNDAY, APRIL 28 | 5-7 PM | FREE ADMISSION, $5 DONATION ENCOURAGED Celebrating eleven years of LGBTQ film in the Queen City! Join us for hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar, and music while we mix and mingle in recognition of our eleventh annual film festival. Special guest, out trans actor and director of color Nava Mau will speak on the importance of representations of queer and trans people of color in film and media as we screen her short film, “Waking Hour.”

SPECIAL GUEST:

Nava Mau Nava Mau is a filmmaker, actress, and cultural worker from Mexico City and San Antonio, Texas.

As a student, she gained writing and production experience with live sketch comedy shows and Drawing the Shades, a play about survivors of sexual assault. Nava then joined Peacock Rebellion’s Brouhaha comedy program for queer and trans people of color for two years in a row in Oakland, California. In 2016, she was a coproducer and co-host, and she worked as a coach and featured artist in 2017.

Nava was recently selected as the G&E Fellow on the set of the Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen documentary, and serves as a producer on Lovebites, a short film currently in pre-production. Nava wrote, produced, directed, and stars in Waking Hour, a short film about a young trans woman balancing her safety with her desire for intimacy.

Over the past 8 years, Nava has engaged in culture change work with community-based service providers, student organizations, and survivors of violence. Her long-term vision is to bolster the stories of marginalized people in order to expand their access to resources.

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SCHEDULE: AT A GLANCE DATE

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FILM/EVENT

April 28

5:00 pm

Opening Celebration + Reception

April 29

6:00 pm

Sorry Angel, followed by talkback on the AIDS Crisis and representation in media and film

April 30

6:00 pm

Women’s Reception

April 30

7:00 pm

Freelancers Anonymous

May 1

6:30 pm

Annual Short Films Showcase

May 1

9:00 pm

Brief Story from the Green Planet

May 2

6:00 pm

Families Like Yours, followed by panel discussion with partners EY and PFLAG Charlotte

May 2

7:30 pm

They

May 3

5:30 pm

Pride Reception

May 3

7:00 pm

Rafiki

May 3

9:00 pm

When The Beat Drops, preceded by short film screening: Listen

May 4

5:00 pm

From Selma to Stonewall: Are We There Yet?, followed by panel discussion on faith and activism

May 4

7:00 pm

TransMilitary, followed by talkback with trans vets

May 4

9:00 pm

Wild, preceded by short film screening: Chasing the Dragon

May 5

1:45 pm

“Tucked” & Tipsy Drag Brunch

May 5

3:00 pm

Tucked

May 5

5:00 pm

Gay Chorus Deep South, preceded by special performance by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Charlotte

SPECIAL THANKS: Panel & Talkback participants MANY THANKS TO ALL THE MANY PARTICIPANTS AND PARTNERS FOR OUR PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND TALKBACKS THIS WEEK, INCLUDING: Sorry Angel (April 29): Talkback with partners from Carolinas Care Partnership, NC AIDS Action Network, and RAIN Families Like Yours (May 2): Cindy and Rich Deutsch, Amanda Dumas From Selma to Stonewall (May 4): Rev. Debra Hopkins, Bishop Tonyia Rawls, Rev. Val Rosenquist TransMilitary (May 4): Kelli Baron, Cassie Barlett. Adrian Chavez

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MONDAY, APRIL 29 SORRY ANGEL

MONDAY, APRIL 29 | 6:00 PM | TALKBACK FOLLOWING

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CAROLINAS CARE PARTNERSHIP, NC AIDS ACTION NETWORK, RAIN

Jacques is an older writer from Paris. Arthur is a young student in Rennes. They instantly fall in love. But they’ll have to face rejection and sickness to keep it that way.

DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHE HONORÉ FRANCE, 2018 | COMEDY | 132 MINUTES FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES NORTH CAROLINA PREMIERE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING: TALKBACK Stay after the film for a talkback on how film and other media representations of the AIDS Crisis and today’s HIV epidemic often neglect people of color with our partners Carolinas Care Partnership, NCAAN, and RAIN.

TUESDAY, APRIL 30 WOMEN’S RECEPTION TUESDAY, APRIL 30 | 6:00 PM | FREE ADMISSION Join us for a special and FREE reception celebrating all women-identified people in our LGBTQ community. Mix and mingle with new and old friends and learn more about our community partners. Cash bar available.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 30 | 7:00 PM | WOMEN’S RECEPTION: 6-7 PM

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CHARLOTTE WOMEN’S MARCH & PLANNED PARENTHOOD

Billie #hatesherjob and quits mere months before getting married. She meets a ragtag group of women also looking for employment, and finds herself juggling her upcoming wedding with launching a new tech start-up.

DIRECTED BY SONIA SEBASTIÁN U.S., 2018 | COMEDY | 81 MINUTES CHARLOTTE PREMIERE

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 ANNUAL SHORTS SHOWCASE

WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 | 6:30 PM | FREE ADMISSION ($5 DONATION ENCOURAGED)

FEATURING OUR ANNUAL BEST SHORT-VIEWERS’ CHOICE AWARD

Join Reel Out Charlotte for our Annual Shorts Showcase, a free community event highlighting some of the best LGBTQ short films — everything from dramas and romance to comedy and documentary!

HOW TO VOTE: You will receive a paper ballot. Choose the film you think represents the best short among those shown. How you vote and the criteria you use are up to you — vote for the film that moved you, the film you thought had the best production value or one that you thought had the best plot. It’s up to you!

FEATURED SHORTS THIS YEAR: Abeo Adeline Brothers Candy’s Crush Engaged Femme

Heads Up Heather Has Four Moms Hiding in Daylight Two Vibes

For more information on each of our short films, including directors and summaries, visit reelout.org.

BRIEF STORY FROM THE GREEN PLANET BREVE HISTORIA DEL PLANETA VERDE WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 | 9:00 PM

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CHARLOTTE LATINX PRIDE & EQUALITY NC

Tania, a trans woman, learns her grandmother spent the last years of her life in the loving company of an alien. Together with two friends, Tania travels through rural Argentina to bring the creature back to its place of origin.

DIRECTED BY SANTIAGO LOZA ARGENTINA, 2019 | DRAMA, SCI-FI | 75 MINUTES SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES SOUTHEASTERN U.S. REGIONAL PREMIERE

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THURSDAY, MAY 2 FAMILIES LIKE YOURS

THURSDAY, MAY 2 | 6:00 PM | FREE ADMISSION

PRESENTED BY EY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PFLAG CHARLOTTE

Six families attempt to balance work and school, rush kids to sports practice, and deal with diaper duty. From all across the nation and in all different stages of family life, these LGBT families represent a cross-section of the modern American family.

DIRECTED BY RODOLFO EDUARDO MORO U.S., 2017 | DOCUMENTARY | 52 MINUTES

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING: PANEL DISCUSSION Presented by EY in partnership with PFLAG Charlotte.

Stay after the screening of Families Like Yours for a panel discussion with local parents Amanda Dumas and Cindy and Rich Deutsch, moderated by EY’s Tyler Smith. You’ll learn more about the experiences of these families and their children, what it is like parenting trans and queer young people in today’s climate, and how you can be a better ally to LGBTQ young people and families.

THEY

THURSDAY, MAY 2 | 7:30 PM

PRESENTED BY PFLAG CHARLOTTE

Fourteen-year-old J goes by the pronoun ‘They’ and lives with their parents in the suburbs of Chicago. J is exploring their gender identity while taking hormone blockers to postpone puberty. After two years of medication and therapy, J has to make a decision whether or not to transition.

DIRECTED BY ANAHITA GHAZVINIZADEH U.S., 2017 | DRAMA | 80 MINUTES CHARLOTTE PREMIERE

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FRIDAY, MAY 3

PRIDE RECEPTION FRIDAY, MAY 4 | 5:30 PM | FREE ADMISSION Charlotte Black Pride and Charlotte Pride join forces for a free reception with fun games and activities, cash bar, music, and more!

Mix and mingle, get to know members of your local Pride planning teams and hang around afterward for our Friday evening film screenings!

Doors open at 5:30 PM with evening film tickets on sale prior to each screening!

RAFIKI

FRIDAY, MAY 3 | 7:00 PM

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CHARLOTTE BLACK PRIDE

“Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives,” but Kena and Ziki long for something more. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.

DIRECTED BY WANURI KAHIU KENYA, 2018 | DRAMA/ROMANCE | 83 MINUTES CHARLOTTE PREMIERE

WHEN THE BEAT DROPS FRIDAY, MAY 3 | 9:00PM

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CHARLOTTE BLACK PRIDE

An LGBTQ haven in Atlanta launches the buck sensation. Anthony grew up in Atlanta as a heavy-set, gay black kid with a love of dance.

Together with his crew of other gay African-American men, Anthony grows bucking into a national movement.

DIRECTED BY JAMAL SIMS U.S., 2018 | DOCUMENTARY | 87 MINUTES NORTH CAROLINA PREMIERE

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SATURDAY, MAY 4 FROM SELMA TO STONEWALL: ARE WE THERE YET? SATURDAY, MAY 4 | 5:00 PM | FREE ADMISSION!

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FREEDOM CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

A black, straight preacher and a white, lesbian activist form an unusual bond as they seek to find the intersection between the Black Civil Rights and the LGBTQ Equality movements.

DIRECTED BY MARILYN BENNETT U.S., 2017 | DOCUMENTARY 43 MINUTES

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING: PANEL DISCUSSION

Stay after the screening of From Selma to Stonewall for a panel discussion with Bishop Tonyia Rawls of the Freedom Center for Social Justice, the Rev. Debra Hopkins, and the Rev. Val Rosenquist. Our panelists will discuss the intersections between movements for social justice and equality and how their faith informs their understanding of their work.

TRANSMILITARY

SATURDAY, MAY 4 | 7:00 PM

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FREEDOM CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE & TRANSCEND CHARLOTTE

TransMilitary chronicles the lives of four individuals defending their country’s freedom while fighting for their own, coming out as transgender to top brass officials in the Pentagon in hopes of attaining the equal right to serve. The ban was lifted in 2016, but now their futures hang in the balance again.

DIRECTED BY GABRIEL SILVERMAN & FIONA DAWSON U.S., 2018 | DOCUMENTARY | 93 MINUTES CHARLOTTE PREMIERE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING: TALKBACK

Stay after the screening of TransMilitary for a talkback featuring the experiences of local trans veterans Kelli Baron and Cassie Barlett.

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SATURDAY, MAY 4 WILD

SAUVAGE SATURDAY, MAY 4 | 9:00 PM Leo is 22 and sells his body on the street for a bit of cash. The men come and go, and he stays right here – longing for love. He doesn’t know what the future will bring. He hits the road. His heart is pounding. Starring Félix Maritaud, of 2017’s award-winning film BPM (Beats Per Minute), a 2018 Reel Out Charlotte selection.

DIRECTED BY CAMILLE VIDAL-NAQUET FRANCE, 2018 | DRAMA | 99 MINUTES FRENCH, WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES NORTH CAROLINA PREMIERE

CONTENT NOTE: This film contains scenes depicting nudity, sex, substance abuse, and sexual and other violence. Attendees under the age of 18 are not permitted at this screening unless accompanied by a parent or guardian.

VOLUNTEER WITH REEL OUT CHARLOTTE & CHARLOTTE PRIDE All of Charlotte Pride’s programs, including the film festival and annual festival and parade, depend on the talent and dedication of volunteers! Join our awesome team of volunteers working to to strengthen and empower our LGBTQ community! Learn more about getting involved at charlottepride.org/volunteers/.

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SUNDAY, MAY 5

“TUCKED” & TIPSY DRAG BRUNCH SUNDAY, MAY 5 | 1:45 PM | ADMISSION: $20 Join us for a unique drag brunch and a movie, featuring special performances from some of your favorite local drag artists! Doors open at 1:45pm, and your ticket includes access to our catered brunch hors d’ouevres, two mimosa drink tickets, and film screening at 3pm. Cash bar is also available.

TUCKED

SUNDAY, MAY 5 | 3:00 PM An aging 80-year-old drag queen forms an unlikely friendship with a younger queen, both struggling with their own issues of gender identity and mortality. As they discover more about each other, they realize how to truly be themselves.

DIRECTED BY JAMIE PATTERSON U.K., 2018 | DRAMA | 80 MINUTES CHARLOTTE PREMIERE

GAY CHORUS DEEP SOUTH SATURDAY, MAY 5 | 5:00 PM

To confront a resurgence of anti-LGBTQ laws, the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus embarks on an unprecedented bus tour in the Deep South — including a stop in Charlotte — celebrating music, challenging intolerance, and confronting their own dark coming out stories.

DIRECTED BY DAVID CHARLES RODRIGUES U.S., 2019 | DOCUMENTARY | 100 MINUTES SOUTHEASTERN U.S. REGIONAL PREMIERE SPECIAL PERFORMANCE PRECEEDING THE SCREENING Join us prior to the screening for a special performance from the Gay Men’s Chorus of Charlotte!

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UPCOMING EVENTS STONEWALL 50TH ANNIVERSARY

COMMUNITY RALLY AND CELEBRATION SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2019 Community-wide afternoon rally and evening celebration to mark 50 years of the LGBTQ Liberation Movement.

More details to be announced soon.

CHARLOTTE BLACK PRIDE

CITY-WIDE WEDNESDAY, JULY 17 - SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2019 Join our community partner Charlotte Black Pride for five days of celebration and community events. Learn more online at facebook.com/CLTBlackPride/,

CHARLOTTE PRIDE FESTIVAL & PARADE

UPTOWN CHARLOTTE SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 - SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2019 Celebrate Pride in the heart of Uptown Charlotte with the annual two-day festival, entertainment, community building, arts, and the annual parade!

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SPONSORS PRESENTING SPONSORS

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SILVER SCREEN SPONSORS

BOX OFFICE SPONSORS

COMMUNITY AND MEDIA PARTNERS

Carolinas Care Partnership, Charlotte Black Pride, Charlotte Film Society, Charlotte Women’s March, Equality NC, Freedom Center for Social Justice, NCAAN, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, RAIN, Transcend Charlotte

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