Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement, May 09, 2010 | Boston LGBT Film Festival 2010

Boston LGBT Film Festival 2010

With Directors Greta Olafsdottir & Susan Muska, Director Michelle Lawler in person.

BUY TICKETS TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON

Director

Greta Olafsdottir & Susan Muska

Year

2009

Run Time

61

min

Country

USA

Language

English

PROGRAM Time

minutes

CONTENT WARNING:

After 42 years, feisty and delightful lesbian couple Edie and Thea are finally getting married. From the early ’60s to the present day, the tireless community activists persevere through many battles, both personal and political. These two compassionate and brave women are a model of courage and strenght that speaks to everyone, of any age. Through this film audiences will recognize that dancing, like loving, can continue at any age, and rediscover the timeless message “don't postpone joy.” Susan Muska and Greta Olafsdottir (The Brandon Teena Story) return with a love story of two remarkable women whose commitment to each other is an inspiration to us all. Directors will be in attendance.

This film is presented in English with English subtitles.

Join us for two of the most astounding explorations of people in our community: Edie and Thea and Vicki Marlene. These two documentaries detail the trials and tribulations of unapologetically being who you are in an age when many had to hide. Directors of both films will be in attendance.

Wicked Queer is proud to co-present this program with

No items found.

Presented with...

Program includes...

This short film program includes the following films:

Forever’s Gonna Start Tonight

CONTENT WARNING:

Michelle Lawler

54 min

English

USA

This is the astounding story of San Francisco's living legend Vicki Marlane, America's oldest, professional transgender drag entertainer. Directed by Boston filmmaker, Michelle Lawler, it explores the theme that creative expression is a transformative experience that allows one to overcome virtually insurmountable obstacles: social, biological, economic, and personal.

Other events you may like

Special Guest

Short Film Program

Rivers Wash Over Me

FREE

Sat, May 15 @ 5:00 pm

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Director John Young in person

min total program

Writer - director John Young's powerful drama Rivers Wash Over Me continues our afternoon of films about the young gay experience. Please join us for a film that is heartwrenching and true to life. Director John G. Young will be in attendance and the screening will be followed by a panel discussion on LGBT youth issues co-presented by the Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Youth (BAGLY).

Forced to relocate from Brooklyn to rural Alabama, sensitive gay teen Sequan faces harassment and abuse both at school and at home. Hope arrives in the form of Lori, a perceptive but troubled girl who introduces Sequan to her gay brother. As the new friends plan an escape from their small-town existence, a brush with violence threatens to derail everything. Rivers Wash Over Me is a beautifully lensed and emotionally affecting drama with devastating performances.

Special Guest

Short Film Program

Assume Nothing

FREE

Sat, May 08 @ 2:00 pm

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

min total program

Kirsty MacDonald

Many of us assume that there are only two genders and that being female or male follows from the sex of our biological bodies. Focusing on the art, photography and performances of four "alternative" gender artists Assume Nothing poses the questions: "What if 'male' and 'female' are not the only options? How do other genders express themselves through art?" Assume Nothing takes its title from the work of renowned NZ photographer Rebecca Swan's book "Assume Nothing" (2004), which reveals an extraordinary diversity of gender identity from the Pacific region and beyond. Assume Nothing creates "living" portraits of four artists featured in Swan's work, woven together by a portrait of Swan herself as an artist, blurring the conventions of documentary, animation, drama and gender in the process

In a South Pacific nation comprised of many cultures, the diversity that comprises the transgender worldwide family is captured by the artistry of Rebecca Swan. The New Zealand photographer combines parallel artistic, activist and gender transformative processes in her work. Swan’s personal and spiritual connection to the gender variant talent makes each photograph more of a progression than an image. Assume Nothing delves deeper into those represented in Swan’s artwork as she collaborates with individuals who are given control over their representation. (Description courtesy of Frameline 2009.)

Special Guest

Short Film Program

College Boys Live

FREE

Fri, May 07 @ 9:00 pm

Brattle Theater

min total program

George O'Donnell.

One of those documentaries that suck you in (no pun intended). George O'Donnell's film is a frank look at a group of young men running a pornographic website known as "College Boys Live." While seemingly salacious, the film is actually a poignant drama that explores the motivations and stuggles behind the business of running a voyeuristic website.

In a quiet Orlando, Florida, suburb three young men struggle to escape the wreckage of their pasts and create new lives for themselves. Their new home is CollegeBoysLive.com, a voyeur webcam house rigged with 32 cameras, where their every move is watched by thousands of paying members. The site’s creator claims CollegeBoysLive.com is simply about showing that “it’s okay to be gay.” But the neighbors insist it’s a pornographic whorehouse and sue to have them evicted. This intimate and provocative documentary examines a complex subculture, but at its heart is the universal search for family and acceptance. (Description courtesy of filmmaker.)