US PREMIERE

SHORT FILM PROGRAM

WORLD PREMIERE

FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT

THROWBACK FROM 

1988

Grapefruit

with Peccatum Mutum (The Silent Sin)

Wednesday

Aug 22, 1990

@

9:30 pm

6th Annual Boston International Gay & Lesbian Film and Video Festival

With in person.
Director
Cecilia Dougherty
Year
1988
Run Time
40
min
Country
Language
English
PROGRAM Time
minutes
CONTENT WARNING:
With an all-female cast, featuring Suzie Bright as John Lennon, Cecilia Dougherty’s Grapefruit plays with the romanticized history of the iconic Fab Four, gently mocking John and Yoko’s banal squabbles and obsessive rituals of self-display. Based obliquely on Yoko Ono’s book, the piece works on many levels to reposition this mythic tale of the Beatles by casting ’80s women in mod drag—effectively mapping the lesbian sub-culture onto heterosexual mass culture. Discounting the importance of reproducing facts and historical accuracy, Dougherty gives an incisive reading of the creation of pop culture icons: it doesn’t matter who plays John Lennon because ultimately John Lennon is not a person anymore. As a star, he is a projection of our society’s collective needs and desires.
This film is presented in English with English subtitles.
Wicked Queer is proud to co-present this program with
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Peccatum Mutum (The Silent Sin)

CONTENT WARNING:
Peccatum Mutum explores the spirituality and personal relationships of cloistered Catholic nuns.

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