The 2012 Homo Climbtastic convention, the largest group of gay rock climbers in the world, allowed a film crew to document their event. This is the intersection of climbing and queer culture. An interesting accepting, and fun group of amazing climbers and people. We discover why the convention has grown from six people, six years ago, to over a hundred this year. What is the draw of a gay rock climbing convention and why was it started? Interviewees include; Alex Rowland, the founder of the group, Chris Powell, the second member of the group, pro rock climbers, Mike Abell and Madeleine Sorkin, and many other crazy good climbers. The film also includes an interview from Coy Flowers, the president of fairness West Virgina, and locals to the West Virginia town of Fayetteville that hosts the convention every year.

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THE RUGBY PLAYER is a feature‐length documentary focusing on the unique bond between a mother and son and how it was ultimately strengthened by tragedy. The film explores the lives of Mark Bingham, one of the passengers of United Flight 93 on 9/11, and his mother, Alice Hoagland, a former United Airlines flight attendant. THE RUGBY PLAYER illuminates a personal story of love, loss and what it means to be a hero.

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In Roberta's dream, she is trudging through the streets of Santiago, Chile carrying her bed on her back, having lost everything. In reality, she has a young son; an ex—the boy's father—who still adores her; a girlfriend, Javiera, who operates a “post pornography” website; and among other family members, a mother, Ana, whose disapproval she's come to expect. When she comes out to her mom, the older woman's reaction is predictably negative, which only encourages Roberta to bring her mother and her girlfriend together on a day‐long sailing trip. Trapped together on the open water, the three women have no choice but to talk to one another, even as they discover just how impossible communication sometimes is. Gorgeously shot, briefly erotic, writer/director Constanza Fernández's intimate drama touches on many things, including the challenges of coming out in a repressive society, the politics of sexual representation, and Chile's dark history and the tragic legacy of its “desaparecidos.” Mostly it is about the difficulty of relationships, whether between lovers or parent and child; how easy it is to hear but how hard it is to listen; and how difficult it is to understand and be understood. Roberta opens a Pandora's box with this voyage, as the woman who demands honesty from her lover and her mother finds out how hard it is to be honest, even with herself.

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