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SHORT FILM PROGRAM

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FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT

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Women's Short Films

Friday

May 20, 2005

@

6:30 pm

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

21st Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival

With in person.
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This short film program includes the following films:

Mother/Country

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Tina Gharavi
24 min
UK/Iran
A filmmaker travels to Iran to reconnect with, and come out to, her mother.

Prom-tro-versy

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Leanna Creel
12 min
A lesbian plans to run for prom king.

Hummer

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Guinevere Turner
9 min
A woman has found the perfect girlfriend except for one annoying habit.

Small Town Secrets

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Katherine Leggett
8 min
A filmmaker recalls growing up with closeted parents.

Listen

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Susan Justin
3 min
Canada
A girl's attempts to come out to her mother fall on deaf ears.

The Drive North

CONTENT WARNING:
Tess Ernst
13 min
Uses animation and Super-8 to tell a tumultuous coming-of-age tale.

Butch or Femme

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Terry Berman
12 min
A woman gets conflicting answers when she asks a group of friends whether they see her as butch or femme.

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