Following the resounding success of the film version of her brilliant novel, Tipping the Velvet, Sarah Waters’s newest adventure is just as riveting. It is the story of two very different women: Sue, a fingersmith (Victorian slang for pickpocket), lives independently and survives by her wits. Maud, plucked from a women’s prison to live a life of privilege and sophistication, leads a sheltered life under the ever-watchful eye of her uncle. The two women meet, not by chance, but as the result of a cleverly devised plot to swindle Maud out of her inheritance. Nothing, however, is what it seems as the two women tell their sides of a story filled with betrayal and courage. Description adapted from the Reel Affirmations Film Festival.

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Boston native Julie Goldman stars in this “classic buddy movie with a lesbian twist” (The Blade). The film follows the life of Kelly, an aspiring TV news reporter who is shipped off to Little Hope to gather data for her marketing firm, accompanied by Linda (Goldman), a butch, talkative cameraperson who has aspirations of her own. With no hotel rooms to be found, due to the annual chili cook-off, the two are forced to stay at the local youth hostel, where a pair of amorous dykes keeps Kelly from preparing for her big network interview. When all is said and done, Kelly and Linda learn a few things about themselves and each other that help them gain a greater perspective about life.

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This riveting documentary explores one woman’s journey through fifteen years of friendship and love. Filmmaker Karen Everett turns the camera on her own love life and a remarkable community of culturally significant sex radicals in San Francisco. Through home videos, candid interviews, and video diaries, Everett poses universal questions about the nature of relationships from monogamy to polyamory. Featuring Jackie Strano and Shar Rednour, leading directors of lesbian pornography, and Phyllis Christopher, one of North America’s leading photographers of lesbian erotica.

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