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QUEER CONVERGENCE - SHORTS
Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 9:20 PM
Sit back and enjoy the rollercoaster ride of awkwardness, self-discovery, reflection and humor that these vibrant queer films will take you on. With a particular emphasis on adolescence and music, the films in this program capture the pains and pleasures of being just who you are.
General Admission General - $12.00
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General Admission Student/Senior/Disabled - $11.00
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Welcome to the Queer Convergence! Sit back and enjoy this rollercoaster ride of awkwardness, self-discovery, reflection and humor. With a particular emphasis on adolescence and music, the films in this program capture the pains and pleasures of being just who you are.
BORN TO DANCE THIS WAY
USA 2012 | 12mins
DIRECTOR: Jerell Rosales
Joo Si (Russell Argenal) is a fierce, fabulous, and overweight aspiring performer who audi- tions to be a principal backup dancer for an all- female pop singing sensation. This light-hearted and inspiring film will have you dancing in your seat and smiling until the end.
THE HEART’S MOUTH
USA 2013 | 3mins
DIRECTOR: Erica Cho
An excerpt from Cho’s forthcoming experi- mental film Golden Golden, this short scene depicts an encounter between two Asian youth, set to the voice of Nat King Cole. This lush, Edwardian fantasia celebrates nature, poetry and queer-transgender desire.
IF I FOUND THE PLACE
USA 2012 | 5mins
DIRECTOR: Leeroy Kun Young Kang
Part serenade and part memoir, this video is
a dedication to 1992, a K-pop idol, and "the boys". Through a collage of found video foot- age, a mirrored dreamscape of fantasy and desire becomes transposed into a kaleidoscope of romantic bliss.LAST TEA PARTY
Singapore 2012 | 10mins
DIRECTOR: Melanie Ramos
Best friends Charlie and Mike party hard on their last night before they leave for the Sin- gaporean Army. In a haze of alcohol and drugs, Charlie discovers his true love for Mike.
LOvE BANG
Cambodia 2012 | 5mins | English, Khmer & vietnamese w/E.S.
DIRECTOR: viet Le
Saturated with eye-popping colors and insa- tiable desires, Le’s "sexperimental" music video examines historical trauma, collective memory and the effects of rapid modernization in Cam- bodia and vietnam.
PRETTY PICTURES
USA 2012 | 15min
DIRECTOR: Christina Sun Kim
Sent to her aunt’s home to stay, Laney finds solace in a sketchbook where she brings her companion Marcy to life. A twisted but ulti- mately heartening tale of adolescent sexuality, with a fantastical bent.
TOM/TRANS/THAI
Thailand 2012 | 17mins
DIRECTOR: Jai Arun Ravine
This quiet film approaches the silence around female-to-male (FTM) transgender identity by addressing tom and trans-masculine identities in Thai and Thai American communities, and the relationships between gender and language.
—Curated by Munira Lokhandwala, Vu T. Thu Ha
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