Reel Girls Shorts

Saturday, September 17
Tower Theatre - 6 p.m.
$10 - buy tickets
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After the films: Filmmaker's Reception in the Reel Pride Pavilion

Solo

Directed by Martha Newbigging
2005, Canada, Video, 5 minutes
Animated story of a girl who's "just gotta be herself" on the dance floor.

Hung

Directed by Guinevere Turner
2005, USA, Video, 13 minutes
Guin Turner (Go Fish) has been one busy actress and director in the last year! Reel Pride brings you three short films starring Guin! Hung, directed by Guin, is a laughfest as members of a lesbian clique discover what it's really like to have their own, um, members.
Scheduled to Appear: Guinevere Turner

Beyond Lovely

Directed by Hilary Goldberg
2005, USA, Video, 10 minutes
The second of the 'Guin Turner' trilogy, this film stars Vaginal Davis as the recently departed whiny-voiced host of a TV show channeling through Lovely (Turner), the aspiring psychic, in order to remain on television, one way or another.
Scheduled to Appear: Hilary Goldberg

Dani and Alice

Directed by Roberta Marie Munroe
2005, Canada/USA, 35mm, 12 minutes
This highly acclaimed short film, directed by Roberta Marie Munroe, (Short Film Programmer at the Sundance Film Festival), stars Yolonda Ross & Lisa Branch as Dani and Alice, a couple who must decide whether or not to end their tumultuous relationship - co-starring Guinevere Turner and Honey Labrador.
Scheduled to Appear: Roberta Marie Munroe

you wash my skin with sunshine

Directed by Kathleen Mullen
2005, Canada, Video, 6 minutes
Longtime Canadian queer film programmer Kathleen Mullen turns the camera to her past in this penetrating and inspiring experimental work, a sort of love/hate poem to her mother.
Scheduled to Appear: Kathleen Mullen

Getting to Know You

Directed by Liz Lachman
2004, USA, Video, 20 minutes
Tenny is a cartoonist and serial dater of beautiful women, but here she learns an important life lesson from an unexpected gal pal.
Scheduled to Appear: Liz Lachman, cast members

Moustache

Directed by Vicki Sugars
2004, Australia, 35mm, 13 minutes
This treat from Down Under shows the positive effects of truly being yourself in a relationship.

Never Rob a Bank With Someone You Love

Directed by Jill Maxcy
2004, USA, Video, 10 minutes
A cautionary tale for shopaholic lesbians in relationships that need money.
Scheduled to Appear: Jill Maxcy, cast members

PROM-troversy

Directed by Leanna Creel
2004, USA, Video, 12 minutes
An adorable teen dyke attends prom with a girl and is also up for prom king!
Scheduled to Appear: Leanna Creel, cast members

This program contains mature themes, sexual situations, and violence. No one under 17 admitted without parent or guardian.

Screening Sponsor: Phyllis A. Beech, Attorney at Law
Day Sponsor: American Cancer Society