The Bent Lens: A World Guide to Gay & Lesbian Film by Lisa Daniel & Claire Jackson

Author:Lisa Daniel & Claire Jackson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Non-fiction
ISBN: 9781555838065
Publisher: Alyson Publications
Published: 2003-03-01T06:00:00+00:00

family, he embodied all the contradictions of a

Mi Novia El

country ruled by racism and hypocrisy. The first part

of his life was spent in his hometown of Kimberley

Salaberry, Enrique Cahen

and then Durban as a teacher. Then he changed his

1975; Spain; 90 min; Comedy

mind (and his skin colour). In his fifties, he moved

W: Oscar Viale

to Johannesburg and proceeded to become the city’s

Cast: Alberto Olmedo, Susana Giménez

most famous club-goer and drag queen. Due to a

Laucha accepts a dare to pick up a famous transves-

skin condition he was now able to pass himself off as

tite called Moninique. But later, on closer inspection

white, which held many advantages in Apartheid

he is not sure whether Moninique is a man dressed

South Africa. By outfitting himself with outrageous

as a woman or a woman dressed as a man dressed as

costumes, feather boas, heavy makeup and a retinue

a woman.

of young admirers, the pensioner transformed

himself and became Granny Lee, Queen of the

Prod Comp: Aries Cinematográfica Argentina

Discos. In death Lee continued to flaunt the rules,

Michael, a Gay Son

mistakenly being the first non-white buried in a

whites only Johannesburg cemetery.

Glawson, Bruce

(www.grannylee.co.za)

1980; Canada; 27 min; Documentary

m

Meteor and Shadow

This sympathetic portrayal will help professional and

general audiences gain insight into the dilemmas

(aka: Meteoro kai Skia)

facing the homosexual. It reveals the feelings and

Spetsiotis, Takis

needs of Michael, his parents, and his brother and

sister on learning that he is gay. Michael’s decision to

1985; Greece; 101 min; Drama

‘come out’ was difficult, but he was supported by a

P: Takis Spetsiotis; W: Takis Spetsiotis; C: Philipos peer group of homosexuals. Unprepared for his

Koutsaftis; E: Despina Danae Maroulakou

parents’ total inability to discuss the matter with

Cast: Michael Marmarinos, G. Palamiotis, E. Franco,

him, he suggests a group session with a social

Takis Moschos

worker.

A poignant and harrowing account of the rise and

Prod Comp: Bruce Glawson Productions

fall of Napoleon Lapathiotis (1888–1944), Greece’s

Dist/Sales: NFVLS, FilmakersLibrary

most esteemed poet. Acclaimed director Takis

Spetsiotis conveys, with sensitive daring and finesse,

the poet’s life as a romantic charmer, literary genius,

communist sympathiser, depraved drug addict and,

most importantly, as a national icon whose openly

gay lifestyle created a scandal in conservative

Athenian society. (Water Bearer Films)

Prod Comp: Greek Film Centre

Dist/Sales: WaterBearer

Metrosexuality

Beadle-Blair, Rikki

2001; UK; 6 x 24 min; Drama

P: Carol Harding; W: Rikki Beadle Blair

Cast: Rikki Beadle Blair, Noel Clarke, Rebecca Varney,

Paul Keating

Metrosexuality

The story of two gay dads, their straight teenage son

Midnight Cowboy

and his two gay best mates, Metrosexuality is a fresh

new take on contemporary queer life in London. 17-

Schlesinger, John

year-old Kwame is terminally straight, but his best

1969; USA; 113 min; Drama

friend is in love with Kwame’s dad Max, who has just

P: Jerome Hellman; W: Waldo Salt; C: Adam Holender; dumped his husband and jumped back into single

E: Hugh A. Robertson; M: John Barry

life. Meanwhile, Kwame’s lesbian aunt has discovered

Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Brenda Vaccaro,

that her ex-boyfriend from high school is in love

Sylvia Miles, John McGiver

with Max too! Sound complicated? It is—as well as

A slightly dim-witted Texan hustler goes to New

fast, funny and fever-pitched. (MQFF)

York to offer his services as a stud for rich ladies, but

Prod Comp: Channel 4

finds the real market is homosexual men. He spends

Dist/Sales: Wolfe, TLA

a hard winter

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