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LGBT Film @ SXSW
Friday, March 14, 2008
THE AMAZING TRUTH ABOUT QUEEN RAQUELA
directed by Olaf de Fleur
Raquela is a transsexual from the Philippines who dreams of escaping the streets of Cebu City for a fairy tale life in Paris. In order to make her dreams come true, she turns from prostitution toward the more lucrative business of Internet porn. Her success as a porn star brings new friends, including Valerie, a ladyboy in Iceland, and Michael, the owner of the website Raquela works for. Valerie helps Raquela get as far as Iceland. From there, Michael offers her a rendezvous in Paris. Will Paris be everything she dreamed of? And will Michael turn out to be her Prince Charming?
SCREENINGS AT SXSW:3/14/2008, Alamo Lamar 1, 4:00 PM
SEX POSITIVE
directed by Daryl Wein
A
documentary look at the life of Richard Berkowitz, a revolutionary gay
S&M hustler turned AIDS activist in the 1980s, whose incomparable
contribution to the invention of safe sex has never been aptly
credited. Berkowitz emerged from the epicenter of the epidemic
demanding a solution to the problem long before those both within and
outside of the gay community would take heed. However, it was not
Berkowitz's voice alone that sparked contention. (SXSW note: Berkowitz
is scheduled to attend the premiere.)
SCREENINGS AT SXSW:3/14/2008, ACC, 9:00 PM
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