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First Films: The ’80s
The personal and the political, madcap camp and early AIDS campaigns — these are themes in this second program of early films. Academy Award-winning director Debra Chasnoff (Deadly Deception, It's Elementary) and Kim Klausner offer a well-crafted exploration of lesbian parenting in Choosing Children. Gus Van Sant's (Good Will Hunting, Psycho) My New Friend is most likely a practice run for his early features Mala Noche and My Own Private Idaho. A quasi-autobiographical piece, My New Friend explores the relationship between an older and younger man, a theme that will occupy most of Van Sant's work. Local filmmaker David Weissman looks at consumerism and Americana in Beauties Without a Cause, while the works of John Greyson and Isaac Julien more directly address the political issues of the '80s.
Short films showing in this program:
Alfalfa
From the director of Love and Death on Long Island (1997), Alfalfa offers a witty and exuberantly punning queer dictionary, hell-bent on subverting the Queen’s English.
Choosing Children
An emotionally powerful documentary that challenges society's definitions of family by exploring the ways lesbians are becoming parents and how they are raising their children.
A Moffie Called Simon
A collage of found footage from different media presenting the case of Simon Nkodi, a Black gay activist and student leader in South Africa, who had been in jail for two years when the film was produced.
My New Friend
An older man meets and becomes fascinated by a younger man in this somewhat autobiographical work.
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
Director Isaac Julien delivers an impressionistic antidote to the passionless, guilt-ridden AIDS awareness campaign conducted in Great Britain in 1987. This is Not an AIDS Advertisement blends an imaginative video style with strong political messages.
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