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Homegrown

Local shorts come out strong! These films will make you reminisce, laugh, even cry a little, as you get a taste of the amazing talent that exists in the San Francisco Bay Area and the wonderful stories they have to tell!

Short films showing in this program:

Eat the Rainbow

19 mins

From the director of My Life Is a Dream comes the continued musical misadventures of Cousin Wonderlette as she bands together with fellow outcast Bayani, played by local director H.P. Mendoza, to take on a mean band of bigots, led by the manipulative and unscrupulous neighborhood realtor Lobelia Gerber (April Kidwell).

Nice Chinese Girls Don’t!

22 mins

Described as “the first documentary about a Chinese American lesbian,” this film introduces us to Kitty Tsui, a multihyphenate poet-writer-activist-artist-and-bodybuilder who immigrated to San Francisco from China in the Vietnam war era.

Origin

20 mins

In San Francisco circa 1982, Kora tries to repress her feelings for her lifelong best friend and business partner Gina, but news that Gina has just gotten engaged to her boyfriend pushes Kora to seek refuge in self-help conversion therapy tapes.

Trans 128

6 mins

Filmed at local queer hotspots The Stud and El Rio, this documentary portrait of musician Frida Ibarra explores the importance of sanctuaries for queer, trans, and gender non-conforming people.

Verasphere: A Love Story in Costume

20 mins

When David Faulk and Michael Johnstone were diagnosed with AIDS in the 1990s, the two men found a way to channel their uncertainty into an artistic exploration in outrageous costumery. Flash forward to today where the couple’s unique vision has transformed into a city-wide phenomenon.

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Running Time
87 mins
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