Saturday Matinees

​EKAJ, 4 PM

“Kids” meets “Midnight cowboy.”
A love story between two drifters, a naive teenager and a hustler. The film capture’s a runaway journey to New York City. Ekaj meets Mecca who takes him under his care. Mecca has AIDS and multiple problems of his own. He is high all day but still manages to be the only voice of reason in Ekaj’s hopeless world. They cruise the city together looking for money and places to stay. The core of the movie is Ekaj, who thinks he will become the lover of a rich man and be taken care of for life but ends up finding his dreams quickly shattered. Although he makes some money as a prostitute, he finds he is disposable, replaceable and lacking what it takes to survive in the city. Their relationship develops into true friendship and love as they lean on each other for survival.
Dir. Cati Gonzalez | 2016 | USA | 80 min | TRAILER
 
Preceded by the beautiful
"the beautiful" is both a parody of an American anthem and a tribute to gay night clubs.
Dir. Gregory Farrar Scott | 2011 | USA | 45 sec
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​Just a Normal Person, 1 PM 
​Some people are born in a body they don´t identify with. Sam is one of them. This touching film is about everyone’s right to be who they really are. This film is Sam’s story.
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22 years ago the identical twins Isabelle and Denise were born. But already as a kid Isabelle knew she was different from the other girls. Deep down inside Isabelle knew she was a boy, born in a girls body.
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”I am going to be a dad when I grow up”, says 6-year-old Isabelle in a family video clip. A few years later Isabelle changes name to Sam. From then on Sam has been forced to explain who he really is, over and over again.

His mother was bewildered at first, and thought it was merely a passing phase. But from the moment she realised that he was absolutely serious, she has fully backed Sam and his right to be true to his inner self. Standing by his side is also his twin sister Denise, Sam’s guardian angel and confidant. 

Denise has seen his suffering firsthand, and in the film she tells about the bullying Sam has had to put up with throughout his life.
The film follows Sam from childhood to high school graduation. During this time he has gone through breast removal surgery and received testosteron injections.

Dir. Malin Björkman-Widell | 2016 | Sweden | 58 min

SHORTS BLOCK: GROWING PAINS
​November 12, 2 PM


True Colors
An increasingly desolate teenage schoolboy creates a coded
language using paint color sample cards to express his secret desires and feelings for the object of his affection.
Dir. DAVID VALENT | 2016 | Australia | 10 min
 



​I Don’t Like Here
Eli has been involved in a personality dualism and regardless of her constant disagreements with here father she still seeks her true nature.
Dir. Javad Daraei |2016 | Iran | 20 min
 





Dawn
As dawn creeps across London, two lost outcasts meet in the darkness, more afraid of themselves than each other. As the sun begins to rise, and the veil of night is lifted, the pair are forced to look at themselves and face the harsh reality that life is sometimes what you make it, and that in the cold light of day, it takes more than the eyes to see inside a soul.
Dir. Jake Graf | 2016 | United Kingdom | 13 min



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Flora
Flora, a transgender woman, is exposed to prejudice when she uses the women’s bathroom for the first time during a visit to a small cafe.
Dir. Alexandrina Andre | 2016 | USA | 10 min
 
A Lifetime of Making Change
Maxine Wolfe, 74, reflects on a lifetime of activism and her role as a coordinator at the Lesbian Herstory Archives in Brooklyn, N.Y.
To learn more about the Lesbian Herstory Archives, go to lesbianherstoryarchives.org.
Dir. Megan Rossman | 2016 | USA | 3 min
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Wally
Fort Worth Premiere
"Wally" is a documentary about a man caught in the turbulence of truth. His past continually attempts to name him while his future remains uncertain it is only the light of three small lights that guide his footsteps.
Dir. Andy Galloway | 2014 | USA | 24 min
 


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​Easy, a 3 minute love story 
​Two high school guys are in love. One's Christian, one's Jewish. A father disapproves; the other's parents are thrilled. Who cares that it's not perfect? They got this.
Dir. Robert Guthrie | 2014 | USA | 3 min
 



Accepted
A portrait of Alexis, a gender-queer youth who explores his identity as he seeks brotherhood and intimacy in his new school. Alexis’ quest for acceptance is at the core of the film, as he rushes a fraternity and returns to his past and his childhood looking for answers about who he is, and who he will become.
Dir. Ariana Victor | 2015 | USA | 18 min
 
WHEN:
November 12

WHERE:
Fort Worth Community Arts Center
Sander’s Theater
1300 Gendy Street
Fort Worth, TX 76107

TICKETS:
​Matinees, $5

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