video i Season 13
#1312 - Original Airdate: Mon, April 7 at 11pm
Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Film Night
Featuring important GLBT voices in independent cinema.
OUTLET (DIR. LEIGH IACOBUCCI)
This documentary tells the personal stories of the teenagers who participate in a support group offered by a Bay Area youth organization called "Outlet." It includes observational footage of their weekly support group and mentoring meetings, giving us a glimpse of the challenges they face at school on a daily basis. Interviews with the support group facilitator, a young gay activist and a transgender teen address the evolution of contemporary queer issues. To learn more about the film, visit: frameline.org.
Filmmaker Bio
Leigh Iacobucci began her career in video production in 1998, working in the Consumer Reports Division of NBC News, Philadelphia, PA. With a desire to tell stories as a means to inspire change, she began to freelance on documentary film projects as a researcher, festival coordinator and post-production assistant. In 2003, she started a documentary video program at a non-profit film school in Ghana, West Africa. There her students produced two short documentaries with donated video equipment: one on the treatment of mentally disabled children in Ghana, the other on popular aphrodisiacs and their potential harmful impact on one's health. In the fall of 2004, Leigh enrolled in Stanford University's Documentary Film Program and completed her Master's Degree in June 2006.
OUT IN THE HEARTLAND (DIR. GRETCHEN HILDEBRAN)
Out in the Heartland explores how Kentucky's recent constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage affects three families and their communities. As momentum pushes the issue from the mega-churches to the ballot box, gay parents begin to fear for their families' safety and future. This powerful documentary gives a face to those at the center of these amendments, illuminating their long-term consequences for all. For more about this film and the filmmaker, go to: outintheheartland.com.
Filmmaker Bio
Gretchen Hildebran is a San Francisco-based filmmaker with a creative passion for social justice through accessible media. Over the past ten years, she has worked throughout the Bay Area as a commercial editor, community journalist and video instructor. Since she began Stanford University's Documentary Film Program in the fall of 2003, Gretchen has made three widely screened documentaries. One of these, Worth Saving, follows the story of a groundbreaking public health program in San Francisco that teaches drug users to rescue each other from overdose. This ten-minute film was featured in HBO's documentary showcase Frame by Frame in September 2004 and was also presented to thousands of public health workers as part of the 2004 Harm Reduction Conference.
EDDIE (DIR. QUENTIN KRUGER)
Based on a short story by Ana-Maurine Lara this film tells the tale of a 10 year old tomboy who enjoys playing kickball with the boys. But as the story progresses we see Eddie being forced to deal with her sexuality and learns that sometimes being yourself, means being different. To learn more about this film, visit: eddiethemovie.com.
Filmmaker Bio
Quentin Kruger has been a Chicago-based filmmaker for the past 10 years. His career began in still- photography and progressed into director photography roles on narrative shorts, commercials, and documentaries. Films in which he has had a key position have screened at festivals including Res Fest and the Berlin International Film Festival.