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Thu, Nov 5 2009
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Reeling 2009: The Big Gay Musical
Reeling opens this year’s festival with The Big Gay Musical.
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Reeling 2009: Opening Night Gala
Reeling rolls out the pink carpet for their 28th edition with The Big Gay Musical! After the movie screening (7:30 p.m., Music Box), celebrate at the Reeling 2009 Opening Night Gala featuring a live performance by the Joan Crawford-inspired band The Joans. The night includes hors d’oeuvres as well as an open bar, courtesy of Blue Moon and SKYY Vodka. (Attendees must be 21+) Admission: Film Only: $12 ($10 members); Film & Gala: $35 ($32 members). Tickets available at: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Fri, Nov 6 2009
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Reeling 2009: Boy Crazy
Reelings' Boy Crazy program features eight of the very best shorts that include boys, boys, and more boys!
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Reeling 2009: Stuck!
Reeling presents Stuck!, director Steve Balderson’s homage to film noir women-in-prison films.
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Reeling 2009: Boy
Reeling presents Boy, a story about love blossoming in improbable circumstances.
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Reeling 2009: Stuck! After Party
Reeling 2009 and Circuit Girl invite you to Lesbian Lockdown after the screening of Stuck! (7 p.m., Landmark).
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Reeling 2009: What's Your Fantasy
Reeling presents the What's Your Fantasy program.
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Reeling 2009: The Baby Formula
The outlandish Canadian mockumentary, The Baby Formula, follows lab worker Athena and wife Lilith as they dare to boldly go where no couple has gone before—creating a baby with two biological mothers.
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Reeling 2009: Baby Love
In Vincent Garenq’s Baby Love, Emmanuel, a gay pediatrician in his forties, longs for a child of his own.
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Sat, Nov 7 2009
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Reeling 2009: Their Secret Lives program
In this program featuring five shorts, characters are forced by circumstance to face the present, as well as the ghosts of their pasts.
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Reeling 2009: Standing-n-Truth
First time director Tim Daniels presents an essential, unsettling documentary that explores African American sexual identity.
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Reeling 2009: Baby Jane?
Now comes a reimagining of the story as drag queens take on the lead roles in the classic film.
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Reeling 2009: Coming Into Herself program
In these eight shorts, the women are all growing up, coming out, experimenting, leaning on family, and accepting who they are.
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Reeling 2009: Eating Out, All You Can Eat
The Eating Out franchise is back and more outrageous than ever.
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Reeling 2009: Insert U-Haul Joke Here program
These nine shorts feature catastrophic dates, sassy detectives, recycled toys and a music video about U-Hauls.
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Reeling 2009: Fiona's Script
Fiona's Script is the story of a shy, insecure, bisexual woman and her struggles with love, friendships, and the ability to balance her dreaming and waking lives.
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Reeling 2009: We Are the Mods
We Are the Mods is what would happen if High Art merged with Twilight.
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Reeling 2009: Make the Yuletide Gay
Make the Yuletide Gay, directed by Rob Williams (3-Day Weekend and Long-Term Relationship), is sure to become an annual holiday favorite.
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Reeling 2009: Make the Yuletide Gay After-Party
Reeling wants to help you stuff your stockings at the Stuff My Stocking party, a Christmas-themed DVD release party with director Rob Williams, after the screening of Make the Yuletide Gay.
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Reeling 2009: The Boy With the Sun in His Eyes
The Boy With the Sun in His Eyes spins a tale of sex, drugs, and assassinations.
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Reeling 2009: And Then Came Lola
This time-bending tale chronicles the tempestuous journey of a commitment phobic photographer, Lola
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Reeling 2009: Hollywood, je t'aime
The charming and spirited Hollywood, je t'aime animates the desires of all the lost souls who go to Hollywood to run away from their past and make their dreams come true.
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Sun, Nov 8 2009
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Reeling 2009: Flirting with Danger program
Danger lurks as the male characters in this shorts program are pushed to the edge in search of any sort of connection. Whether that place is a steam room or high school classroom, these lost boys find companionship in people whose name might as well be Disaster, as they linger on the precipice long before plunging headfirst into the unknown. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com (Some of the images in this program may be too graphic for more sensitive viewers.)
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Reeling 2009: Reel Skin program
The three very different documentaries, part of the Real Skin program of Reeling, all dig into the euphorically trans-formative properties of skin and the way you adorn it—be it with animal hides, the sweetly painful vibrancy of ink, or even changing your gender representation to be comfortable in your own body. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Fruit Fly
H. P. Mendoza, writer and composer of Colma: The Musical, returns with his directorial debut, Fruity Fly. In this upbeat and sassy musical, Bethesda, a performance artist, has just arrived in San Francisco after searching for her birth parents in the Philippines. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Not Fade Away
Forced to move back home to care for her ill mother (two-time Oscar nominee Shirley Knight), Angie’s love-hate relationship with her mom takes her on a roller coaster of emotions. The only person she finds comfort in is her calm and caring girlfriend, Caroline, whose own patience begins to wear thin with Angie's intolerant attitude. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Fish Out of Water
Directed by Ky Dickens, Fish Out of Water mixes animation with community and scholarly interviews (many from Chicago) to explore the Bible verses used to condemn homosexuality. Intermixed with footage from nationwide Prop 8 protests and various wedding ceremonies, the film touches on the marriage debate, issues of procreation, public and pastoral fear, the overused Sodom and Gomorrah example, and scripture context. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Homewrecker
Boyd (played by The Lair’s Dylan Vox), a former TV star in prison, has only one thing on his mind as he’s doing push-ups in his cell: to wreck the lives of Derrick Hardy and Collin Lawrence, an unsuspecting couple that had him fired from a popular sitcom pilot. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Night Fliers
Writer-director Sara Lynne brings us a touching, high-spirited, coming-of-age film with Night Fliers. New to her rural town, with a neglectful father and a mom that’s not anywhere in the picture, Jesse assumes the responsibility of taking care of herself and her nosy little sister. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Fish Out of Water After-Party
Celebrate the screening of Fish Out of Water (5 p.m., Music Box) with local filmmaker Ky Dickens, and many of the film interviewees from Chicago’s LGBT community.
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Reeling 2009: To Faro
Winner of the Best Film Award at the Czech Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, To Faro explores the nature of gender identity in a coming-of-age format. (Presented in German, with English subtitles.) Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: American Primitive
As heartfelt as it is heartbreaking, American Primitive explores and challenges traditional definitions of love and family. Beautifully shot on location in Cape Cod, the film’s cast features Tate Donovan (The OC), Adam Pascal (Rent), Josh Peck (The Wackness) and The L Word’s Anne Ramsay. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Homo, Mi Amor program
Secret loves, hidden fetishes, calls for affection, a cry for help: the characters brought to life in these beautiful Spanish language films, part of the Homo, Mi Amor program, all have something urgent to communicate. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Pornography: A Thriller
In this sexy, trippy, psychological creep show, a gay porn star named Mark Anton mysteriously disappears after he decides to leave the business at the height of his fame in 1995. Rumors of murder and blackmail swirl for years, until Michael, a young New York writer researching a book about pornography, decides to investigate the strange events. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Mon, Nov 9 2009
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Reeling 2009: Training Rules & Claiming the Title...
The compelling documentary, Training Rules, follows a lawsuit filed by student athlete Jennifer Harris, who found the courage to stand up and speak out about homophobia and discrimination against gays and lesbians, collegiate sports. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: What Could Have Been program
These five short films from around the world depict the beauty—and more often than not, the pain—of falling in love with a close friend. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Mr. Right
For her directorial debut, Mr. Right, director Jacqui Morris, along with her director/screenwriter brother David Morris, focuses on the highs and lows of gay relationships. Seasoned swish fish Louise fears the guy she is seeing might be gay, so she enlists the help of her gay boyfriends—William, Alex, and Tom—to uncover the truth. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Passport to Gayland program
The wide world of gay comes to Chicago with films from India to New Zealand, with themes as diverse as their countries of origin. In these mixed shorts, a chef wants to do more than cook in the kitchen, a swimmer circumvents fate, and a stuffed animal earns its frequent flier miles. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Tue, Nov 10 2009
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Reeling 2009: Gefilte Fish with a Side of Shrimp on the Barbie
The stories told in this short film program feature mostly Jewish females trying to weather the storms of war, persecution, tradition, death, and paralyzing insecurity. As fleeting or lasting as their time together may be, the significance of the love they share is undeniable. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Chef’s Special (Fuera de carta)
The recipe for this terrific romantic comedy by director Nacho G. Velilla calls for talented actors, a dash of humor, a sprinkle of fun, and one, bitchy queen! (Presented in Spanish, with English subtitles.) Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: City of Borders & Shunned
Poignant and moving, City of Borders explores the rifts that continue to separate our community and world from peace and coexistence. Filmed in Jerusalem and Ramallah, the documentary investigates the lives of the gay and lesbian community as they grapple with acceptance and learn how to put their fight for respect and equality above the differences that have been separating them for centuries. Also showing is Shunned (Igal Hecht, Canada/Israel, 2009). Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: College Boys Live
Enter the world of College Boys Live, an intriguing documentary exploring the lives of young men who, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, go about their day-to-day dealings on live-feed cameras. The film follows the owner of the site, his boyfriend, and three of the housemates, who have gathered from all around the country. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Wed, Nov 11 2009
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Reeling 2009: Lie (Miente)
Henry, a timid Puerto Rican artist, has a humdrum life working in a video store. His reality is in direct contrast with his vibrant, chaotic artwork, which covers the walls of his home and invades his waking dreams. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Riot Acts: Flaunting Gender Deviance in Music Performance
Punk, folk, dance, rock—genre doesn’t matter. The trans musicians of Riot Acts share their diverse and complex stories through their unifying passion: music. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Riot Acts After-Party
Join Reeling for the Cause a Riot Party with director Madsen Minax after the screening of Riot Acts.
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Reeling 2009: Fig Trees
Winner of the prestigious “Teddy” award at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival, Fig Trees tells the story of two AIDS activists, Tim McCaskell in Canada and Zackie Achmat in South Africa, both fighting to make treatment accessible for all. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Shank
First-time director Simon Pearce (who is only twenty-one) makes a thrilling and explosive debut, defying typical coming-out film conventions by embracing street culture and darker queer themes. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Thu, Nov 12 2009
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Reeling 2009: The Female Heart program
Tender, poignant, and often life changing are the intimate relationships and moments that the women of these short films experience. Whether it’s an affair that extends over the course of years, or a platonic encounter lasting only minutes, these characters share the special bond that can only exist between two women. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Patrik, Age 1.5
On an idyllic street in a colorful neighborhood, Göran and Sven seem to want the same things as their hetero-normative neighbors: leisurely afternoons at block parties, raising a family, creating a beautiful garden. But the flowers won’t grow, the neighborhood kids yell “homo” at them, and Göran, prone to drinking, smoking and outbursts, is wary of their pending adoption, having already failed once as a father and husband. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Just Friends program
Ranging from chaste stories of unrequited love to sordid tales of wild encounters, these nine shorts explore friendship... is it just friendly or real love? Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Just Say Love
Shot in a manner similar to Lars von Trier’s Dogville, with minimal, stage-like sets, Just Say Love is adapted from David J. Mauriello’s stage play of the same name. The film, featuring only two characters, is very dialogue-driven, exploring notions of happiness, feeding the body versus the soul, sexuality, and the laws of attraction. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Fri, Nov 13 2009
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Reeling 2009: Out in the Silence & Voices of Witness Africa
In a fading industrial town in the heart of the American rust-belt, Joe Wilson realizes that while maverick acts such as the publication of his wedding announcement can create a splash, creating lasting change in small towns takes the courage and ongoing commitment of local folks to speak out and live openly. Also showing, Voices of Witness Africa. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Drool
A makeup saleswoman, Imogene (Girlfriends’ Jill Marie Jones) takes pity on the reserved Oklahoma housewife, Anora Fleece, and befriends her. Their friendship grows and they become more than friends. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction
Pair biting satire with biting zombies, and the result is a hilarious and terrifyingly bloody movie that will satisfy horror fans that like laughter mixed in with their gore. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Gender Benders program
These shorts feature a range of tales on gender bending, from flirty and fun, to provocative and empowering. The films are as varied as the gender identities of their characters, all of whom refuse to accept the norm in their self-expression. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Sat, Nov 14 2009
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Reeling 2009: Beyond the Down Low
From the rich history of homosexual contributions during the Harlem Renaissance to the modern fear of being outed within close-knit organizations such as the black Greek system, this Reeling shorts program presents different facets of a culture within a culture. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Family
Tackling relevant African American LGBT issues such as church values and coming out in Hollywood, writer-director Faith Trimel effectively transcends color lines with her powerful, relatable story of confronting your own truth. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Straightlaced: How Gender’s Got Us All Tied Up
Straightlaced, a moving documentary by Oscar-winning director Debra Chasnoff, interviews teens from around the country on their perceptions of gender and sexuality.Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Billy’s Hollywood Screen Kiss
Before Will & Grace, Sean Hayes starred in the independent feature Billy’s Hollywood Screen Kiss. Written and directed by Tommy O’Haver, Hayes plays Billy Collier, an unsuccessful, gay photographer with a penchant for Polaroids and women’s melodramas. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Switch: A Community in Transition & A Drag King Extravaganza
Switch: A Community in Transition is a unique documentary that explores the impact of gender transition on the friends, lovers, and coworkers of the transitioning individual. Also showing is A Drag King Extravaganza. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Bandaged
Director Maria Beatty brings us an unconventional love story with Bandaged. Some of the surgical scenes are not for the faint of heart, but this ominous drama is full of intrigue and passion. The developing romance between caretaker and patient is both sweet and dark, with intense sex that leads to shocking results. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Rivers Wash Over Me
After the death of his mother, Sequan Green, a sensitive, gay teen from New York, is sent to live with distant family in Alabama. Slight of frame and sticking out like a sore thumb in his hipster jeans, Sequan has a hard time adjusting to the ways of the South. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Life is a Movie program
These shorts ask the age-old question of which came first: the filmmaker or the film? When the behind-the-scenes visionary becomes the subject and vice versa, the result is a reflective push in the medium, both in front of and behind the camera. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Rivers Wash Over Me After-Party
After the screening of Rivers Wash Over Me, join director John G. Young and producer Dexter Davis.
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Sun, Nov 15 2009
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Reeling 2009: Oy Vey! My Son is Gay!!
With an all-star cast that includes Bruce Vilanch and Vincent Pastore from The Sopranos, Oy Vey! explores the boundaries of unconditional family love. This selection is the Reeling Closing Night Feature. Admission: $10.00 ($8.00 members), tickets available online: http://reelingfilmfestival.tix.com
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Reeling 2009: Closing Extravaganza
Join Reeling for the Closing Night Party after the screening of Oy Vey! My Son is Gay!!
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