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Event
Bluestocking 2016 Friday Evening Shorts Program
DOORS AT 6:30PM / SHOW STARTS AT 7:30PM
BEVERLEY ALEXANDER THOMAS (2015, UNITED KINGDOM) LAYA LEWIS, RISING STAR AWARD + BITCH PACK "BEST IN SHOW" New England Premiere Beverley follows a mixed race girl's struggle to carve out a sense of identity in a confusing, shifting cultural landscape 1980 Leicester. A move from the decaying, poverty-stricken, urban environment to the relative comfort and theoretical safety of white suburbia does not provide the hope and opportunities Bev may have wished for. A familiar enemy is ever present - a threat that extends beyond her own safety, as she must also protect her brother and sister. By asserting her will and using her guile Bev tries to shape her new environment into something palatable, but the result is the opposite of what she is trying to achieve.
LUNCH IN LIMA GAIL GILBERT (2012, U.S.) FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE East Coast Premiere An elegant ladies lunch reveals the dark side of privilege with no conscience.
SISTA IN THE BROTHERHOOD DAWN JONES REDSTONE (2015, U.S.) FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE New England Premiere A black tradeswoman faces discrimination on a new jobsite and must choose between making a stand or keeping her job. Winner Best Short Film and Best Oregon Short Film at Portland International Film Festival.
THREE WOMEN WAIT FOR DEATH ISABELLE SIEB (2015, UNITED KINGDOM) BLUESTOCKING 2016 SECOND PRIZE Maine Premiere Miranda and her adult-ish daughters, Hester and Rose, are crammed in a rotting little caravan to be near their irascible Gramps in his final days. They love him but his care bills are mounting and when they discover that hes hidden his savings and doesnt remember where...they could bloody kill him.
VANILLA JUAN BEIRO (2015, SPAIN) New England Premiere Life is talking about silly stuff with the people you love.
TITS ON A BULL TIM WORRALL (2015, NEW ZEALAND) New England Premiere Set in a Maori women's rugby team, Tits on a Bull follows Phoenix Tawhana, the young star of the team, as she struggles to choose between her longtime friendship with aging coach Rusty or her new relationship with lesbian team-captain, Melanie.
YOU ME & HER SARAH DOYLE (2014, U.S.) FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE Maine Premiere When thirty versions of one person are zapped through the wormhole at the US Department of Parallel Resettlement, an unhappy timid girl named Anna finds out she is the worst possible version of herself, inspiring her to change her ways at the expense of destroying the universe.
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LocationUSM: Talbot Lecture Hall: Luther Bonney (View)
96 Falmouth Street
Portland, ME 04103
United States
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Minimum Age: 16 |
Kid Friendly: No |
Dog Friendly: No |
Non-Smoking: Yes! |
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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