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Bluestocking 2016 Friday Evening Shorts Program
USM: Talbot Lecture Hall: Luther Bonney
Portland, ME
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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.

Location

USM: Talbot Lecture Hall: Luther Bonney (View)
96 Falmouth Street
Portland, ME 04103
United States
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Categories

Film > Festivals

Minimum Age: 16
Kid Friendly: No
Dog Friendly: No
Non-Smoking: Yes!
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes!

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Owner: Bluestocking Film Series
On BPT Since: Apr 11, 2013
 
Bluestocking Film Series
bluestockingfilms.com


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