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Gazing through the queer lens at this year's Flaming Film Festival
This year's Flaming Film Festival will bring over 100 films by, about and for the queer community to a variety of Minneapolis venues from May 25 to 31…
By: Veronica Cassidy
Issue date: 4/21/06 Section: The Arts
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This year's Flaming Film Festival will bring over 100 films by, about and for the queer community to a variety of Minneapolis venues from May 25 to 31. In addition to films that range from music videos to sexplicit titles, there will be an abundance of live music, discussions and general debauchery that is not to be missed.
Although the festival has specialized in more obscure, edgy works, this year's absence of the annual Twin Cities GLBT Film Festival means a broader range of titles with mainstream appeal. Opening night at Suburban World Theatre in Uptown will screen All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise, a new documentary about the first ever queer family cruise (chartered by Rosie O'Donnell), which generated a buzz after its favorable “New York Times” write-up and recent premiere on HBO.
One of the week's highlights is Pick Up the Mic, a documentary about queer hip-hop that includes interviews and performances from the Twin Cities' own queer hip-hop artist Tori Fixx, an energetic and all-around fantastic artist who had me out of my chair and dancing during a recent performance at Acadia Caf'¿½. The screening is followed by a Q & A with director Alex Hinton and live performances from some of the featured artists.
May 30 at Suburban World promises to be another exciting evening with Love is Blind, a short video showcase screening the newest work of various experimental filmmakers. Included in the showcase are The Driver & Do by William Scott Reese and Jo Ellen Martinson and Better Left Alone by local filmmaker Jake Yuzna, both of which present disturbing, thought-provoking (okay, confusing) and beautiful filmmaking at its best.
If you're looking for more up-beat, move-your-feet activity, Cheap Date Night, on May 29, will showcase music videos from artists such as Deerhoof, Sleater-Kinney and the Decemberists at the Bryant Lake Bowl.
Although the festival has specialized in more obscure, edgy works, this year's absence of the annual Twin Cities GLBT Film Festival means a broader range of titles with mainstream appeal. Opening night at Suburban World Theatre in Uptown will screen All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise, a new documentary about the first ever queer family cruise (chartered by Rosie O'Donnell), which generated a buzz after its favorable “New York Times” write-up and recent premiere on HBO.
One of the week's highlights is Pick Up the Mic, a documentary about queer hip-hop that includes interviews and performances from the Twin Cities' own queer hip-hop artist Tori Fixx, an energetic and all-around fantastic artist who had me out of my chair and dancing during a recent performance at Acadia Caf'¿½. The screening is followed by a Q & A with director Alex Hinton and live performances from some of the featured artists.
May 30 at Suburban World promises to be another exciting evening with Love is Blind, a short video showcase screening the newest work of various experimental filmmakers. Included in the showcase are The Driver & Do by William Scott Reese and Jo Ellen Martinson and Better Left Alone by local filmmaker Jake Yuzna, both of which present disturbing, thought-provoking (okay, confusing) and beautiful filmmaking at its best.
If you're looking for more up-beat, move-your-feet activity, Cheap Date Night, on May 29, will showcase music videos from artists such as Deerhoof, Sleater-Kinney and the Decemberists at the Bryant Lake Bowl.
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