OUTwatch LGBTQI Film Festival
November 2nd – 5th, 2017
All eyes are on OUTwatch this year as we unveil an entertaining and thought-provoking program for our 2017 season.
OUTwatch uses cinema to show the fabulous, rich diversity of our LGBTQI experience. Discover, remember and imagine while you enjoy the Best of LGBTQI Cinema. Right here at OUTwatch – Wine Country’s LGBTQI Film Festival!
Opening Night Gala
Thursday, November 2nd, 2017 @ 7:30 pm
Sebastiani Theatre
476 1st Street East, Sonoma, CA 95476
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Director: Jennifer M. Kroot
Length: 91 Minutes
Country: USA
This playful and poignant documentary examines the life and work of one of the worldʼs most beloved storytellers (The Tales of the City series), following his evolution from a conservative son of the Old South into a gay rights pioneer.
The following films screen at 3rd Street Cinemas, Santa Rosa:
Signature Move
Friday, November 3rd at 7:30pm
Director: Jennifer Reeder
Length: 82 Minutes
Country: USA
This comedy features a thirty-something closeted, Muslim lawyer who lives with her recently widowed mother and has a budding relationship with a free-spirited Latinx who is used to living her life out loud and unashamed.
Saturday Church
Saturday, November 4th at 12:30pm
Director: Damon Cardasis
Length: 82 Minutes
Country: USA
This beautiful mix of drama and musical tells the story of a teenager who seeks refuge from his religious aunt with a diverse group of queer folks who offer him real life lessons and a chance to explore his sexuality and gender identity.
Fast Girls: Lesbian Shorts
Saturday, November 4th at 2:30pm
The Lavender Scare
Saturday, November 4th at 4:30pm
Director: Josh Howard
Length 88 Minutes
Country: USA
For 40 years the US government had a campaign to remove gays and lesbians from the government workforce, ruining careers and devastating lives until one of our Communityʼs Founding Fathers had had enough.
After Louie
Saturday, November 4th at 7:30pm
Director: Vincent Gagliostro
Length: 100 Minutes
Country: USA
Starring The Good Wifeʼs Alan Cumming, this intelligent and insightful drama explores what happens when an AIDS activist still struggling with Survivor’s Guilt and the loss of his best friend meets a seductive, smart younger man.
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Sunday, November 5th at 12:30pm
Did you miss this film on Thursday at the Opening Night Gala in Sonoma? Don’t fret! We’re screening it a 2nd time in Santa Rosa!
This playful and poignant documentary examines the life and work of one of the worldʼs most beloved storytellers (The Tales of the City series), following his evolution from a conservative son of the Old South into a gay rights pioneer.
I Dream In Another Language
Sunday, November 5th at 2:45pm
Director: Ernesto Contreras
Length: 101 Minutes
Country Mexico / Netherlands (Spanish w/ English Subtitles)
The mysterious circumstances surrounding a fifty-year feud between two of the last speakers of a dying indigenous language in Mexico are artfully intertwined in this winner of an Audience Award at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.
Extra Terrestrials
Sunday, November 5th at 5:00pm
Director: Carla Cavina
Length: 113 Minutes
Country: Venezula / Puerto Rico (Spanish w/ English Subtitles)
A sexy (vegetarian) astrophysicist who is about to marry her lady love, returns to Puerto Rico to visit her family, who run a successful chicken farm, and finds herself faced with the revelation of long-repressed and hard-to-fathom family secrets.
Location:
All Feature Films Screen at:
3rd Street Cinema
620 3rd Street
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Tickets:
$70 All Access Pass
$10 Individual
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/2297507
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