This poetic account of social upheaval and political corruption is a pillar of the Brazilian Cinema Novo movement.
Featuring such highlights as the uplifting Pixar-esque children’s film Pete, the star-studded heart-wrenching drama Vamonos, and the quirky comedy Monsieur le Butch, this celebration of gender non-conforming heroes also showcases a powerful batch of cinematic rarities starring the butch dykes and transmasc pioneers of the early 90s who blazed the trail for us today (plus a rare 60s butch home movie treat!).
Join us for a post-screening Q&A with series curator Jenni Olson and filmmaker Jude Dry.
Pete (2022)
Dir. Bret 'Brook' Parker, 7min
A heartwarming animated short about gender identity, Little League baseball, the people who inspire change by being themselves, and the superheroes who allow that change to happen.
Adventures with Tony (1960s)
Dir. Jenni Olson, 3min
A remarkable fragment of home movie footage featuring a young butch on vacation with her father in New Jersey. A rarity from the Jenni Olson Queer Film Collection at the Harvard Film Archive.
Stafford’s Story (1992)
Dir. Susan Muska, 3min
Dir. Susan Muska, 3min
Stafford tells about an encounter at a sex club. New digital scan by UCLA Film & Television Archive as part of the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project.
Max (1992)
Dir. Monika Treut, 26min, digital
Pioneering transman Max Wolf Valerio talks about his life and the experience of transitioning in this groundbreaking short, one of the first portraits of a trans man on film.
Ifé (1993)
Dir. H. Len Keller, 5min
Ifé follows a day in the life of a Black French butch lesbian in San Francisco.
Trans (1994)
Dir. Sophie E. Constantinou, 10min
Dir. Sophie E. Constantinou, 10min
A playful portrait of trans man Henry. New digital scan by UCLA Film & Television Archive as part of the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project.
Sometimes (1994)
Dir. Jenni Olson, 1min
A concise poetic summary of butch identity—an early short by acclaimed essay filmmaker and Masc series co-curator Jenni Olson.
Vamonos (2015)
Dir. Marvin Lemus, 13min
Vico Ortiz (Our Flag Means) and Jessica Camacho (All Rise, The Flash, Watchmen) co-star in this beautiful story about what it looks like to show up as an ally for our gender non-conforming loved ones.
Monseiur le Butch (2022)
Dir. Jude Dry, 12min
Dir. Jude Dry, 12min
When Jude ends up unexpectedly living at home in their 30s, they must deal with a lovingly opinionated Jewish mother who doesn't quite get the whole “trans thing.”
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