HONOLULU GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL
"Iron Ladies," playing 8 p.m. Sunday, tells the story of a volleyball team's march to the Thai championships. The team is comprised of gays, transsexuals and transvestites.
The Gay & Lesbian Film Festival runs through Sunday at the Honolulu Academy of Arts Theatre. Gay film fest ends Sunday
Star-Bulletin Staff
The local production of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," starring Otto, will be performed at the end of the screenings today and tomorrow. Performances will begin around 10:30 p.m. Seats are $5.
Admission to the festival is $6 general per movie; $4 for Honolulu Gay & Lesbian Cultural Foundation members, except where noted. The schedule:
Today
>> 6 p.m. -- "Trembling Before G-D" (U.S.): A look at gay and lesbian Orthodox Jews.>> 8 p.m. -- "Monkey's Mask" (Australia): A female private detective, hired to investigate the disappearance of a student, is drawn into an affair with the student's aggressively seductive teacher, played by Kelly McGillis. With film short "4 p.m."
Tomorrow
>> 2 p.m. -- Mixed plate of short and humorous films, including "Glaadiator," "Ten Rules/A Lesbian Survival Guide," "Tango Para Dos," "Cyberslut" and the "Rick and Steve" series that involves use of Fisher-Price toys.>> 4 p.m. -- "Ke Kulana He Mahu: Remembering a Sense of Place" (Hawaii): Documentary of Honolulu's mahu community screened at last year's Hawaii International Film Festival. With video short "Sina Off the Chain."
>> 6 p.m. -- "The M.O. of M.I. (Modus Operandi of Male Intimacy)" (U.S.): Blackmail and "who's conning whom?" are the themes in this drama about a sexy drifter who becomes entangled with a gay Texan couple.
>> 8 p.m. -- "The Trip" (U.S.): This broad comedy asks the question: Can true love survive between a gay activist and a "straight" diehard Republican in late-'70s Los Angeles?
Sunday
>> 4 p.m. -- "Daddy & Papa" and "Oliver Button Is a Star" (U.S.): Two documentaries examine the dilemma of white fathers adopting African-American children and exploring positive alternatives for expressing children's gender differences. Free admission.>> 6 p.m. -- "Treading Water" (U.S.): A woman, with her partner in tow, returns to her New England home to start a boat restoration business, only to face her mother, who denies her lesbian identity. With film short "Breaking Up Sucks."
>> 8 p.m. -- "Iron Ladies" (Thailand): Another former, popular HIFF entry, it dramatizes the real march of a volleyball team -- comprising gays, transsexuals and transvestites -- to the Thai male national championships in 1996. With film short "Jeffrey's Hollywood Screen Trick."
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