The highly acclaimed documentary "Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin" screens tomorrow. The film focuses on Bayard Rustin, a gay African-American man who was Martin Luther King's mentor and a long-time civil rights activist.
Gay film fest
to hold gala
The 15th Annual Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival (formerly known as The Adam Baran Honolulu Gay & Lesbian Film Festival), presented by the Honolulu Gay & Lesbian Cultural Foundation, continues through Sunday at the Doris Duke Theatre at the Honolulu Academy of Arts.
It opened last night with a screening of Margaret Cho's latest concert documentary "Revolution." Other notable films include Sundance Festival crowd-pleaser "A Touch of Pink," starring Kyle McLaughlan ("Twin Peaks" and "Sex and the City"), and the award-winning "Eating Out" by Q. Allen Brocka.
As always, the festival includes a free public educational screening on Saturday afternoons. This year, the highly-acclaimed documentary, "Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin," will screen tomorrow. The film focuses on Bayard Rustin, an unapologetic gay African-American man who was Martin Luther King's mentor and a long-time civil rights activist.
The 15th Annual Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival (formerly known as The Adam Baran Honolulu Gay & Lesbian Film Festival) continues through Sunday at the Doris Duke Theatre at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. One of the films being shown is the award-winning "Eating Out," above.
The festival's gala reception will be held at 6 p.m. tomorrow at the academy's Henry R. Luce Pavilion. The cast and producers of the following festival films, "One Night in Bangkok," "The Visitor" and "Casting Couch," will be attending. Tickets to the Gala Reception are $25 and include a full reception and film.
Tickets for each screening are $8 general and $6 for foundation members.
For more information about the festival, call 381-1952 or go online at www.hglcf.org.
Here is the schedule:
Today
» 6 p.m.: "Mango Kiss"
» 8 p.m.: "Gay Hollywood"Tomorrow
» 2 p.m.: Boyz Shorts: "The Visitor," "Casting Couch," "Misguided Piss," "Haircut," "The Cucumber Chronicles," "Fairies," "Love & Deaf" and "Breakfast?"
» 4 p.m.: "Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin" (free)
» 6 p.m.: "One Night in Bangkok" and "Eating Out"Sunday
» 2 p.m.: Girlz Shorts: "A Woman Reported," "The Nearly Unadventurous Life of Zoe Cadwaulder," "Intent," "Little Black Boot," "Hummer" and "A Mi Amor Mi Dulce"
» 4 p.m.: "Laughing Matters" and "Where the Girls Are"
» 6 p.m.: "My Mother Likes Women (A Mi Madre Le Gustan Las Mujeres)"
» 8 p.m.: Awards ceremony / "A Touch of Pink" and "Gay Boyfriend"
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