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CinemA diVerse mUsT-see moVies:<br />
LeatHer<br />
and carL(a)<br />
Cinema diverse: The Palm springs Gay and Lesbian Film Festival<br />
opens Thursday, sept. 19th, and runs through sunday, sept. 22nd<br />
september 1, 2013, Palm springs, CA – if you’ve ever found<br />
yourself in a complex, and sometimes challenging relationship,<br />
you’re going to love LeATHer and CArL(A) - the two feature films<br />
playing at 4pm, and 4:30pm, respectively, on Friday, september<br />
20th at the sixth Annual edition of Cinema diverse: The Palm<br />
springs Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.<br />
the first, patrick McGuinn’s latest feature film, LeatHer, takes<br />
audiences not to a leather bar, as one might expect, but rather to new<br />
York’s picturesque catskills, where we meet mountain man, Birch.<br />
Birch lives with his mentor, Walter, an older man whose estranged<br />
son, andrew, was Birch’s childhood friend. When Walter dies, andrew<br />
returns to his childhood home with his boyfriend, Kyle, to settle his<br />
father’s estate, but when they arrive, they discover that Birch has been<br />
living there, and has no plans to leave. thus begins a series of conflicts<br />
and confrontations (with the past, and the present), that will change all<br />
their lives forever....<br />
the second film, carL(a), also takes audiences to new York (the<br />
city, this time), but in an entirely different direction, when it comes<br />
to relationships. carla, a pre-op transexual, struggles mightily with<br />
her parents, who cannot accept her transition, and her brother, who<br />
is so bothered by it that he resorts to violence. only her grandfather<br />
understands and supports her decision to transition, and provides<br />
much-needed family support. then carla meets sam, a great great guy<br />
who really likes her. trouble is, sam likes carla the way she is, so when<br />
she finds herself with the cash she needs to complete her transition,<br />
sam begins to rethink the relationship, and carla is faced with a tough<br />
dilemma. if she transitions she loses sam. But if she doesn’t, she may<br />
lose herself. carL(a) is filmmaker/director eli Hershko’s first feature<br />
film, and stars joslyn Defreece, Laverne cox, Gregg Bello, and Mark<br />
Margolis<br />
cinema Diverse is presented by the palm springs cultural center,<br />
a local nonprofit which serves as an incubator for local cultural arts<br />
programs and events. the annual celebration of LGBt films and<br />
filmmakers runs for four days at the camelot theatres in palm springs.<br />
CARL(A)<br />
TiCKeT inFormATion:<br />
www.CinemaDiverse.org<br />
LEATHER<br />
noTe: all cineMa DiVerse screenings will be held at camelot<br />
theatres<br />
oPeninG niGHT: soUtHern Baptist sissies By Del<br />
shores<br />
screening only: $15.00<br />
screening & opening night reception: $35.00<br />
PAsses:<br />
all access pass $149.00 (excludes opening night reception)<br />
all access pass with opening night pre-reception $169.00<br />
6 pack Deal - select 6 films for $69.00 (excludes opening night<br />
film)<br />
indiVidUAL TiCKeTs:<br />
festival screenings = $13.00 (on sale after september 1st)<br />
To purchase your tickets in-person, visit:<br />
camelot theatres Box office<br />
(open Daily, call for Hours)<br />
2300 e. Baristo road,<br />
palm springs, ca, 92262,<br />
Box office: 760-325-6565<br />
telephone orders: 888-718-4253<br />
Cinema diverse: the palm springs Gay & Lesbian film festival<br />
is presented by the palm springs cultural center, a non-profit<br />
501(c)(3) organization.
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