OUTFEST 2011

CAROL CHANNING:
LARGER THAN LIFE
Dir: Dori Berinstein, 2011, USA, 83 min.
There are very few legends left in show business, but
there’s no denying that the inexhaustible star of
Broadway’s Hello, Dolly! deserves that title. This
delightful and delicious documentary traces
Channing’s extraordinary history, from her early
success as a classroom mimic to her late-in-life
reunion with her childhood love. Everyone from Debbie
Reynolds, Chita Rivera, and Bruce Vilanch to
Channing’s devoted chorus of “Dolly Boy” dancers
pops up to pay tribute to this amazing performer.
SUNDAY | July 10 | 11:00am | DGA 1
I AM
Dir: Sonali Gulati, 2010, USA, India, 71 min.
In this first-person account, thirty-three year old
filmmaker Sonali Gulati returns to her childhood home
in India to resolve personal demons and explore
broader issues facing the gay community in India,
where homosexuality was still illegal when she started
the film. Hoping to reconcile feelings of loss and
regret, and find closure to unresolved feelings about
her dead mother, Sonali's personal journey introduces
her to many colorful characters (including openly gay
prince and activist Manvendra Singh Gohil) facing
unique issues in a country that finally overturned its
ban on homosexuality in 2009.
POSt-SCREEnInG RECEPtIOn: All-Girl Friday
AftER PARty: tBD
FRIDAY | July 15 | 5:00pm | DGA 2
NO LOOK PASS
Dir: Melissa Johnson, 2011, USA, 98 min.
Basketball player Emily Tay has always been an
overachiever. From star point guard at the
Marlborough School in Los Angeles to a successful
college career at Harvard, the engaging Tay is now a
professional basketball player in Germany and in a
relationship with a U.S. servicewoman. In this insightful
and poignant documentary, Tay, the first generation
daughter of Burmese parents, finds herself facing one
of the biggest challenges of her life - telling her
traditional parents who she is really is.
SATURDAY | July 9 | 2:00pm | Sunset
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HABANA MUDA
Dir: Eric Brach, 2011, france, USA, subtitled, 61
min.
This beautifully crafted and carefully observed film
follows Chino, a deaf-mute leading a working class
life with his mute wife and two young children in
Havana while maintaining an open relationship with
a financially supportive gay lover living abroad in
Mexico. This tangled love triangle slowly unravels in
surprising and sometimes bizarre ways revealing
questionable motives and rich complexities that will
confound you and move you profoundly.
THURSDAY | July 14 | 5:00pm | Sunset
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HOLLYWOOD TO DOLLYWOOD
Dir: John Lavin, 2010, USA, 81 min.
Gay twins Gary and Larry have always loved Dolly
Parton. They left their small town home ten years ago
to make it in Hollywood and are finally ready to get
their script to Dolly. In a RV named Jolene, the boys
embark on the adventure of a lifetime. This road trip is
also a journey of self-discovery and an attempt to
resolve mommy issues that have divided them since
childhood. Featuring 15 of Dolly’s classic songs and
Chad Allen, Dustin Lance Black, Beth Grant, and
Leslie Jordan.
SATURDAY | July 16 | 11:30am | DGA 1
ORCHIDS:
MY INTERSEX ADVENTURE
Dir: Phoebe hart, 2010, Australia, 60 min.
A closely guarded family secret has left filmmaker
Phoebe Hart and her two sisters filled with shame
and anger. When she breaks the silence about the
hereditary intersex condition that runs in her family,
she is confronted with fear and hostility from her
mother, and rage from her younger sister. This
unique family is transformed by Phoebe’s insistence
that they accept each other (and themselves)
unconditionally.
TUESDAY | July 12 | 5:00pm | Sunset
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Tickets: 213.480.7065 or www.outfest.org