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CineSLAM LGBTQ Short Film Festival
June 30, 2018 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
CineSLAM returns to the Latchis Theatre on Saturday, June 30, at 4:30 p.m. CineSLAM is a Pride Film Festival of Shorts and is Vermont’s first LGBTQ film festival, now celebrating its 12th year.
The festival this year focuses on LGBT history. Leading off the festival is local author Allen Young, who will read a short excerpt from his new book, “left gay & green, a writer’s life,” as he celebrates his 77th birthday.
There will also be a tribute short film to the many historians and archivists saving LGBT history. Making its Vermont premiere, “We Started with an Old Shoe Box” takes a look at how small and independent groups of gay and lesbian archivists began reconstructing the fragmented story of the LGBT past. And, in a short piece, “Before Stonewall” looks at the youth movement of the ’60s to see how important counterculture was in building for the Stonewall Uprising.
Local history is also highlighted. CineSLAM will show a clip from HB Lozito’s “Andrews Inn Oral History Project.” This short video is an excerpt interview with Jeremy Youst accompanied by photos by Evie Lovett and slides by Youst. The project looks at the history of Andrew’s Inn, a disco, bar, hotel and community space catering to the LGBTQ community in Bellows Falls from 1973-84. Lozito is the executive director of Green Mountain Crossroads, which works to build power of rural LGBTQ people.
CineSLAM has more local flavor this year with a selection from “Out Here.” This documentary was an official selection of the Frameline Film Festival and explores the hearts and hard work of queer farmers in the U.S. It was made by Green Mountain Crossroads board member Jonah Mossberg.
CineSLAM will also present the theatrical premiere of “The Fathers Project” from filmmaker Leo Herrera, which imagines what the world might be like today if AIDS had never happened.
Admission to CineSLAM is $10, and includes all the films and a Pride cake and sparkling cider. The event is underwritten by a grant from the Chessie Foundation. To reserve a ticket, visit www.cineslam.com or e-mail stonewal@sover.net.