Playing the part. Jumping the gun. Lavender limelight : lesbians in film. Carmelita Tropicana : your kunst is your waffen. Little women in transit.
Notes:
Cheryl Duyne, Rose Troche, Monika Treut.
Contents:
Playing the part / a film by Mitch McCabe (1995, color, 38 min.) -- Jumping the gun / a film by Jane Schneider (1996, color, 10 min.) -- Lavender limelight : lesbians in film / a film by Marc Mauceri (1997, color, 56 min.) -- Carmelita tropicana: your kunst is your waffen / a film by Ela Troyano (1994, color, 28 min.) -- Little women in transit / a film by Barbara Heller (1996, b&w, 7 min.)
Summary:
Five short films dealing with lesbianism. Playing the part: A college girl wants to come out to her upper-class suburban parents, but her angst-ridden efforts keep on ending in futility. -- Jumping the gun: The morning after a one-night stand, a woman fantasizes about a life together with the slepping beauty, from honeymoon to breakup. -- Lavender limelight: lesbians in film: Goes behind the scenes to reveal America's most successful lesbian directors. -- Carmelita Tropicana: your kunst is your waffen: An East Village Latina performance artist winds up in jail with some other riot girls. -- Little women in transit: 12-year-old Jennie is seated in the back seat of the station wagon, wedged between her two jeering sisters, enduring that special hell - the family car trip.
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