NY Cherry Grove: CGAFF Archives Collection Film Festival 20 films-6 screenings-3 days. At Community House Pavilion. Alan Cumming screens After Louie at 8 PM Saturday 7-21. Tickets $20/screening or $150 VIP entire weekend (and VIP Party with Alan Cumming). Sunday 3 PM donations only. Info http://www.cgacff.com NY - Cherry Grove: CGAFF Cherry Grove Archives Film Festival 2018
When: Friday, July 20 - Sunday, July 22, 2018.
Join CGAFF at the historic Community House and Theater for the Cherry Grove Archives Collection Film Festival, a three-day cinematic celebration of Cherry Grove’s proud 170-year history. CGACFF shares archival films, current documentaries and experimental works that reflect Cherry Grove-from our extraordinary past to our colorful present. The festival also showcases work from queer communities around the globe. This year’s films reflect the activism, individuality, and pursuit of equality that has made Cherry Grove a haven for LGBTQ people since the 1930’s. 3 days - 6 screenings - 20 films: FESTIVAL LINEUP:
After Louie, Grove Girls, Woman on Fire, Reel in the Closet, Nardicio’s Great Gay American Roadtrip, SNAP: Year of a Queen, Happy Birthday Marsha, I Don’t Like Her, 11 Life Lessons from an Awesome Old Dyke, Sex in the Archive, Queer Love Poem, Grit & Grind, Bella-rama, Winter Groveland, Save the Past and more.
Includes screening of "After Louie" and Q&A with Alan Cumming on Saturday, July 21 at 8 PM
Friday, July 20 8 PM Grove Girls (75 minutes) Director: Parker Sargent, 2018 From volleyball on the beach to emergency drills at the Fire House, hosting dinner parties or Community Association Board meetings- for decades gay women have been flocking to Cherry Grove to experience the natural beauty and establish a strong community of activism and equality. GROVE GIRLS explores the female history of this homo-haven, through interviews with Grovers and archival imagery, we are taken through the trials and triumphs of the women who were finding themselves, discovering their sexuality and building a strong community of freedom and expression.
Director: Reina Gossett/Sasha Wortzel, 2017 Marsha "Pay it No Mind" Johnson is a legendary LGBTQ icon, with roots in the early gay activism and was one of the prominent figures in the Stonewall uprising in 1969. HBM is a film about the iconic transgender activist, and her life in the hours before she ignited the Stonewall Riots in NYC.
Bella-rama (15 minutes) CGAC Production, 2018 Bold, beautiful, brassy, bitchy and ballsy...a lot of words have been used to describe Bella. Her drag is legendary and her shows at the Ice Palace made her one of the top queens in Cherry Grove, packing the house each week with her outrageous and often scandalous "dish".
Founding Families (10 minutes) CGAC Production, 2018 Contrary to popular rumors, Fire Island was not founded by gay pirates. Dating back to the 1800's, Cherry Grove has a long history, but it was the original families that came over from Long Island who turned their collection of seashacks into a true community where LGBTQ people could find solace and freedom.
SATURDAY JULY 21, 2018 12 PM SHOWING Reel in the Closet (68 minutes) Director: Dani Vanim, 2015 Reel In The Closet is a documentary that reveals the real lives of LGBTQ people from the past through hundreds of never before seen home movies dating back to the 1930s. But many such films are being destroyed- sometimes on purpose. Rarely were people in the LGBTQ community comfortable enough to document their relationships and daily life, as many of their heterosexual counterparts were shooting home-movies of the perfect American families. Through this documentary, we experience the personal side of gay life with never before seen home movies made by queer people around the world dating back to the 1930s. We are given a glimpse into early gay life, but we also learn about the struggle to save this precious archival material before it is lost forever.
Arts Project 70th Anniversary (10 minutes) CGAC Production, 2018 In 1948 the Arts Project of Cherry Grove was formed to produce shows as fundraisers to cover the costs of upkeep on the new Community House. And 70 years later the APCG is still going strong...community plays, fabulous balls, annual art shows and so much more.
I Don't Like Her (10 minutes) Director: Javad Daraei, 2016 Eli (Javad Daraei) is struggling with gender identity in Iran, where she is finding it hard to live up to the expectations of women in her society. Family disagreements will not keep Eli from finding the person deep inside herself, no matter what price she must pay for these freedoms.
The Good Times: Volume 1 (64 minutes) CGAC Production, 2018 Singing and dancing...solos and chorus lines...from jungles to circus tents...the Cherry Grove Community House has be home to some of the most legendary theatrical shows since the 1950's. Join us as we stroll, skip, fosse and kick-ball-chain our way down memory lane, with a collection of production numbers from shows like Steppin' Out, Golden Girls, Last Drag Show, Legends and more.
SATURDAY JULY 21, 2018 8 PM SHOWING After Louie (100 minutes) Director: Vincent Gagliostro, 2017 AFTER LOUIE follows Sam (Alan Cumming), an artist and activist from ACT UP who lived through the early years of HIV/AIDS- a man scarred and still struggling with survivor's guilt. Cemented into an oppressive past, he is bewildered by a younger generation of carefree gay men with their uninhibited use of social media, sexting, and seeming political indifference. But when he meets the seductive young Braeden (Zachary Booth) at a bar late one night, their pants quickly come down and, eventually, so does Sam's ossified guard. As the pair become increasingly intimate, an intergenerational relationship blossoms between them-one capable of reawakening Sam's artistic soul and reviving his wilted heart.
VIP members are invited to a private afterparty with Alan Cumming
SNAP- Year of a Queen (40 minutes) Director: Parker Sargent, 2018 Every year the members of the Arts Project of Cherry Grove come together on Memorial Day Weekend to crown their Homecoming Queen for the summer season...it's a position that comes with great honor and great responsibility. SNAP documents Emilio "Ginger Snap" Deluca's journey as HCQ in 2017, racing around the island in platform heels to open shows, cut ribbons at community events, perform at fundraisers and doing it all with his own unique flare.
11 Life Lessons from an Awesome Old Dyke (9 minutes) Director: Allison Khoury, 2016 This film brings to life the story of a dying breed of lesbians: the women who dared come out in the 1950's. The film focuses on Dorothy Fairbairn, a tough-as-nails butch who kicked ass and took names (as well as the names of a few lovers, too). Through the lens of 11 life lessons, Dorothy gives an abridged account of LGBT history, teaches the importance of standing your ground and offers up a perspective only possible with a Ph.D. from the School of Life.
We Have Always Been on Fire (5 minutes) Director: Sasha Wortzel, 2018 Artist Morgan Bassichis casts a spell to conjure Fire Island's queer ghosts into the present moment. The film blends found footage filmed by queer nightlife documentarian Nelson Sullivan in Cherry Grove during July 4th weekend 1976 with original material shot in the same locations during the summer of 2017.
Winter Groveland (10 minutes) CGAC Production, 2018 Many of us wonder what becomes of our beach heaven in the winter...though few people get to experience Cherry Grove covered in snow. Interviews with winter residents help bring to life the archival images and home movies of the frozen bay, crisp white beaches and the usually unseen beauty of our natural sanctuary in a snowstorm.
SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2018 Noon SHOWING Woman on Fire (90 minutes) Director: Julie Sokolow, 2016 Woman on Fire follows Brooke Guinan, the first openly transgender firefighter in New York City, as she sets out to challenge society's perceptions of gender roles. As a third-generation firefighter, Brooke has a passion for heroism that runs in her blood. But when she decided to transition from male to female in her father's workplace, it posed not only a challenge to a macho profession, but also to the customs of the people she cares about the most - her traditional family. A heartfelt portrait of change in the American family and workplace, Woman on Fire is a testament to love, courage, and loyalty. Q&A with Brooke Guinan after the screening
Historic Houses (15 minutes) CGAC Production, 2018 The houses of Cherry Grove are almost as unique as the community itself. Who would have ever guessed that a small group of fishing shacks in the late 1800's would transform into a collection of quaint beach bungalows, to house the growing population of LGBTQ people flocking to the Grove for its natural beauty and personal freedom? Through photos and vintage home movies we will explore the early homes and the "gay beautification" that can still be seen in Cherry Grove today.
Save the Past (5 minutes) CGAC Production, 2018 The Cherry Grove Archives Collection is working hard to chronicle, preserve and display the colorful history of our beach haven. Cataloging images, digitizing films and restoring damaged artifacts...there's a lot involved in saving the past and making it last.
SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2018 3 PM SHOWING - Suggested Donation Viewing - no advance tickets sold Join CGAFF for a special encore presentation of the CGAC Production films from the festival. This "suggested donation" viewing is a second chance to see some of the shorts you enjoyed throughout the weekend, or an opportunity to see our community history films on screen if you weren't able to catch them the first time.
CGAC Production, 2018 The Cherry Grove Archives Collection is working hard to chronicle, preserve and display the colorful history of our beach haven. Cataloging images, digitizing films and restoring damaged artifacts...there's a lot involved in saving the past and making it last.
CGAC Production, 2018 In 1948 the Arts Project of Cherry Grove was formed to produce shows as fundraisers to cover the upkeep of the new Community House. And 70 years later the APCG is still going strong...community plays, fabulous balls, annual artshows and so much much more.
Historic Houses (15 minutes) CGAC Production, 2018 The houses of Cherry Grove are almost as unique as the community itself. Who would have ever guessed that a small group of fishing shacks in the late 1800's would transform into a collection of quaint beach bungalows, to house the growing population of LGBTQ people flocking to the Grove for its natural beauty and personal freedom? Through photos and vintage home movies we will explore the early homes and the "gay beautification" that can still be seen in Cherry Grove today.
CGAC Production, 2018 Many of us wonder what becomes of our beach heaven in the winter...though few people get to experience Cherry Grove covered in snow. Interviews with winter residents help bring to life the archival images and home movies of the frozen bay, crisp white beaches and the usually unseen beauty of our natural sanctuary in a snowstorm.
Special Feature (60 minutes). CGAFF will present a special feature presentation (TBA) as part of the "Suggested Donation" screening
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