Interview:
Bears Rebecca Fonte,
artistic director,
aGLIFF Prism 36
The All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival’s Prism 36 runs Aug. 23-27 virtually from Aug. 29-Sept. 5. Prism 36’s live programming begins Aug. 23 with the opening night film, the Indigo Girls jukebox musical Glitter & Doom, screening at the AFS Cinema. Programming then shifts to Galaxy Theatres Austin on Aug. 24, with Prism 36 coming to a close on Aug. 27 with the foster family drama The Mattachine Family starring Nico Tortorella, Juan Pablo Di Pace, and Emily Hampshire. Prism 36 boasts two centerpiece films on Aug. 25: the Luke Evans-Billy Porter divorce drama Our Son and director Nneka Onuorah's Truth Be Told, a documentary about the LGBTQ+ community's relationship with with Black Church. Prism 36 also hosts a sneak preview of the Egyptian chiller The Judgement on Aug. 26 in advance of its world premiere. On Aug. 24, at the Draylen Mason Music Studio, aGLIFF’s Queer Black Voices Fund will honor three filmmakers: And They Were Loved's Austin-based Malik Julien, Collective Resistence Isak Vaillancourt, and I Identify As Me's Tina Colleen and Monick Monell. Prism 36 will also honor director Darren Stein and hold retrospective screenings of his films Sparkler (Aug. 25), G.B.F. (Aug. 26), and Jawbreaker (Aug. 27). Prism 36 will also include a selection of U.S. and international narrative comedies, dramas, genre, and exploitation fare focused on LGBTQ+ relationships and issues. Documentaries focus on Pennsylvania State Representative Malcolm Kenyatta, Christian Conservative LGBTQIA+ activist Kathy Baldock and LGBTQIA+ theologian Ed Oxford, and the problematic legacy of director Kevin Smith's Chasing Amy. There also are six narrative and documentary shorts programs. Most of Prism 36’s live programming will be available to stream from Aug. 29-Sept. 5.
Aired: Aug, 22, 2023. Web sites: https://www.agliff.org/prism https://www.facebook.com/aGLIFF/ |
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