Spokane GLBT Film Festival May 31, 2008

The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful!

Two Spirit People - Celebrate OutSpokane's Pride theme this year of Two Spirits, One Journey with this classic film that explores the historical and contemporary Native American concepts of gender, sexuality and sexual orientation. The berdache tradition in Native American culture is one in which individuals who embody feminine and masculine qualities act as a conduit between the physical and spiritual world, and because of this are placed in positions of power within the community.

Abomination: Homosexuality and the Ex-Gay Movement - Profiles the journeys of four gay Christians who did everything possible to become heterosexual by following the "treatment" protocols of the so-called ex-gay ministries. At times heartbreaking, at other times hilarious, the approaches taken by these religious groups range from shock therapy and hypnosis to "gender coaching." Ultimately the "therapy" fails, even for the ministers in charge as they repeatedly scandalize themselves by "relapsing into gayness."

Prada Handbag - Muriel's Wedding meets Priscilla - Queen of the Desert in this glitzy, glam cinematic extravaganza which ravishes the eye and warms the heart as a young woman finds her niche when she lands a job at a kooky drag bar and assumes the new identity of Prada Handbag.

Saturday, May 31
Riverpoint EWU Auditorium
Phase I Classroom Building,
668 North Riverpoint Blvd.,
Door opens at 6:00PM for business fair and refreshments.
Film begin at 7:00. Film tickets at the door just $5/each!

Official Website: http://www.spokanefilmfest.org