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SUMMARY:Masc: The Shorts + The Agressives
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DESCRIPTION:Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be a
	ssigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are a
	ssigned on a first come\, first served basis. The box office opens one hou
	r before the event.\n\n\nBookended by the uplifting Pixar-esque children’s
	 film Pete\, star-studded heart-wrenching drama Vamanos and quirky comedy 
	Monsieur le Butch\, this celebration of gender non-conforming heroes also 
	showcases a powerful batch of cinematic rarities starring the butch dykes 
	and transmasc pioneers of the early 1990s who blazed the trail for people 
	today (plus a rare 1960s butch home movie treat!). Followed by an onstage 
	discussion with series co-curator Jenni Olson in conversation with special
	 guests discussing the complex history of butch and transmasc representati
	on on screen.\n\nPete\nU.S.\, 2022\n\nA heartwarming animated short about 
	gender identity\, Little League baseball\, the people who inspire change b
	y being themselves\, and the superheroes who allow that change to happen. 
	DCP\, color\, 7 min. Director: Bret Parker.\n\nAdventures with Tony\nU.S.\
	, circa 1960s\n\nA remarkable fragment of home movie footage featuring a y
	oung butch dyke on vacation with her father in New Jersey. A rarity from t
	he Jenni Olson Queer Film Collection at the Harvard Film Archive. DCP\, co
	lor\, 1 min. Director unknown.\n\nStafford’s Story\nU.S.\, 1992\n\nStaffor
	d's Story tells about an encounter at a sex club. New digital scan by the 
	UCLA Film & Television Archive as part of the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project.
	 DCP\, color\, 3 min. Director: Susan Muska.\n\nMax\nU.S./Germany\, 1992\n
	\nPioneering trans man Max Wolf Valerio talks about his life and the exper
	ience of transitioning in this groundbreaking short\, one of the first por
	traits of a trans man on film. DCP\, color\, 20 min. Director: Monika Treu
	t.\n\nIfé\nU.S.\, 1993\n\nIfé follows a day in the life of a Black French 
	lesbian in San Francisco. DCP\, color\, 5 min. Director: Lenn Keller.\n\nT
	rans\nU.S.\, 1994\n\nA playful portrait of trans man Henry. New digital sc
	an by the UCLA Film & Television Archive as part of the Outfest UCLA Legac
	y Project. DCP\, color\, 10 min. Director: Sophie Constaninou.\n\nSometime
	s\nU.S.\, 1994\n\nA concise poetic summary of butch identity — an early sh
	ort by acclaimed essay filmmaker and Masc series co-curator Jenni Olson. D
	CP\, color\, 1 min. Director: Jenni Olson.\n\nVamanos\nU.S.\, 2015\n\nVico
	 Ortiz (Our Flag Means Death) and Jessica Camacho (All Rise\, The Flash\, 
	Watchmen) co-star in this beautiful story about what it looks like to show
	 up as an ally for our gender non-conforming loved ones. DCP\, color\, 13 
	min. Director: Marvin Lemus.\n\nMonsieur le Butch\nU.S.\, 2022\n\nWhen Jud
	e ends up unexpectedly living at home in their 30s\, they must deal with a
	 lovingly opinionated Jewish mother who doesn't quite get the whole “trans
	 thing.” DCP\, color\, 12 min. Director: Jude Dry.\n\nThe Aggressives\nU.S
	.\, 2005\n\nShot over the course of 1997-2004\, this documentary is an inc
	redible snapshot of a vibrant array of butches\, studs and masc folks of c
	olor from the New York City ballroom and nightlife scene who are claiming 
	their own space and identity. The film offers profiles of six ‘Aggressives
	’ or ‘AGs’\, including trans actor and activist Marquise Vilson\, who pass
	 as male through a wide range of masculine identities. By turning the came
	ra on them and as they speak about their lives\, it becomes clear where la
	nguage fails to fully capture each individual’s lived experience and nuanc
	ed gender identity.\n\nDCP\, color\, 75 min. Director: Daniel Peddle.\n\nT
	otal running time: 147 min.\n\nEvent Website: https://www.library.ucla.edu
	/visit/events-exhibitions/masc-the-shorts-the-agressives-08-24-23\n\nSourc
	e: https://community.ucla.edu/event/e50bc7ec-52b0-4a91-8e6a-784a6e6f058c
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater
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