Kaleidoscope announces line up for 2016 LGBT Film Festival
North Little Rock, Ark. – The Film Society of Little Rock has announced its line-up for the 2nd annual Kaleidoscope film festival, scheduled from August 18 to 21. The LGBT film festival is sponsored by the Argenta Arts District.
Kaleidoscope will celebrate opening night with a special screening of Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four directed by Deborah Esquenazi. The documentary feature four Latina lesbians wrongfully convicted of gang-raping two little girls during the Satanic Panic witch-hunt era of the ‘80s and ‘90s.
The director and subjects of the film will be attending the opening night screening happening at 7 p.m. at Pulaski Technical College Center for the Humanities and Arts Theater, 3000 West Scenic Dr., North Little Rock, on August 18. Prescreening champagne reception is at 6 p.m.
The LGBT film festival will close with a screening of Major! directed by Annalise Ophelian. The film explores the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a formerly incarcerated Black transgender elder and activist who has been fighting for the rights of trans women of color for over 40 years.
The main slate includes:
Closet Monster, directed by Stephen Dunn
Departure, directed by Andrew Stegall
I Promise You Anarchy, directed by Julio Hernández Cordón
Lazy Eye, directed by Tim Kirkman
Road To Home, directed by Cal Skaggs
Slash, directed by Clay Liford
Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four, directed by Deborah Esquenazi
Summertime, directed by Catherine Corsini
The Nest, directed by Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon
Upstairs Inferno, directed by Robert L. Camina
White Nights, directed by Mark Thiedeman
You'll Never Be Alone, directed by Alex Anwandter
“We are very excited for the second year of Kaleidoscope and thrilled to have a wonderfully diverse mix of incredible narratives and documentaries that we feel will both entertain and inform our audience,” said Tony Taylor, Executive Director of Film Society of Little Rock and Festival Director of the Kaleidoscope LGBT Film Festival. “We can’t wait to welcome filmmakers from all over Arkansas and the United States to the festival.”
Kaleidoscope will also screen 18 short films and additional full-length features. Each night of the festival will close with a party with special receptions held throughout the festival.
Kaleidoscope's mission is to provide innovative and unique programming that will engage the hearts and minds of audiences in the state of Arkansas and the surrounding region.
The Film Festival will open at Pulaski Technical College in North Little Rock on August 18 and will proceed from there with events at the main venue, the Argenta Community Theatre. To purchase festival passes or to sign up to volunteer, please visit kaleidoscopefilmfestival.com.
About Kaleidoscope:Kaleidoscope celebrates the diversity of the LGBT community and filmmakers by presenting poignant and thought-provoking films documenting LGBT lives truthfully and with respect. The festival exhibits the power of film to transform lives and opinions of those both inside and outside the LGBT community through the universal medium of the cinema.
Kaleidoscope is Arkansas’ only major outlet for LGBT films, as well as LGBT filmmakers. Kaleidoscope 2016 will be held August 18th through August 21st in North Little Rock, Arkansas. For more information, visitkaleidosocpefilmfestival.com.
About Film Society of Little Rock: A grassroots, non-profit organization focused on providing innovative and unique programming and events that will engage the hearts and minds of audiences in the City of Little Rock, State of Arkansas, and the surrounding region.
Our year-round programming includes two principle festivals: Fantastic Cinema and Kaleidoscope, as well as film series and individual screenings. For more information, visit filmsocietylr.com.
The Gayly – August 8, 2016 @ 7:15 a.m.