This screening is for All Access Passholders only. Don't have a Pass? Find the general audience screening of this film here!
A selection of short films about LGBTQ+ self-love, relationships, and communities. These contemporary shorts span various genres and identities; the program tells stories including searching for love in the French countryside, visiting a dreamlike diner full of doppelgängers, experiencing a majestic cotillion ball, and hearing first-hand accounts of gay history at the site of one of America's greatest tragedies. These films deal with themes of trust, loneliness, belonging, presentation, and self-actualization.
Total Run Time: 87 minutes
This program will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.
Programmed by Festival Programming Associate, Garrett Stralnic.
Content Considerations: Strong language, implied sexual situations, depictions of sexual situations, harassment, implied violence.
On the eve of her cotillion ball, a young Black girl grapples with her queer identity and questions her purity. As she gains a better understanding of herself and her queerness she has to reconsider her relationship to tradition. The conflicts within her true self and the old social obligations feel almost impossible until Joy, a girl from her cotillion class, recognizes Celeste for all that she is. With the help of Joy and her best friend, Amir, Celeste finally begins to share her true self with the world.
- Year2020
- Runtime12 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- NoteEnglish closed captions and Spanish subtitles available
- DirectorNatalie Jasmine Harris
- ScreenwriterNatalie Jasmine Harris
- ProducerNatalie Jasmine Harris, Alexyss Robinson
- Executive ProducerGwendolyn Bright, Dr. Harold A. Lancer & Dani Lancer, Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Johnson
- CastMikayla LaShae Bartholomew, Jacob Daniel Smith, Josca Moore
- CinematographerKhalea Ross Robinson
- EditorNatalie Jasmine Harris and Denise Zhou
- Production DesignSaunder Lynne Boyle
- ComposerCarmen Lustik
- Sound DesignBen Devine
This screening is for All Access Passholders only. Don't have a Pass? Find the general audience screening of this film here!
A selection of short films about LGBTQ+ self-love, relationships, and communities. These contemporary shorts span various genres and identities; the program tells stories including searching for love in the French countryside, visiting a dreamlike diner full of doppelgängers, experiencing a majestic cotillion ball, and hearing first-hand accounts of gay history at the site of one of America's greatest tragedies. These films deal with themes of trust, loneliness, belonging, presentation, and self-actualization.
Total Run Time: 87 minutes
This program will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.
Programmed by Festival Programming Associate, Garrett Stralnic.
Content Considerations: Strong language, implied sexual situations, depictions of sexual situations, harassment, implied violence.
On the eve of her cotillion ball, a young Black girl grapples with her queer identity and questions her purity. As she gains a better understanding of herself and her queerness she has to reconsider her relationship to tradition. The conflicts within her true self and the old social obligations feel almost impossible until Joy, a girl from her cotillion class, recognizes Celeste for all that she is. With the help of Joy and her best friend, Amir, Celeste finally begins to share her true self with the world.
- Year2020
- Runtime12 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- NoteEnglish closed captions and Spanish subtitles available
- DirectorNatalie Jasmine Harris
- ScreenwriterNatalie Jasmine Harris
- ProducerNatalie Jasmine Harris, Alexyss Robinson
- Executive ProducerGwendolyn Bright, Dr. Harold A. Lancer & Dani Lancer, Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Johnson
- CastMikayla LaShae Bartholomew, Jacob Daniel Smith, Josca Moore
- CinematographerKhalea Ross Robinson
- EditorNatalie Jasmine Harris and Denise Zhou
- Production DesignSaunder Lynne Boyle
- ComposerCarmen Lustik
- Sound DesignBen Devine