Viewer's Guide: "Butch Please" contains nudity. Please be informed before watching or purchasing.
Here is a 115-min collection of five long-form documentaries from around the world.
BUTCH PLEASE: An exploration of gay masculinity at the 2019 International Mr. Leather convention. Butch Please challenges the media’s gay stereotypes, which represent only a part of the larger LGBTQ community - one where masculine gay men have gone too long without a voice. Interviewees include celebrated gay leathermen, POC, trans leathermen and judges for the International Mr. Leather contest.
ELEVEN WEEKS: Carla Jean Johnson accepts her fast and aggressive cancer diagnosis with clarity and grace while photographer Anna Kuperberg, her long time wife, documents their final days and weeks together. With mesmerizing footage and intimate recordings of the couple’s final conversations, Eleven Weeks is a story more about love than death.
STAND UP, STAND OUT: This is the story of a unique brand of activism belonging only to San Francisco--where three gay teachers’ fight for equal rights during the burgeoning Gay Liberation Movement of the 1970s, led to the blossoming of the Valencia Rose Cabaret, Café, and Restaurant, believed to be the first and only gay-owned and operated comedy club in the USA. At a dark historical moment, it was a locus of resistance through laughter. Stand Up, Stand Out features Tom Ammiano, Karen Ripley, Monica Palcacios, Danny Williams, Dirk Alphin, Paul Boneberg, and the song stylings of Romanovsky & Phillips.
A JOB LIKE ANY OTHER: Pierre is an ordinary 55 years old man, solitary and very shy. He lives in his tidy and quiet apartment surrounded by his favorite figurine collections. However, his job is far from his low profile type. He’s been a Drag Queen Barmaid for the past 30 years, a hard and restrictive work he never really chose. But for him, it’s a job like any other. Pierre passed away suddenly on June 2020. This film now pays tribute to his life and his Drag Queen character Aunt Gaby.
MAN UP IN LOCKDOWN: Exploring non-binary identity, Man Up in Lockdown is a short documentary that follows Richard Energy, a provocative digital drag king born at the start of the pandemic, who manages to get their job back on stage just as the second lockdown threatens. This timely and moving film examines what it means to be an artist, driven by creativity and a desperate need to perform, at a time when live venues across the UK are on the brink.
WINNER! 2021 OUTSOUTH JURY AWARD: BEST LONG-FORM DOCUMENTARY
NORTH CAROLINA PREMIERE!
Stand Up, Stand Out: The Making of a Comedy Movement tells the story of a unique brand of activism belonging only to San Francisco--where three gay teachers’ fight for equal rights during the burgeoning Gay Liberation Movement of the 1970s, led to the blossoming of the Valencia Rose Cabaret, Café, and Restaurant, believed to be the first and only gay-owned and operated comedy club in the USA. As AIDS ravaged San Francisco, a gay and lesbian comedy club flourished in, of all places, an old mortuary. From 1981 to 1986, the Valencia Rose Cabaret, Café, and Restaurant blossomed as the home of queer comedy, the birthplace of many well-known careers, a de-facto community center and a gathering place for activists. At a dark historical moment, it was a locus of resistance through laughter. Stand Up, Stand Out features Tom Ammiano, Karen Ripley, Monica Palcacios, Danny Williams, Dirk Alphin, Paul Boneberg, and the song stylings of Romanovsky & Phillips.
Director - David Pavlosky
David Pavlosky is an independent multimedia producer, director, editor, and educator based in New York City. His work covers a wide range of subjects, but themes of social justice, LGBTQ history, and humor are common among his films. Recently completed works include: "PUZZLES: When Hate Came to Town," (director with Tami Gold), a feature length documentary about a Neo-Nazi hate crime offender and his victims in one small American city; "Passionate Politics: The Life and Work of Charlotte Bunch," (co-producer), a feature length documentary about Charlotte Bunch, one of the foremost advocates of international attention to women's issues and the inclusion of gender and sexual orientation on the global human rights agenda; "Don’t Bring Scott," (director/producer/editor), a lyrical documentary about the underlying desire for family and community told through the voice of the filmmaker. When David’s working-class parents decide to celebrate their 46th wedding anniversary without inviting his life partner, this All-American, rural family is dragged into the 21st century. Email: standupstandoutfilm@gmail.com
- Year2020
- Runtime35 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorDavid Pavlosky
- ScreenwriterDavid Pavlosky
- ProducerDavid Pavlosky & Dirk Alphin & Scott Mason
Viewer's Guide: "Butch Please" contains nudity. Please be informed before watching or purchasing.
Here is a 115-min collection of five long-form documentaries from around the world.
BUTCH PLEASE: An exploration of gay masculinity at the 2019 International Mr. Leather convention. Butch Please challenges the media’s gay stereotypes, which represent only a part of the larger LGBTQ community - one where masculine gay men have gone too long without a voice. Interviewees include celebrated gay leathermen, POC, trans leathermen and judges for the International Mr. Leather contest.
ELEVEN WEEKS: Carla Jean Johnson accepts her fast and aggressive cancer diagnosis with clarity and grace while photographer Anna Kuperberg, her long time wife, documents their final days and weeks together. With mesmerizing footage and intimate recordings of the couple’s final conversations, Eleven Weeks is a story more about love than death.
STAND UP, STAND OUT: This is the story of a unique brand of activism belonging only to San Francisco--where three gay teachers’ fight for equal rights during the burgeoning Gay Liberation Movement of the 1970s, led to the blossoming of the Valencia Rose Cabaret, Café, and Restaurant, believed to be the first and only gay-owned and operated comedy club in the USA. At a dark historical moment, it was a locus of resistance through laughter. Stand Up, Stand Out features Tom Ammiano, Karen Ripley, Monica Palcacios, Danny Williams, Dirk Alphin, Paul Boneberg, and the song stylings of Romanovsky & Phillips.
A JOB LIKE ANY OTHER: Pierre is an ordinary 55 years old man, solitary and very shy. He lives in his tidy and quiet apartment surrounded by his favorite figurine collections. However, his job is far from his low profile type. He’s been a Drag Queen Barmaid for the past 30 years, a hard and restrictive work he never really chose. But for him, it’s a job like any other. Pierre passed away suddenly on June 2020. This film now pays tribute to his life and his Drag Queen character Aunt Gaby.
MAN UP IN LOCKDOWN: Exploring non-binary identity, Man Up in Lockdown is a short documentary that follows Richard Energy, a provocative digital drag king born at the start of the pandemic, who manages to get their job back on stage just as the second lockdown threatens. This timely and moving film examines what it means to be an artist, driven by creativity and a desperate need to perform, at a time when live venues across the UK are on the brink.
WINNER! 2021 OUTSOUTH JURY AWARD: BEST LONG-FORM DOCUMENTARY
NORTH CAROLINA PREMIERE!
Stand Up, Stand Out: The Making of a Comedy Movement tells the story of a unique brand of activism belonging only to San Francisco--where three gay teachers’ fight for equal rights during the burgeoning Gay Liberation Movement of the 1970s, led to the blossoming of the Valencia Rose Cabaret, Café, and Restaurant, believed to be the first and only gay-owned and operated comedy club in the USA. As AIDS ravaged San Francisco, a gay and lesbian comedy club flourished in, of all places, an old mortuary. From 1981 to 1986, the Valencia Rose Cabaret, Café, and Restaurant blossomed as the home of queer comedy, the birthplace of many well-known careers, a de-facto community center and a gathering place for activists. At a dark historical moment, it was a locus of resistance through laughter. Stand Up, Stand Out features Tom Ammiano, Karen Ripley, Monica Palcacios, Danny Williams, Dirk Alphin, Paul Boneberg, and the song stylings of Romanovsky & Phillips.
Director - David Pavlosky
David Pavlosky is an independent multimedia producer, director, editor, and educator based in New York City. His work covers a wide range of subjects, but themes of social justice, LGBTQ history, and humor are common among his films. Recently completed works include: "PUZZLES: When Hate Came to Town," (director with Tami Gold), a feature length documentary about a Neo-Nazi hate crime offender and his victims in one small American city; "Passionate Politics: The Life and Work of Charlotte Bunch," (co-producer), a feature length documentary about Charlotte Bunch, one of the foremost advocates of international attention to women's issues and the inclusion of gender and sexual orientation on the global human rights agenda; "Don’t Bring Scott," (director/producer/editor), a lyrical documentary about the underlying desire for family and community told through the voice of the filmmaker. When David’s working-class parents decide to celebrate their 46th wedding anniversary without inviting his life partner, this All-American, rural family is dragged into the 21st century. Email: standupstandoutfilm@gmail.com
- Year2020
- Runtime35 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorDavid Pavlosky
- ScreenwriterDavid Pavlosky
- ProducerDavid Pavlosky & Dirk Alphin & Scott Mason