This program includes LULU EN EL JARDÍN (dir. Jose Luis Benavides) preceded by THE CRUISING MONOLOGUES (dir. Jose Batista-Ayala) and HORSEY (dir. Frédéric Moffet).
Click on the titles listed on the right side menu to view trailers for and learn more about each film in the program! Film details will be shown below.
***CLOSED CAPTIONS: Please note LULU EN EL JARDIN has closed captioning which you need to manually turn on. Click on the “CC” icon on the video player for closed captioning to appear on screen.***
LULU EN EL JARDÍN: Imagine having a conversation with your parents about a source of great trauma. It would necessarily and radically change your understanding of the self, particularly if that trauma stems from a shared way of being. This kaleidoscopic ethnography unfolds a hidden family history told through poetry, music, reenactments, psychoanalytic texts, nightmares and dreams. Lulu en el Jardín recounts the saga of Lourdes Benavides and her family's many attempts to cure her of her lesbian desires as a teenager. Queering the archive through found footage, first person accounts and extensive research into Chicago-Read Mental Health Center, this intimate and experimental documentary uncovers the deeply personal story of Lulu's struggles with her identity after migrating from Mexico City to Chicago's westside during the 1970s. From intersecting histories of institutional racism, homophobia and sexism comes the voice of a tenacious Latina and her queer son's journey to retrace his mother's steps and treatment across a city.
- Year2018
- Runtime56 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Spanish
- CountryUSA, Mexico
- NoteEnglish, Spanish Subtitles
- DirectorJose Luis Benavides
- CastLourdes Benavides, Amanda Cervantes, Jose Luis Benavides, Ilene Palacios, Margie Henry, Nayeli Fernandez, Natalie Lira, Marcela Torres, Rosario ZavalaKey, Isabela Gonzalez-Smith
This program includes LULU EN EL JARDÍN (dir. Jose Luis Benavides) preceded by THE CRUISING MONOLOGUES (dir. Jose Batista-Ayala) and HORSEY (dir. Frédéric Moffet).
Click on the titles listed on the right side menu to view trailers for and learn more about each film in the program! Film details will be shown below.
***CLOSED CAPTIONS: Please note LULU EN EL JARDIN has closed captioning which you need to manually turn on. Click on the “CC” icon on the video player for closed captioning to appear on screen.***
LULU EN EL JARDÍN: Imagine having a conversation with your parents about a source of great trauma. It would necessarily and radically change your understanding of the self, particularly if that trauma stems from a shared way of being. This kaleidoscopic ethnography unfolds a hidden family history told through poetry, music, reenactments, psychoanalytic texts, nightmares and dreams. Lulu en el Jardín recounts the saga of Lourdes Benavides and her family's many attempts to cure her of her lesbian desires as a teenager. Queering the archive through found footage, first person accounts and extensive research into Chicago-Read Mental Health Center, this intimate and experimental documentary uncovers the deeply personal story of Lulu's struggles with her identity after migrating from Mexico City to Chicago's westside during the 1970s. From intersecting histories of institutional racism, homophobia and sexism comes the voice of a tenacious Latina and her queer son's journey to retrace his mother's steps and treatment across a city.
- Year2018
- Runtime56 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Spanish
- CountryUSA, Mexico
- NoteEnglish, Spanish Subtitles
- DirectorJose Luis Benavides
- CastLourdes Benavides, Amanda Cervantes, Jose Luis Benavides, Ilene Palacios, Margie Henry, Nayeli Fernandez, Natalie Lira, Marcela Torres, Rosario ZavalaKey, Isabela Gonzalez-Smith