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.***

THE CRUISING MONOLOGUES: Four individuals share their deeper than just sex connection to “cruising,” the act of walking, driving around town, or browsing “hook up” apps in search of a little romance, usually of the gay, anonymous, casual, one-time variety.

The Cruising Monologues

HORSEY: “Horses are lucky, they’re stuck with the war same as us, but nobody expects them to be in favor of it, to pretend to believe in it.” An allegory recycling images from the past, still relevant to the present moment. Video provided courtesy of Video Data Bank.

Horsey

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.

Lulu en el Jardín

Join us for a virtual livestream Q&amp;A on Friday, October 2 at 9:00 PM CST with Jose Luis Benavides (Director), Amanda Cervantes (Actor), and Ilene Palacios (Actor) of LULU EN EL JARDIN; and Jose Batista-Ayala (Director) and Frankie Allday (Actor) of THE CRUISING MONOLOGUES. Filmmaker Q&amp;A conducted by filmmaker Tadeo Garcia.

Lulu en el Jardín & The Cruising Monologues Filmmaker Q&A

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